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s I type this editor’s letter for our December Escape issue – in early October – outside it looks a little as if the world is coming to an end. An epic Highveld thunderstorm is making its way across greater Johannesburg, momentarily demanding a dramatic halt to the ongoing marathon of Sandton skyscraper construction that surrounds our office.

The weather is gloomy, and conversation turns to hailstorms and the effect being pelted with hail might have on all of our cars. It’s a well-known fact that we Joburgers take our cars very seriously.

The bigger they are, the better, and we think of them as a sexy reminder of all the hours we put in at work – so any threat of the car being damaged by hailstones the size of golf balls creates instant panic.

In complete contrast to the chaos outside my office window and the slightly hysterical atmosphere inside, my desk is strewn with layouts for the December issue that you’re holding in your hands. There are bright and sunny images of homes embracing the best of South Africa’s outdoor-indoor lifestyle, fresh chargrilled recipes perfect for alfresco eating (page 94) and the hottest new hotel in Cape Town (page 86).

Going on simultaneously, of course, is the 24/7 world of digital-content production – right now, we’re wrapping up our Tropical Modern issue online, and prepping web content that ties into November’s Luxury issue.

It’s all a bit trippy.

Still, there is nothing better than planning a dreamy escape, even if you are doing so from an office in the middle of a thunderstorm in the heart of Sandton. In this issue we look at interior designers and architects who embrace our enviable climate and create environments that offer an immediate retreat from reality for homeowners.

Warren Siebrits and Lunetta Bartz share a rare glimpse into their private life by taking us through their house – originally the home and studio of Italian-born artist Edoardo Villa – on page 48. This unique Joburg abode, with its thickly plastered walls and aged terracotta tiles, speaks to the many Brutalist treasures that still exist (most of them hidden and unchanged) in the city. It’s a special find made contemporary and approachable by Lunetta’s unpretentious yet sophisticated eye.

We also look at a beautifully layered retreat in Plettenberg Bay created

by Sumari Krige of La Grange Interiors that is filled with bleached woods and deep yellow tones, and admire the way each room is framed to fully embrace the ocean view (page 58). Durban-based designer Ruth Duke of Ruth Duke Interior Design created a laid-back getaway – without compromising on style and high-impact design – in a compact pavilionstyle house in Umdloti that also overlooks the ocean (page 76). And we showcase a modern tiered home in Clifton (page 66), designed by Cape Town architects Jan-Heyn Vorster and Pieter Malan, and swathed in elegant pale wood that’s reminiscent of Japanese tearooms.

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What’s your top travel-related memory? Travelling on my own to Paris for a weekend when I was on a working holiday in London. My hotel was in the dodgiest area, but I was so happy just to be there.

I had to chuck out my trainers to make space for Japanese teacups I bought in the Marais district. Priorities, you know. Who do you like travelling with the best? My son, Kevin. Seeing him explore the world is utterly inspiring. How are you planning to spend your holidays? It will be winter in Germany, so lots of trips to Christmas markets for glühwein and decorations. What are you going to cook this festive season? I’m nostalgic at heart and will recreate my mom’s Christmas party food: stuffed eggs, prawns and asparagus.

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How are you planning to spend your holidays? With my family and friends, lounging outdoors by the pool or at the beach, building sandcastles with my son and eating loads of ice lollies. What are you going to cook this festive season? Foiled sweet potatoes, mielies and giant mushrooms filled with mozzarella, garlic and pesto, all grilled on the braai. When is your favourite time of day? Whenever I see excitement on my son’s face. What does ‘escape’ mean to you? Unwinding, daydreaming and holiday fun with my family.

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individuals struggling to make ends meet.

But despite this bleak reality, it’s still the human condition to celebrate or mark the end of the year in some tangible way.

A photographer friend spent one New Year’s Eve riding in an ambulance answering emergency calls in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, documenting the annual ritual some residents have of throwing large appliances out of the windows of their high-rise apartment buildings. A weird and dangerous practice, yes, but perhaps a cathartic one nonetheless. Another friend admitted that she can’t help but be pulled into the festivities of the annual beach pilgrimage in East London and other small Eastern Cape coastal towns, where crowds gather to bathe in the sea and drink the salty water as a way of cleansing their systems for the new year.

Everyone has their own way of closing off the old year, whether it’s by force of habit or as a necessary way of drawing a distinction between the years that have passed before.

So the question is, what’s a fitting way to end things off so that you can move on from the old and start working on the new?

For a start, make a list. There is so much underestimated power in writing down and visualising the things that you want.

Whenever the end of the year is approaching, I write a few paragraphs detailing what I want (and don’t want) for the new year, and then revisit them after three to six months.

It’s incredibly satisfying to see all the things you forgot you said you wanted and realise you have actually willed them into your life – consciously or subconsciously. zodwa

KICKING OFF 2018 CELEBRATE WITH MUSIC Afropunk Fest Joburg 2017 on 30-31 December promises to be the music event of the year, with performances

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REVISIT YOUR FINANCES If you’ve been in denial about the poor state of your bank balance, visiting a financial advisor will help you face reality and assist in planning the way forward, which will give you a great sense of control. Plus, most financial institutions offer free consultations.

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CHANGE YOUR OUTLOOK I once read that rather than seeing the end of the year as the last quarter, you should approach it as if it’s the beginning. Make short-term goals to achieve targets, take that course you’ve been putting off, finish writing that book – there’s nothing like creating a sense of urgency that has the ability to change the direction your life might be taking.

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friend recently tweeted something along the lines of, ‘Why are all of my exes suddenly coming out of the woodwork and apologising for past transgressions?’ She sounded slightly taken aback, but there was definitely a mixture of delight and relief in her words. Another friend shared in a Facebook post, ‘More and more people I know have stopped – or are planning to stop – drinking alcohol. Age makes us think about where we want to be in life, what we spend our money and energy on, and how to make the most of both.’

As we draw closer to the end of the year, we begin to take stock of our lives. And as we get older, we start to reevaluate what’s important to us and make necessary edits.

So much of being able to move forward hinges on being able to let go of the past – from an intense anger you felt for a person that immediately dissipated after they acknowledged the pain they caused you and simply said sorry, to cutting out the things (and sometimes the people) that no longer add value to your life. It’s all about closure and reviewing in order to make room for the new: tying up loose ends, assessing which old habits need to be tossed out, and commemorating a year of the good, the bad and the ugly in whatever way you see fit.

Let’s face it, 2017 has been as challenging as 2016. The ongoing economic downturn has placed a lot of pressure on small and big businesses alike, with increased job losses and new ventures shutting down.

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Challenging and thought-provoking, subtle and striking, memorable and sensitive – a tribute commission is nothing if not intimidating to design.

In the case of the recently unveiled ‘Arch for Arch’, a wooden framework dedicated to Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu in the Company’s Garden in Cape Town, it was about paying homage to a hero, but also about creating a public space that signifies human rights and freedom.

‘It’s so important to have these symbols and metaphors for what it is to be a South African,’ says founder of Design Indaba Ravi Naidoo, one of three key contributors to this piece. ‘[The Arch] is really a metaphor for the Constitution – it comprises 14 arches of wood for 14 chapters of the Constitution.’

After Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille asked Naidoo to create a structure that would recognise Tutu’s legacy, he recruited the best in the business to articulate the design. First on board: Norwaybased firm Snøhetta. ‘We didn’t want to create a monument, but instead use location to form a public space,’ says the firm’s director Thomas Fagernes.

Next Naidoo drafted Local Studio, an architecture practice well versed in South Africa’s contentious urban environment. ‘It had to be more than just a tribute piece,’ Local Studio architect Daniel Trollip says. ‘And with [the Arch] situated just outside Parliament, we anticipate it as a place for people to gather, protest and hold events.’

The swooping network of chapters sits sturdily yet ever so lightly at the entrance to the Company’s Garden, where squirrels might scurry about its beams and trees grow between its apertures.

Snøhetta chose wood as the primary material.

‘Wood has a warmth to it. It is alive and has tactility – and it suits the humour of the archbishop,’ says Fagernes. The design teams worked with arborists and horticulturalists to ensure that the structure would meld effortlessly with its environment.

For Naidoo, conceptualising the design within the context of place was vital. ‘It’s a homage to Archbishop Tutu, it’s a celebration of our democracy and the Constitution, and it’s a place to constantly conscientise us that our work is not yet done.’ snohetta.com; localstudio.co.za

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T H I S PAG E , C L O C K W I S E F RO M T O P ‘I will save my ribbons for thee III’ by Marlise Keith formed part of a recent exhibition titled Feast Your Eyes – A Taste of Southern African Art at Nando’s in Soho, London, which was converted into a pop-up gallery for a weekend; ‘Grounded I’ by Patrick Bongoy; ‘Untitled’ by Shakes Tembani; ‘Maputo XI’ and ‘Maputo IX’ both by Henk Serfontein.

O PP O S I T E PAG E , F RO M T O P The restaurant’s doorway featured an abstract interpretation of Maputo, Mozambique, by Serfontein, who also created the work ‘Crossing Borders II’.

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Those who walked past Nando’s Soho branch in London got their first hint of what was to come when South African artist Henk Serfontein painted a bold abstract interpretation of Maputo, Mozambique, around the restaurant’s doorway. Inside the space, a pop-up gallery team had installed an exhibition titled Feast Your Eyes – A Taste of Southern African Art, featuring the work of seven artists living in southern Africa who are all described as ‘emerging’ either in a South African or international context.

In addition, each of the artists had participated in one or more of Nando’s artist career-development programmes administered by the Spier Arts Trust.

Artworks in the group show included Serfontein’s Maputo Abstracts series,

which reference the city he visited for the first time last year. Echoed in the pieces’ geometric compositions are Maputo’s Art Deco buildings and ceramics, while the transparent textural effect was inspired by old Mozambican homes that looked like they’d only ever been painted once. The neon aesthetic? That was inspired by a restaurant Serfontein dined at with friends from Nando’s and Spier Arts Trust, that had its name written in neon lights. For this series Serfontein, an award-winning artist who came to prominence with his hyper-real paintings of nightscapes, switched to urban graffiti paints, which play a symbolic role in reclaiming space.

This beautiful doorway-with-a-story grabbed the attention of the public, who was ushered into a restaurant area that had

been converted into a pop-up gallery for a weekend, with all the architectural lines, open space and fabulous art that makes for an invigorating exhibition experience.

It was also very Southern African.

Nando’s famous chicken with peri-peri sauce made from bird’s-eye chillies grown in Mozambique was a known drawcard, and it figured among a celebration of incredible Southern African creativity and talent that was comparably hot, but not necessarily known by those who visited.

This wasn’t a hushed and reverent gallery space, but a playful experience in which visitors were encouraged to dive in, have fun, connect to a different world and get chatting. They were also invited to put on VR headsets, enabling them to both take in the artworks on display and, with the

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Visitors joined Serfontein on a journey into a remarkable world of landscapes as an intersection of identity, culture and history. They virtually sat in Nomthunzi Mashalaba’s Johannesburg studio as she reflected on her introspective and quietly beautiful mixed-media pieces, and became involved in a conversation with Democratic Republic of Congo emigrant Zemba Luzamba as he asked visitors to look more closely at his painted African figures, highlighting that their clothes and mannerisms are subtle acts of inspiration and defiance in an oppressive environment. While London taxis whizzed by outside, the raw, singular beauty of a sculptural installation by Patrick Bongoy – made from waste rubber and suspended in a stairwell spanning two storeys – stopped traffic inside.

Shakes Tembani’s deliberately stylised technique of bold, flat colour and graphic edges transported visitors from the gritty dazzle of Soho to his take on a South African township, with his focus on celebrating women as the pillars of township community. Norman O’Flynn’s Timekeeper series (2016, 2017) propelled guests across a universe with a sweet and glossy veneer and dead-serious undertones.

And Marlise Keith’s covetable mixedmedia works opened up a can of personal ‘mental soup’, sharing her wonderfully varied viewpoints drawn from subject matter ranging from horrific news headlines to colonial history, friends’ dogs, psychopathology, Pinterest, her chronic migraines and roadside memorials.

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DESIGN SMARTS DEBUTING AT 100% DESIGN LONDON, THABISA MJO OF MASH T DESIGN STUDIO’S A PLACE AT THE TABLE COLLECTION ‘CELEBRATES THE DAILY RESOURCEFULNESS AND TRADITIONAL RITUALS IN THE RURAL LIVES OF MY GRANDMOTHER AND HER CONTEMPORARIES,’ SAYS MJO. WE’RE ESPECIALLY FOND OF THE MOJO CHAIR (R4 800), WHICH FOLDS INTO A STOOL OR COFFEE TABLE. THABISA@MASHTDESIGNSTUDIO.COM

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wa AN ODE TO JOBURG Earlier this year, Philippe van der Merwe and Greg Gamble of Tonic Design were asked to produce something for the We Are Joburg stand at 100% Design South Africa. ‘We are both Joburg boys and have always had a love of the Brutalist architecture in our home city,’ they say. ‘Our response was to interpret this into our design, quite literally, by creating an architecturally inspired drinks unit that plays on the facades of buildings in the city.’ Thus, Facade was born. Fashioned from aluminium – which the designers had not used before and which looks and feels like the concrete used in structures – the cabinet also has a tinted ombré mirror hidden inside.

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HANDS I trust my hands and fingers to guide me in the right direction through the touch of textures and the feel of fabric.

Sometimes it’s silky smooth and sometimes it’s fluffy and rough.

V I EW inspiration NOSE My best smells are those that I associate with hiking up Lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Head and Table Mountain, and through Silvermine Nature Reserve in Cape Town. The scent of fynbos clears my head and is a major source of inspiration for my work.

MOUTH Growing up in a tightknit family, the supper table was a place for good conversation and great food.

The mouthwatering aromas of garlic, tomatoes and basil would fill the air as my mother, who is an amazing cook, rustled up my favourite meal, spaghetti Bolognese.

EYES Colour is a wonderful visual tool and I like to incorporate contrasting tones in my handwoven textiles. It brings joy to my life and fills me with energy, especially warmer hues such as oranges, reds and yellows.

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T H I S PAG E As you approach the front door of ‘The Villa House’ in Kew, Johannesburg, its ‘exaggerated, sculptural presence’, as architectural historian Clive Chipkin described it, is most evident.

O PP O S I T E PAG E The ‘tower’ is actually an extravagant skylight that draws light down into the house, illuminating the passage from above.

few years after sculptor Edoardo Villa’s death in 2011, art dealer Warren Siebrits and interior designer Lunetta Bartz became the custodians of his house in the sburg. Villa, one of South Africa’s most y sculptors, commissioned the house in h his wife Claire for the rest of their lives.

The house itself is an architectural gem, rich with Joburg art history. Italian-born Villa first lived on the property after WWII, after he was released from Zonderwater where he had been a prisoner of war. He quickly immersed himself in the South African art world, and fashionable artist Douglas Portway and his wife invited him to stay at their home in Kew. ‘What is now Edoardo’s studio was actually the Portways’ lounge and kitchen,’ says Warren. Eventually Villa moved out and the Portways sold the house, but when it came up for sale again in 1959, Villa bought it. In 1968, he commissioned his good friend, architect Ian McLennan, to build a new house on the property.

There was no brief. ‘[Edoardo] presented [McLennan] with a limited budget, but he gave him carte blanche,’ says Warren.

As a result, the house is surprisingly small – just over 100m2 – but architecturally rich. In his book, Johannesburg Transition (Real African Publishers), architectural historian Clive Chipkin notes the house’s ‘powerful sculptural bagged brick forms’.

He writes: ‘Low tranquil living areas contrast with unexpected explosions of multi-volume space... [giving] the small house a monumental, perhaps exaggerated, sculptural presence.’

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T H I S PAG E The main living room features a Togo lounge suite from Ligne Roset (ligneroset.com) and an artwork in the background on the left entitled ‘Tired Snake Dancer’ by South African sculptor Lucas Sithole. Art dealer Warren Siebrits is one of the custodians of the house, and says that the ‘Infinite Progress’ (2011) cement mixer by contemporary South African artist Michael MacGarry ‘is a homage to [architect Ian] McLennan, and to every architect, past, present and future’. On the windowsill are works by South African artists Hannes Harrs, MacGarry and Wopko Jensma next to a Corroso vase by Italian glassmaker Flavio Poli.

O PP O S I T E PAG E , F RO M T O P The reverse angle of the living room reveals its low ceiling, which contrasts with the dramatic ‘explosions of multi-volume space’ that characterise the other side of the house; the table in the dining room was designed for Villa by his close friend and the house’s architect Ian McLennan. The sculptural candelabra (1956) was also made by Villa, and belonged to McLennan. In the background, the large black sculpture is ‘Black Construction’, for which Villa won a bronze award at the 1959 São Paulo Art Biennale.

T H I S PAG E The kitchen remains perfectly intact, preserved by the fact that the units are raised on concrete bases. The original quarry floor tiles have a beautiful aged patina, and the mosaics used for the splashback are also original.

O PP O S I T E PAG E , F RO M T O P ‘Black Construction’ seen from the entrance hall. Above it, clerestory windows let in some of the home’s remarkable light; interior designer Lunetta Bartz, the house’s other custodian, sets the table for lunch in the lush garden.

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H O U S E kew Warren and Lunetta were approached by the Villa estate, they felt their responsibility was to preserve the house as it was. ‘[The Villas had] put in a few more contemporary fixtures in terms of lights and such, but there wasn’t much to do except paint, waterproofing and one or two other things,’ says Lunetta.

Over the next few years, the couple acquired two adjacent properties. They then set about preserving what is now, thanks to their efforts, a heritage landmark. In 2015, they unveiled the 5m-high Villa sculpture ‘Mother and Child’ (1974) in the garden to mark Villa’s centenary and show the restored house.

At first, Warren and Lunetta used the abode mainly as a venue for talks and events, and members of the public were welcomed if they asked to see inside. The couple also used it as a weekend getaway (although they lived less than 5km away). They did some restoration work on the property next door, converting it into an office space, and moved their offices there in November last year.

This year, Lunetta went on to restore the courtyard of the Portway home after finding an old photograph that provided essential clues. And then, this past winter, they began to experiment with the idea of living permanently in the Villa house.

‘It came to us in time,’ says Warren, ‘that if we were going to take this project seriously, we had to immerse ourselves in it fully.’

Their decision posed a number of challenges. First, Warren is a prolific collector of art, books, records, papers, political ephemera and more. But he and Lunetta decided that the house couldn’t be filled with ‘things’. ‘They’re all going to be sold,’ says Warren. ‘Because it’s a living piece of sculpture. You’d be destroying the integrity of that if you even thought of putting two-dimensional pictures on the wall.’

Lunetta explains that the furnishings in the house were so much part of it that they couldn’t change those, either. The dining room table was the Villas’, designed for them by McLennan, and the chairs were theirs, too. The bedroom required little more than a bed and sidetables. The lounge was the only place in which they had to make a significant decision. Michel Ducaroy’s Togo lounge suite for Ligne Roset (designed in 1973), which they added, is what Warren calls ‘the one piece of luxury in what is a very austere space’. Otherwise, Lunetta says, ‘It’s completely, radically minimal.’

Warren says that the experience has changed their approach to art, too. ‘It’s given us the potential to think bigger.’ So they have focused on fewer, more important works. One work they acquired and brought back to the house is ‘Black Construction’ (1959), the sculpture for which Villa won a bronze at the São Paulo Biennale.

Warren has assembled the selected works here with hidden connections and a narrative in mind. ‘It’s what we always do,’ he says. ‘[We try] to use narratives and stories, but historically based stories, to bring culture into the present, and bring [pieces] to life again and make them real for people.’

For example, the candlestick on the dining room table was made by Villa, and belonged to McLennan. Another, ‘African Sentinel’ (1965), belonged to one of Villa’s earliest champions, the business mogul John Schlesinger. It all adds to ‘the narrative you are able to reconstruct’, says Warren.

He explains that if you have the privilege of being able to own an artwork (he refers to it as ‘custodianship’, not ‘ownership’) you’re able to gain insights you wouldn’t be able to find in a monograph or a blog. ‘It’s experiential,’ Warren says. ‘You need to be in very close, sacred contact.’ That, more than anything, has been what Warren and Lunetta have entered into in their move.

‘That’s been the rich journey of meeting Edoardo,’ says Warren.

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H O U S E kew T H I S PAG E The guest bedroom contains one of the few ‘exciting new things’ as Lunetta puts it: a daybed she designed a year and a half ago specifically for the room.

O PP O S I T E PAG E , C L O C K W I S E F RO M T O P L E F T The main bedroom opens onto its own dedicated planted courtyard; while small, the bathroom – like the rest of the house – is rich in detail, featuring tiles that complement those in the kitchen; Villa’s 1965 sculpture ‘African Sentinel’ is displayed in a dedicated gallery; a poster for the Villa ’80 exhibition hangs in the bathroom. Twenty-five years after this show took place, Warren and Lunetta would contribute to the book Villa at 90: His Life, Work and Influence by Karel Nel, Elizabeth Burroughs and Amalie von Maltitz (Jonathan Ball).

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H O U S E plettenberg bay T H I S PAG E This terraced Plettenberg Bay family retreat serves up multiple uninterrupted ocean views. The oval Florence daybed in Kubu

by La Grange Interiors (lagrangeinteriors.co.za) is interior designer Sumari Krige of La Grange Interiorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; favourite spot from which to enjoy Lookout Beach, with a Pill Stool in Blue Gradient by Pols Potten (also available at La Grange Interiors) serving as the perfect receptacle for poolside refreshments.

inging comfort, elegance and a mix of rganic textures into a home is what umari Krige of La Grange Interiors as always done best. So it made sense or a Johannesburg family looking for ‘home away from home’ to entrust er with the task of transforming their ew build – which overlooks Lookout each in Plettenberg Bay – into haven to which they could retreat. ast green belt and iconic coastline setting the scene, Krige says that the gamechanging decision to stay clear of contrived ‘beach cottage’ references and azure hues is what makes the space so special. ‘We chose neutral shades with yellow accents to pick up the tone of the local granite used in the house,’ she says.

The entrance to the home takes you directly into a study, which reveals the first glimpse of the views to come, and then branches off towards the main bedroom and three guest rooms. This landing also leads onto a double-volume stairwell that takes you down to the kitchen, lounge and dining room (which all inhabit the same vast open-plan space) and then a TV room and another bedroom. Designed by Joeke Monteiro of Boni Monteiro Architects, the house is orientated so that almost all of its rooms capture the seascape.

Because the owners wanted a holiday home that was not only beautiful but practical too, Krige chose a selection of loose-covered sofas for the TV room and lounge, and then added an assortment of wooden sidetables, steel nesting coffee tables, raffia stools and leather ottomans.

In a home designed to appreciate the postcardworthy vistas (even the wire lights by Filipino design studio Schema were chosen because they don’t block views at eye level) the design team chose to keep the interiors simple. Natural wood and stone have been used extensively, and the uneven plastered walls have mostly been left bare. The expansive stairwell, for example, ‘is a wonderfully airy part of the home, so I didn’t want to clutter the walls with art,’ says Krige.

Instead, a sideboard made of reclaimed wood on the landing – and a built-in stepped wall flanking the stairwell – provide settings for photographs, wooden bowls and objets d’art.

‘In the bedrooms, we kept the furniture pared down and minimal so it didn’t compete with the views. I softened the look with hand-dyed linen throws,’ says Krige. The master bedroom offers outlooks from three different windows and is flooded with light, so Krige chose grey tones with accents of yellow for the soft furnishings. Rustic standing mirrors bring glimpses of the outside in, while the en suite bathroom adds a dash of drama with its graphic Moroccan tiles.

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T H I S PAG E , F RO M T O P The staircase to the living area is stark and striking, with wooden elements setting the tone; a Caesarstone kitchen island (caesarstone.co.za) is one of many places where the family can enjoy relaxed meals or chats with friends. Pendant lights from Glo Lighting + Living (glolighting.co.za), antique wooden vessels and bowls sourced in Indonesia, and leather Alfonso bar stools – all from La Grange Interiors – complement the cool, white palette.

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T H I S PAG E The textures in the kitchen are restrained, with glass and wood giving the space a light, airy feel without falling for traditional â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;beachâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; themes; the hanging wire lamp by Schema (schemaproduct.com) is available at La Grange Interiors, as is the handblown tinted Bubbles & Bottles set by Pols Potten (polspotten.nl). The Ilve stove is from Euro Appliances (euroappliances.co.za).

details such as these,’ she says, ‘that give the home the character that the owners wanted.’

Monteiro also clad the walls of the lounge and study in wooden scaffold planking, adding a rustic element to the interior. And in the kitchen-cum-dining room, the considered balance between contemporary and natural textures becomes especially evident. Roughhewn ceiling beams and a large wooden dining table are offset by a slick Caesarstone kitchen island that is surrounded by inviting, upholstered bar stools perfectly suited to both long, conversational breakfasts and quick meals grabbed on the way to the beach.

The unobstructed ocean panorama remains, of course, the jewel in the crown. The kitchendining room leads onto an outdoor dining area that feels as if it’s perched above the coastline, with a terraced garden that leads slowly down to the pool. This is Krige’s favourite part of the home, she says, with its numerous built-in benches and loungers. And it’s very hard not to be drawn to the oval Florence daybed that is next to the pool. ‘It’s exactly where you want to sit to best experience the property,’ she says. lagrangeinteriors.co.za; joeke.co.za T H I S PAG E , F RO M T O P An open fireplace clad in natural stone acts as the focal point in the living room; the outside dining area features a solid teak Ed dining table and Modena dining chairs by Marcel Wolterinck for Borek (borek.eu), while custom-made striped cushions in hemp line the built-in benches for aftermeal leisure time – all are available from La Grange Interiors.

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T H I S PAG E An artwork by Dorothy Clark presides over the living area, where Architect lounge chairs and an Axelle sofa provide comfortable seating around James nesting coffee tables in metal. A Zor floor lamp, Danny wine table with slate top and Dumbbell wire stool also add to the considered balance between a contemporary and rustic aesthetic. All the furnishings are from La Grange Interiors.

T H I S S PR E A D, CLOCKWISE F RO M T O P L E F T A black Twig coat stand, Vivian desk covered in raffia, Pill Stool in Copper and trio of Round mirrors, all from La Grange Interiors, offset muted pops of yellow in the guest room; the main bedroom includes a custom two-tone headboard with button detail as well as a Kantha Quilt throw stitched from vintage sari pieces. The Architect Bedside Lamp from the Philippines and Indian Wire Crochet sidetable are also available at La Grange Interiors; the study is a tranquil space in which to read and relax.

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T H I S PAG E Jan-Heyn Vorster and Pieter Bruwer’s Clifton house in Cape Town has a much friendlier presence than many of its neighbours.

Designed to be less imposing on the skyline, the ‘lighter, cantilevering elements extend beyond or from the solid elements’, so that the solid parts of the building transform into light floating parts, says Vorster.

O PP O S I T E PAG E The entryway sets the tone for the interiors, combining cast off-shutter concrete with a wooden front door.

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alk along Kloof Road in Clifton, Cape Town, and you’ll notice that there’s one house where the joggers, dog walkers and strollers tend to slow, stop and gather for a chat.

‘Clifton doesn’t have the typical suburban setup where people just drive. There’s a lot use the sidewalks,’ says architect Jan-Heyn eighbourhood. Vorster and his life partner bode specifically with the hope that it would be friendlier to the street than the blank, overpowering mansions typical of the Atlantic Seaboard.

The properties in the area tend to follow a fairly predictable formula: get up as high as you can and face the seascape, and build as big as you can according to real-estate logic. ‘They are built from left to right, the full width of the site, to maximise the views,’ says Vorster.

They typically have no garden, and rather a deck and a swimming pool outside. For all the beauty of those ocean vistas, however, Vorster points out that the buildings all face west, so they tend to be uncomfortably exposed to the harsh afternoon sun.

Vorster and Bruwer had been living in an old 1940s Clifton house for two years before they decided to rebuild. While their old home ‘didn’t respond very well to the site’ (and left them with a long, steep climb up the stairs carrying groceries from the garage), they nonetheless learnt some important lessons while living there.

‘It told us a few things about wind, wind direction, the views, the sun and how to design around these climatic challenges,’ says Vorster.

As Vorster and his business partner in their architecture firm, Pieter Malan, began designing the house, they found that their first key design decisions were driven by those lessons about the wind and the weather. ‘We started looking at the placement of the building on the site,’ says Vorster. He and Malan came up with the idea of an arrangement, a little like a courtyard building, which created a sheltered outdoor space that faced north, turning its back on the infamous southeaster.

They had to dig into the mountainside to create a basement garage.

On top of that, they placed a guest suite that links internally with the home. The same level houses most of the services. There’s also a wine cellar, and, because it’s a smart house (with hidden blinds that drop automatically when the sun starts beating in), the IT/AV room and solar-energy plant room are usefully hidden down on this level, too.

Malan points out that on street level they used mainly natural stone – either as stone masonry walls or gabion retainers with packed stone. ‘The idea was that it was more of a landscaping element than an engineered built element,’ he says. ‘With the stone and planting, it’s seen as if it is part of the mountain.’ The building itself is placed on top of this rugged base.

‘A lot has gone into bringing the landscape back to the building,’ says Vorster. ‘It was very important that it did not feel like an apartment block in the air.’ Malan points out how, especially from street level, the house starts to ‘dissipate’ the higher it gets. ‘The massive concrete elements become thinner floating slabs that reach out into the view and into the landscape,’ he says. ‘You experience the contrast between solid and void, and internal spaces that open up completely.’

The solid elements articulate the voids: the deck and courtyard. ‘The cantilevering edges are planted with wild rosemary, which will creep over the edges and soften them,’ so that even in the air, on the edges of the building, the planting conjures a connection to the earth.

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T H I S S PR E A D, CLOCKWISE F RO M T O P L E F T The timber floor in the dining room is from Hakwood Flooring’s Sierra collection (hakwood. com), and the oiled French oak dining table is by Pierre Cronje (pierrecronje.co.za); in the lounge, the fabrics are kept to a neutral palette of blues, greys and beiges. All joinery and built-in furniture was designed

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by Versfeld Custom Furniture (customfurniture.co.za); the ceramics are from Africa Nova (africanova.co.za) and the mirror is from Rodan Kane Hart’s ‘Interlocking Sculpture Series’ from Southern Guild (southernguild.co.za); a double-volume atrium forms the entrance hall.

NATURAL MATERIALS SUCH AS LEATHER, WOOD AND STEEL PREDOMINATE, WITH COPPER AND METALLIC SPARKLES PROVIDING INTEREST AND VARIETY.

T H I S PAG E , F RO M T O P Paintings by Hanneke Benade adorn the kitchen walls; Emma, the Italian greyhound, wanders across the terrazzo floors in the cooking area. The elm built-in cupboards are from the Sine Tempore collection by Gabriele Centazzo for Valcucine (available through Valcucine Cape Town, valcucinesa.co.za), the work surfaces are bush-hammered granite and the free-standing Beaune oven is from Lacanche (lacanche.com).

O PP O S I T E PAG E The pendant lights above the kitchen counter are Shadows Suspension Lamps by Brokis, available from Créma Design (cremadesign.co.za).

That connection is not just window-dressing. ‘The house is a green building,’ Malan says. ‘It harvests solar energy to heat all the domestic water and waterborne underfloor heating, as well as the pool.

A photovoltaic system generates electricity for the house. Modern homes tend to be energy intensive, with the various technological systems required, so it was designed to be efficient and as selfsufficient as possible.’

Inside, the top two levels are arranged around a double-volume atrium. ‘We tried hard to make the house a complete indoor-outdoor experience, with certain areas almost becoming outdoor rooms when you open the big sliding doors and windows,’ says Malan. At the same time, however, ‘the house has an intimate quality because it is compact and contained’, he says. ‘There are no rambling passages; spaces are all interlinked and well connected.’ The lower courtyard level includes a lounge, kitchen, dining room and guest cloak room, with the entertainment patio and pool in the front. Above the kitchen there’s a study, and above the dining room there’s a bedroom suite and bathroom. The master bedroom, dressing room and bathroom are located close to the road edge to ensure the best views. All the bedrooms are connected by means of a transparent steel and timber bridge, built in the double-volume atrium.

The interiors are an exercise in restraint and awareness of the selected materials’ inherent textures and colours. Malan and Vorster limited their palette to concrete, timber and stone: honest materials.

There’s very little plastering and painting. ‘A lot of the success of the building had to do with the comprehensive use of joinery, and the attention to detail in the kitchen and bathrooms,’ says Malan. ‘We aimed to create a warm, homely experience, with much emphasis placed on hand-crafted components and the fusing of the work of various tradespeople.’

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T H I S PAG E In the pyjama lounge, the Samosa Table by Xander Kriel is available from Southern Guild, the Bamboo Silk rug is from Mae Artisan Rugs (maerugs.com) and the ceramic vessels are from Vorster & Braye Ceramic Design (vorsterandbraye.co.za).

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T H I S PAG E , C L O C K W I S E F RO M T O P L E F T Bookended by stone walls and accessible on two sides via sliding doors, the sheltered outdoor space brings the landscape back to the house; the timber-decked patio adds to the sense of a complete indoor-outdoor experience, with all furniture from B&B Italiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gio Outdoor range (bebitalia.com); the guest bathroom boasts a Flaminia Miniwash Undermount basin (ceramicaflaminia.it) with Vola taps from Still Bathroom Gallery (stillbathrooms.co.za). The mirror is from Muuto (muuto.com); the timber flooring and joinery continues in the dressing room.

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T H I S S PR E A D The contemporary design of this twostorey residence in Umdloti, KwaZuluNatal, was developed around the view of the Indian Ocean, with a protected courtyard built on the inland side for the swimming pool. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Neutral finishes in both hard and soft furnishings and a base palette of black and ivory combined with timber, industrial cement and charcoal powder-coated steelwork create a harmonious scheme that links indoor and outdoor spaces,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; says Ruth Duke of Ruth Duke Interior Design, who created the interiors. The outdoor sofa, black butterfly chairs and concrete coffee table are all from Weylandts (weylandts.co.za).

n a house with an ordinary layout consisting of standard plastered walls, you can do what you like with the decor. But when the architectural design is striking and powerful, ensuring that the furnishings work in harmony is essential.

In this Umdloti home, architect George Elphick of Elphick Proome worked with the topography of the site to create a two-storey residence that responds to both the climate and the context. He paid no mind to traditional square and rectangular geometries, and instead allowed for interesting configurations of space, with walls built on the diagonal and rooms with unusual footprints.

‘The living areas are upstairs – resulting in extensive elevated views of the sea – and private zones are created with courtyards and screens,’ Elphick says. ‘The house opens to the east and the west, protecting the swimming pool from the wind and assisting with cross-ventilation that makes air conditioning unnecessary.’

Wanting a change from the traditional style of their previous home, the owners brought only a few pieces of furniture and their artwork to this new abode. ‘We were excited about living in a more contemporary space,’ they say. ‘Our children are adults and although they still each have a bedroom here, they study and work away from home, so it was time to downsize – to the seaside.’

The house is one of two pairs of semi-detached, flat-roofed homes on the site. ‘Delivering this kind of density is what we need to be looking at for urban areas, especially as it makes the provision of security more practical,’ says Elphick, who designed perforated aluminium screens integrated into the sliding doors, which lead outdoors from the bedrooms. They function as security screens and allow air to circulate through holes laid out in modern geometric patterns – adding to the exterior and proving that secure and stylish aren’t mutually exclusive.

Ruth Duke of Ruth Duke Interior Design has created interiors that complement the off-shutter concrete walls, terrazzo floors and pale oak cabinetry to form spaces that are contemporary and comfortable. ‘It was so easy to work with this beautifully designed home,’ she says. ‘It has a strong industrial look and great modern finishes.

The owners were emphatic that the furnishings shouldn’t look “cookie-cutter” and wanted all contents sourced from many independent South African designers. Pieces by Tonic, Egg Designs, Koop, LIM, Umoya Design and Guideline MNF all work together to create a timeless aesthetic.’

The colour scheme – a combination of soft greys, dirty blues, ivory slubby linens and raw, natural textures – was informed by the setting.

‘The owners wanted a neutral look and we agreed that the interior palette needed to connect to the hues of the ocean and foliage outside,’ says Duke.

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T H I S PAG E , F RO M T O P Designed by architect George Elphick of Elphick Proome Architects, the house lends itself to entertaining; in the kitchen, Waterfall stools from Egg Designs (eggdesigns.co.za) provide stylish seating at the expansive counter, while a scullery located behind the light-wood cabinetry is an example of how the abode has been structured with practicality in mind.

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T H I S PAG E The dining area is home to a collection of art and objets displayed on a Luderitz server with a flamed Zimbabwean granite top from Tonic Design (tonicdesign.co.za).

Echoing the timber wall in the entrance is a wooden dining table by Koop (koopdesign.co.za) and Tulip Carver chairs from Guideline MNF (guideline.design).

T H I S S PR E A D, C L O C K W I S E F RO M L E F T Taking pride of place in the living area is a Fabio sofa by Linteloo from Weylandts, upholstered in Soho Linen by St Leger & Viney (stleger.co.za). Here you’ll find functional pieces of art such as Blessing and Verdigris Totem sidetables from Egg Designs, and a bone-inlay stool and Michael marble coffee tables, all from Weylandts; ‘I have a passion for geodes and they always end up in my schemes,’ says Duke of this amethyst geode from Cécile & Boyd (cecileandboyds.com); providing ample light and ventilation, sliding doors stack away to allow the house to open to the outdoors.

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‘I added brass accents and precious-stone finishes – such as black-and-white marble and onyx, and leather elements in black and Gucci tan – as a textural contrast to the linens and cottons. I always add black and white in striped, graphic, bold presentations because these tones ground, freshen and energise an overall colour scheme.’

The upstairs living area is expansive and designed to be lived in. ‘The doors can open on both sides, creating an indoor-outdoor flow that’s perfect for entertaining, and we love taking in the views from the front veranda or gathering around the kitchen island,’ the owners say.

Downstairs, a cosy TV lounge and well-appointed study area open onto a courtyard that continues the indooroutdoor layout evident throughout the house. Both are compact and demonstrate that considered design can make smaller rooms seem more spacious. ‘Ruth thought about our needs very carefully,’ say the owners. ‘She spent time getting to know each of us and was able to create spaces to suit us all, custom-designing many pieces of furniture and fixtures. This is most obvious in the bedrooms, where the interiors suit each occupant perfectly.’

The residence is filled with the family’s collection of artworks, many by their son, and photographs by one of the owners. They have been reframed in simple box frames to bring them up to date, allowing them to fit in with this new scheme, and provide pops of colour and an essential personal touch that transforms a house into a home. ruth-duke-interior-design.business.site; eparch.co.za

T H I S S PR E A D, F RO M L E F T A minimalist staircase leads down to the TV lounge, which features a graphic Shibori rug in Indigo from Hertex (hertex.co.za), sidetables from Weylandts and a standing lamp from Cécile & Boyd; the main bathroom is a sanctuary in which marble details add a luxe feel and a picture window beckons to the outdoors; changes in the ceiling’s materials and levels demarcate spaces in the main bedroom, and a bulkhead gives the dressing room an intimate feel. Simple brass, ceramic and marble accessories complement the American walnut bed and sidetables, custom-designed and made by Ruth Duke Interior Design. The lamps are from Cécile & Boyd and the rug is from Hertex.

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2 LUCKY COUPLES WILL WIN ONE OF TWO FOUR SEASONS HOTEL SPA-BY-NIGHT PACKAGES WORTH R16 500 EACH Each winning couple will enjoy a retreat night-spa package from Four Seasons Hotel The Westcliff in Johannesburg, which includes an overnight stay and a delicious breakfast, plus two 90-minute spa treatments of their choice. The winners will be able to enjoy bubbly and canapés in their room – or at the hotel’s luxurious Après-Spa outdoor lounge area – and will be given gifts of Yswara tea and Terres d’Afrique products to take home.* For more information about Four Seasons Hotel The Westcliff, visit FSJohannesburg fsjohannesburg fourseasons.com/johannesburg Four Seasons Hotel Westcliff Johannesburg

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T H I S S PR E A D, F RO M L E F T Designed by Peerutin Architects (peerutin.co.za) and Design Space Africa (designspaceafrica.com), Radisson Red in Cape Town’s Silo district seeks to redefine the way guests interact within its walls.

House and Leisure and Eddie the Welsh terrier experienced the space first hand and loved the way that the HI ALL (or front lobby) blurs the lines between hotel reception, chill zone and meeting area; the interior design was overseen by interior architecture studio Source IBA (sourceiba.co.za) and is a veritable hive for activities relating to art, music and fashion, reflecting Radisson Red’s core brand ethos.

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n the gleaming glass surface, Radisson Hotels’ newest launch, Red – situated in Cape Town’s Silo district – ticks all the boxes of a contemporary high-end hotel.

Yet inside the vibrant space, which is imbued with a youthful energy, you’ll find the brand is about more than ticking the right boxes. At its heart is a genuine motivation to understand modern travel needs and meet them in an exciting, different way.

‘As a departure point, the design team looked at the individual components of a hotel, questioning what is truly necessary and relevant,’ says Mardre Meyer. As creative director of interior architecture studio Source IBA, Meyer has overseen a number of hospitality projects, injecting into them Source IBA’s ethos of ‘orchestrating human experiences’. It’s with this philosophy that the team approached the Radisson Red, understanding how visitors would interact with the facets of the hotel, whose unique architecture is the result of a collaboration between local studios Peerutin Architects and Design Space Africa. ‘It allows us to shake up what “room modules” really mean,’ says Meyer.

‘Elements have been taken apart and put back together in a way that recognises that people travel differently now.’

Leading into the OUIBar + KTCHN, the all-day eatery serving fresh, deli-style fare, the HI ALL (in the past you’d have called it the lobby) is one of the areas that best showcases Source IBA’s modular thinking. It’s a communal blurred-lines space that makes you question why those lines existed in the first place.

Comprising self-service and manned stations where guests can seamlessly check in and out, meeting zones, chill spots and areas open to interpretation, the lofty multifunctional foyer is perfect for temporary exhibitions, fashion shows and impromptu music events. ‘The inspiration behind the brand is art, music and fashion, and we use this inspiration to create a sense of place,’ says Dale Simpson, curator of Radisson Red. Having cut his teeth at Hotel Missoni (now the G&V Royal Mile Hotel) in Edinburgh, Scotland, Simpson’s role here sees him translating Radisson Red’s ‘ageless Millennial mindset’ into memorable guest experiences. That can mean everything from the way his hospitality team are described (as ‘creatives’) to the bespoke denim kilts wrapped around their waists (designed by Howie R Nicholsby of 21stcenturykilts.com).

It’s even encapsulated in the take-away coffee cups that carry limited-edition designs by emerging artists.

Many of these reinterpretations are also found inside the hotel rooms, or ‘studios’. Source IBA furnished each one with clever touches that tap into a guest’s needs, such as eschewing the tea tray for a French Press kit. The studios are noticeably more spacious than standard hotel rooms, and have expansive windows that offer superior views of the harbourside surrounds.

Source IBA also connected with local designers for the interior styling, using creations from well-known names including Haldane Martin, Pedersen + Lennard, Woltemade and Vogel.

But perhaps the most striking element in each studio is a bright mural by Cameron Platter, Radisson Red’s signature artist.

O PP O S I T E PAG E , C L O C K W I S E F RO M T O P L E F T The hotel’s rooftop – a ‘very Instagrammable area’ says Mardre Meyer of Source IBA – is home to a craft beer and food truck, as well as Chair_One chairs by Konstantin Grcic for Magis (magisdesign.com); banquette seating encourages laid-back dining in the OUIBar + KTCHN; the menu consists of fresh favourites made from responsibly sourced produce; portals of IBR sheeting echo shipping containers in the harbour.

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T H I S PAG E , F RO M T O P Styled after modern studio apartments, the bedrooms include custom details such as a Nguni dining chair and bench by Vogel (vogeldesign.co.za); art can be found throughout the hotel, and the glass facade incorporates faceted graphic elements by Red’s signature artist Cameron Platter.

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L E I S U R E pinpoint O PP O S I T E PAG E , C L O C K W I S E F RO M T O P L E F T Because the Radisson Red is paperless, guestbook info is available on the Red App and behind the studio doors; storage lockers at the hotel gym; Andile Ngqandu sports a designer kilt; the interiors are full of playful touches; OUIBar + KTCHN is a multifunctional zone with dining options for vegetarians and meat lovers alike (bottom right), One bar stools by Konstantin Grcic for Magis (bottom middle), and a communal eating area (bottom left and middle); the hotel is located at Silo 6 in Cape Town’s Silo district.

‘Art is in Red’s veins. It’s the lifeblood of what happens here,’ says Meyer. The proximity to Cape Town’s premier design district and Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa are major drawcards.

This is reflected in the red-crate installation presiding over the HI ALL, another distinctive artwork created by Platter. Platter’s work is a vein that snakes up the core of Radisson Red, from the beating heart of the entrance, through each floor.

And if art is in the blood of the hotel, technology is its nervous system – a subtle thread running through a guest’s stay, from the high-speed Wi-Fi to the app that manages check-ins, room service, bill paying and even curating your own minibar, so you can avoid human interaction should you so wish. But that really is only if you want to, says Simpson, adding that ‘technology isn’t about replacing people but enhancing an experience’.

For Simpson and Meyer, experience is at the core of the offerings here, and there’s perhaps no better place to truly take that in than on the rooftop bar where – sans technology, design and art – guests can devour panoramas of the V&A Waterfront and beyond, revelling in the Mother City’s natural splendour.

Radisson Red, Silo 6, Silo Square, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town; 087-086-1578. radissonred.com/cape-town

T H I S PAG E , F RO M T O P Even the bathrooms boast eclectic design in the form of red mosaics and grouting; all rooms are pet-friendly and the Radisson provides beds and a dedicated menu.

5 REASONS TO CHECK INTO THE RADISSON RED 1. MORNING YOGA GUESTS CAN START THEIR DAY THE VIRTUOUS WAY WITH AN EARLY YOGA OR PILATES SESSION ON THE ROOFTOP. 2. BAXTER’S BITCHIN’ BLONDE THE RADISSON RED BREWS ITS OWN BEER, NAMED AFTER THE HOTEL’S MASCOT, BAXTER THE BOSTON TERRIER. 3. POOCH-FRIENDLY PADS SPEAKING OF FURRY FRIENDS, THERE’S A HOME FOR THEM TOO AT RADISSON RED. ‘A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO TRAVEL WITH THEIR PETS,’ SAYS SIMPSON. IN THE HOTEL’S PET PROGRAMME, CATS AND DOGS ARE CHECKED IN WITH A MENU NOTING THEIR DIETARY REQUIREMENTS BEFORE THEY RECEIVE A BANDANNA AND ARE SHOWN TO THEIR BEDS. 4. ROOFTOP PARTIES A LORRY SERVES LOCAL CRAFT BEER AND BASIC FOOD NEXT TO THE POOL ON THE ROOFTOP – WHICH IS SURE TO BE A POPULAR HANGOUT DURING THE WARM SUMMER MONTHS. 5. SUSTAINABLE THINKING RADISSON RED IS A PAPERLESS HOTEL THAT IS CAREFUL TO CONSIDER ITS IMPACT ON CAPE TOWN, AND ITS ROOFTOP FEATURES LOCAL SUCCULENTS THAT DON’T NEED AS MUCH WATER AS REGULAR GREENERY. 90

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GRILLED WILD ASIAN MUSHROOMS WITH COCONUT PAK CHOI

800g assorted large wild mushrooms 2 garlic cloves, crushed 2T Chinese five-spice powder 100g soft butter, melted 2×400ml cans coconut milk 2T grated, fresh ginger root 1 lemongrass stalk, bruised 2T soy sauce 2T sherry Salt and lime juice, to taste 200g pak choi heads, quartered

½ cup sugar ¼ cup water ¼ cup lime juice 2 nectarines, sliced into quarters 2 small oranges or soft-peel citrus fruit, peeled and cut into halves 1 bottle rosé wine A handful of mint and a handful of basil, for garnish

Make a lime syrup by boiling the sugar, water and lime juice in a small pot, stirring continually until the sugar has completely dissolved. Set aside to cool.

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For the dressing 4T vegetable oil 2T honey 2T apple cider/cloudy apple juice 2T fresh lime juice

Drizzle 2T olive oil over the tuna steaks and season with salt and pepper.

Place a griddle pan over a high heat and allow it to reach optimal temperature. Mix the apples, fennel bulbs and spring onions with the remaining 2T olive oil and season well.

Chargrill, turning frequently, until soft.

Remove from the heat, roughly slice the charred fennel and spring onions, and place in a bowl with the apple.

Add the radicchio leaves and dill.

Pour the dressing ingredients into a jar, shake well and toss through the slaw. Sear the tuna in olive oil to your liking and serve with the slaw.

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In the meantime, pour the coconut milk into a pot and add the ginger, lemongrass stalk, soy sauce and sherry. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes or until thickened.

Season with salt and lime juice, add the pak choi and cook until wilted.

Remove the lemongrass and serve as a side dish to the mushroom kebabs or pull the mushrooms off the skewers and toss in the sauce.

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To make the labneh, line a sieve with muslin and set over a bowl.

Mix the yoghurt with the garlic and pour into the sieve, then twist or tie the muslin edges together and place in the fridge overnight.

For the root vegetables, toss the carrots and sweet potatoes in the oil, spices and seasoning, and grill for 30 minutes or until cooked through.

Place on a platter and scatter the sesame seeds over them.

Remove the labneh from the sieve, discarding the drained liquid, and place in a bowl. Stir through the tahini and honey and serve with the grilled vegetables.

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500g double-cream Greek yoghurt 1 garlic clove, crushed 250g baby rainbow carrots, peeled 2 large sweet potatoes, washed and cut into wedges 3T olive oil 1t ground cumin 1t ground coriander ½t chilli flakes Salt, to taste 2T sesame seeds, toasted 1t tahini 2T honey or to taste

Heat a griddle pan on high and lightly chargrill the nectarines and fruit, ensuring that they remain firm.

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Revived for a new generation to discover, Arderne Gardens in Claremont, Cape Town, is a wonderworld of arboreal ancients and exotics TEXT CATRIONA ROSS PRODUCTION GEMMA BEDFORTH PHOTOGRAPHS ADEL FERREIRA The Arderne Gardens’ ‘wedding tree’, a Moreton Bay fig (Ficus macrophylla).

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e were warned about Arderne Gardens at school in the ’80s. ‘Stay away from the fence,’ our teachers said of the adjoining property, ‘and no shortcuts through the gardens, girls.’

Occasionally we were taken on outings into that shadowy, mysterious place, to play hide-and-seek among the shoulderheight roots of the towering ‘wedding tree’ and walk the overgrown paths that snaked between camellia bushes, our teachers patrolling for unsavoury loiterers. Then, as we discovered in senior school, if we leaned from the windows of the upstairs science lab, we could get a good look at the occasional flashers in raincoats who lingered at the fence of that neglected garden, hoping schoolgirls would see them: an education of sorts.

These days, this public space in Claremont has been lovingly restored to its original splendour by a group established in 2004, Friends of the Arderne Gardens (FOTAG), in partnership with Cape Town’s city council. Although the garden was declared a National Historical

A Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla).

Monument in 1979, and the 37m-high Moreton Bay fig has long been a popular backdrop for wedding photographs, the place is still a well-kept secret. Just off the frenetic Main Road, it offers serene glades and lawns, Japanese-style ponds fed by a natural spring, an unusual collection of magnificent trees including redwoods and araucarias, and heirloom rhododendrons, camellias and azaleas.

Arderne Gardens was established in 1845 by an Englishman who came to the Cape to start a new life after the loss of his wife, son and business. Ralph Arderne remarried and bought for £740 a piece of land, part of the old Stellenberg estate, and built a house on the property, now the site of Herschel Preparatory School. Here he planned to create a garden ‘with trees and plants from as many parts of the world as I can’.

Word went out to trading ships calling into Cape Town that Mr Arderne was anxious to acquire young plants or seeds from other countries. For one of his first seedlings, a tiny Norfolk Island pine from Australia, he paid £5 (a sizeable sum) and planted it in 1847. Most Norfolk Island pines in Cape Town are thought to be its descendants.

Arderne swapped seeds and bulbs with Sir Thomas Hooker of Kew Gardens over the years, and helped to establish the

A grove of palm trees (Phoenix reclinata).

Cape Town Botanical Gardens in the old Company’s Garden in 1848. He became a world-renowned plant collector, and his private gardens became famous.

When Arderne died in 1885, the garden was inherited by his eldest son Henry, a lawyer whose buttonhole was often adorned with a ‘Pink Pearl’ rhododendron.

Henry travelled widely to collect plants and seeds for the 4.5ha garden, and in 1926, nine years after his death, the City of Cape Town purchased it to save it from subdivision.

As the sign at the entrance proclaims, ‘This special garden is the only one of its kind in the world’, thanks to its collection of rare and exotic trees, many of them over a century old. ‘It’s the only garden with so many trees of this size and age in the southern hemisphere,’ says Arderne Gardens horticulturalist Lisa Conradie. As she explains, trees often grow bigger here than in their natural habitat, such as the 32m-high Queensland kauri pine (Agathis robusta), a tree known for its beautiful timber, and the 40m-tall Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis), an example this large not seen in its native Mediterranean region.

The garden is home to six of South Africa’s 76 Champion Trees – individual specimens given national recognition and protection for their age, biological attributes and heritage significance: the Moreton Bay

The 29m-high Araucaria bidwilii (bunya-bunya pine) from Australia.

fig (Ficus macrophylla), the Aleppo pine and Queensland kauri; a Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla), a Turkish oak (Quercus cerris) and a great cork oak (Quercus suber) that is reminiscent of a Japanese painting with its gnarled, spreading branches coated in moss and lichen â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a champion tree for climbing, if you ask a visiting child.

Equally noteworthy are the collections of Gondwanan trees, species from the ancient supercontinent Gondwana before southern hemisphere landmasses including Africa, South America and Australia split away (araucarias, podocarpuses and cycads) and the recently planted trees from the Green Legacy Hiroshima initiative, which distributes seeds and saplings of trees that survived the 1945 atomic bomb to botanical gardens worldwide: a Kurogane holly (Ilex rotunda), 15 Japanese persimmon saplings (Diospyros kaki) and a Ginkgo biloba, all grown from seed by Kirstenbosch horticulturalist Adam Harrower.

International botanists have assisted FOTAG in its ongoing project to label all the trees in the garden, including arborist and author Thomas Pakenham of Meetings with Remarkable Trees renown. With the aim of developing the space into a special southern-hemisphere arboretum, new and replacement trees were planted in a 2016 ceremony to provide the next generation of the giants seen in the garden. Among the rare species planted were a Californian Giant redwood (Sequoiadendron giganteum) and a Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides), described as a fossil until a living tree was discovered clinging to life in 1945 in a remote Szechuan valley in China.

Today, senior schoolgirls run along Arderne Gardensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; paths during crosscountry training, and the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s youngest pupils, including my daughter, celebrate spring with a picnic under its venerable trees. The Messrs Arderne must be smiling down. ardernegardens.org.za Arderne Gardens, Main Road, Claremont, is open daily from 9am-6pm. A brochure containing a map is obtainable from the pharmacy across the road. If you are interested in becoming an Arderne Gardens volunteer, working once a week on small, interesting projects in the garden, contact Lisa Conradie on 071-358-3321.

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Dicksonia antarctica tree ferns in a glade.

A cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani).

A huge cork oak tree (Quercus suber).

A copper beech (Fagus sylvatica, left), a Magnolia grandiflora (right) and a tree rhododendron.

The textured surface of a cork oak tree (Quercus suber).

An Egyptian goose in a camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora).

A Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla).

The swamp cypress (Taxodium distichum).

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Here’s our two-day guide to making the most of the metro-beach destination.

DAY ONE Gaudí gazing and beachside chilling

The Sagrada Família Basilica – famous Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí’s Modernist masterpiece that is still under construction today – is synonymous with Barcelona. Gaudí took over as architect of this monumental edifice in 1883 and worked on it until his death in 1926.

A visit to this church is a must: outside, the detailed stonework beggars belief, with intricate symbol-filled carvings, fantastical towers and turrets, and bright colours garnering attention.

Once inside, the masses of crowds are more manageable thanks to the vast interior. It is different to any other basilica

you’re likely to have experienced: columns grow tree-like to support the ceiling, which is up to 75m high. Looking up, the columns appear almost anemone-like, as if you’re peering into an underwater world.

Then there are the stained-glass windows – blue tones on the eastern side to ensure the morning sun is cool, while oranges and yellows flood the space with warm hues in the afternoon. Even if you’re not religious, the space is profoundly moving.

For exceptional city views, you can take a lift up one of the towers. (Do note, however, that children under six or those with vertigo or impaired mobility are not allowed, as you will need to climb downstairs after visiting the top.) To skip the long queue and ensure only a short waiting time for your entry slot, buy a ticket online at sagradafamilia.org.

Once you’ve taken in all the aweinspiring architecture you can manage for the day, head to the beach to unwind.

Barcelona boasts at least nine easily accessible beaches that are right next to one another, and there are many more if you venture further along the coast.

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A dazzling starting point is Port Olímpic marina, with its 52m-long metallic sculpture ‘El Peix d’Or’ (The Golden Fish) designed

by American architect Frank Gehry for the 1992 Summer Olympics. To the north lies Nova Icària Beach, a quieter stretch of sand that boasts loads of facilities such as pingpong tables and volleyball courts, as well as a good selection of bars and restaurants.

If you head southwards, you’ll discover Somorrostro, a charming little bay that abuts Barceloneta, the most popular of the city’s beaches. And while it’s rather narrow and space is occupied by the chiringuitos (beach bar kiosks) dotted about on the sand, it’s a great place to people-watch. Here the sand is rougher and often pebbly as you enter the sea, but you can spend hours bobbing, splashing and swimming about in the azure Mediterranean water. For dinner, stop by a chiringuito and savour a cocktail and some seafood while you soak up the chilled vibes.

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A hop-on hop-off sightseeing bus is a brilliant way to get to the Fundació Joan Miró museum of modern art, where you can easily while away a morning. Located on Montjuïc hill, it’s a heavenly spot dedicated to a comprehensive collection of work by Barcelona-born Joan Miró, showcasing art from his entire career and exploring key concepts of his evolution as an artist, including Surrealist pieces and fascinating three-dimensional triptych works.

Miró’s good friend, architect Josep Lluís Sert, designed the space in a rationalist style with Mediterranean features. The building is as fascinating as the artworks it displays, and features double-spaced rooms, quiet courtyards, wonderful natural light, and delightful gardens and terraces, which offer expansive vistas of Barcelona and the Montserrat mountains in the distance.

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About 20 minutes away from the museum you’ll find La Rambla, the tree-lined pedestrian boulevard that cuts through the heart of the city centre. If you’re strolling down towards the sea, turn left at the Christopher Columbus monument to pass Port Vell waterfront harbour, and be sure to look out for Roy Lichtenstein’s sculpture ‘El Cap de Barcelona’ (The Head) – you can hardly miss it as it stands over 15m tall. Also created for the 1992 Summer Olympics, this statue of a three-dimensional woman’s face is designed in Liechtenstein’s famous Pop Art technique with red Ben-Day dots, and the inclusion of mosaics acts as a nod to Barcelona’s trademark use of ceramics.

When it comes to food, Spain’s tapas culture is a wonderful way of eating, whether it’s vermouth time (an actual time of day referring to when you drink the aperitif) or enjoying these snack-sized dishes closer to midnight.

But choosing where to go and what to sample can be daunting, so why not opt for a tapas tour?

Devour Barcelona Food Tours offers fun and informative trips for a perfect dinner excursion.

The tapas and wine tour includes three venues: first is a traditional wine bar to savour tapas such as gooey cheese-and-ham croquettes and spicy patatas bravas, paired with small-batch vermouth. Next is the latest trendy tapas spot, with Cava (Spanish sparkling wine) and white wine, served with seafood paella and earthy spinach fritters. The last stop is at a private tasting room for cold meats, cheeses and olives accompanied by red and fortified wines. The guide is a qualified foodie, brimming with knowledge and enthusiasm – and smaller groups make for a great dynamic, too.

Whether you have a weekend, a month, or just a few days, it’s possible to drink in the essence of this vibrant city and indulge in the good life, Catalan-style. Barcelona ticks all the boxes.

T H I S PAG E , C L O C K W I S E F RO M T O P Joan Miró’s ‘Woman and Bird’ sculpture graces the Parc de Joan Miró; originally designed as a community housing project, Parc Güell is one of the largest works by Gaudí, and spans 42 acres (parkguell.cat); La Boqueria is considered to be the best-known market in the city, thanks in large part to its location on La Rambla, a bustling pedestrian boulevard that was laid out in 1766 (boqueria.info).

O PP O S I T E PAG E , C L O C K W I S E F RO M T O P L E F T Experience Spain’s tapas culture and sample unique Catalan flavours on a Devour Barcelona Food Tour (devourbarcelonafoodtours.com); vibrant mosaics can be found all over the city; Barcelona is made up of numerous narrow, winding streets, making the wide 1.2km-long La Rambla boulevard a popular meeting point for locals and tourists alike; 39 food markets are spread across Barcelona and source an array of fresh produce; designed by Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill, W Barcelona hotel on the Barceloneta boardwalk forms an iconic part of the skyline (w-barcelona.com); Roy Lichtenstein’s ‘El Cap de Barcelona’ is just one of many famous artworks present in the city.

PR EV IO U S S PR E A D At 172.5m high, architect Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Família Basilica is one of the tallest religious buildings in the world (sagradafamilia.org).

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DEALING WITH AN EXISTING STRUCTURE There are always surprises that need to be worked around, and in the case of Robyn’s bathroom, the team had no prior knowledge that the floor was partially wooden.

BUDGET Working within a set costing framework is the archetypal challenge of any renovation. ‘I’m sure we could have done it cheaper, but we wanted to give Robyn an unbelievable bathroom, and that’s what we did,’ says Oren.

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The taste and aromas transport me back to wonderful places. My next dream holiday is a trip to the Amalfi Coast in Italy with my husband and children. If money were no object, I’d treat myself to a walk-in closet filled with the most glorious couture gowns. I’m reading Equal But Different by Dr Judy Dlamini. I’m listening to ‘Shape of You’ by Ed Sheeran. It was our anthem on

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a recent girls’ trip to Paris. I hate it when people are mean. It’s so unnecessary. I’m definitely not a good planner. If I could change one thing about South Africa, it would be the inequality, and ensuring that

there’s quality education and healthcare accessible to all. Don’t leave Johannesburg without trying the Absolut Elyx cocktails served in copper pineapples at Mesh Club on the Keyes Art Mile. When I was younger, I used to think that I was adopted because I looked nothing like my mother or brother.

The best advice I ever got was from my mother. She said I needed to learn to be happy alone. I was such an extrovert and used to want to be surrounded by people all the time. These days, being alone with God brings me such peace and clarity of thought. Thanks, Ma. vikashipalana

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