VK1 House by Greg Wright Architects
Greg Wright Architects have designed the Vk1 house in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Description from the architects:
Conceived as the home for a young/trendy/elegant couple, this house is the perfect reflection of the client’s brief.
The main areas of the house are raised and located on the first floor in order to take advantage of the beautiful views towards the ocean, leaving the complementary areas on the ground floor, spinning around a central courtyard that not only provides light and ventilation but also a beautiful view from every room on that level.
A very elegant and modern palette of polished concrete floors, textured concrete, stainless steel, with touches of natural grey stone and dark glass have conform the canvas for a unique lifestyle. The lighting design accents the spirit of the house on every room and determines a specific mood for each occasion by washing the different surfaces and creating a very rich fest of textures and shades.
Visit the website of Greg Wright Architects – here.
Photography by Adam Letch
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domenico laruccia on 03 Nov 2011 at 6:29 am #
you have a brilliant website here. thanks Contemporist
Ahsan on 03 Nov 2011 at 1:25 pm #
It’s beautiful. But i feel like the safety of the stairs is compromised.
Rube on 03 Nov 2011 at 1:48 pm #
Very Nice Greg Write Architects.The textures are brilliant!
nick on 03 Nov 2011 at 7:56 pm #
Not sure about the elegant claim, but would agree with the trendy and young. Hope the client does not plan on having kids soon because there are some design problems that would need to be fixed.
Lately a lot of designs out of South Africa seem to be large (mostly too large) houses that are all square and box form with lots of hard concrete etc.. not saying that they are not nice but they seem to be all the same. Kind of a shame really.
The bathroom view out of the windows is top notch though.
Zachary Alan on 05 Nov 2011 at 8:19 am #
i love the lines of the sidewalk. very nice. the house is ok.