Video Stories
We are enormously proud of our projects, our relationships and our collaborations.
Here is a collection of short inspirational video stories.
Top Billing
Some of the projects that have chosen our floors have been featured on Top Billing.
Here are a few of our favourites.
Published Stories
Here are a few extraordinary homes that we are part of that are receiving special attention for all the right reasons.
Cape Grace
Hotel
Cape Town’s Cape Grace hotel reopens its doors following an extensive and playful
https://wallpaper.com
QBar Johannesburg
QBar Johannesburg, a luxury wine bar that draws inspiration from the enchanting aspects
https://visi.co.za
Johannesburg Home
Johannesburg architect Anthony Orelowitz designed a home for his family that reinvents
https://visi.co.za
Paarl Mountain Home
Perched high up in the mountain above Paarl, this house offers a sweeping
https://visi.co.za
Q&A with Giorgio Tatsakis
We chat to Giorgio Tatsakis, the interior architect and designer behind Ethos‘ reimagined
https://visi.co.za
SAOTA awarded gold at Loeries
SAOTA’s project Kloof House took home Gold at the 43rd Annual Loeries Awards
https://amazingarchitecture.com
Proome Architects
With global business interests and homes in China and Europe, our discerning world
https://archdaily.com
ONE SOTHERBY’S REALTY
Situated on Miami Beach’s most coveted address, Star Island. Sprawling 25,000 Square Feet
https://onesothebysrealty.com
Singita Volcanoes
The extraordinary site is situated in the Volcanoes National Park in the northwest
https://archdaily.com
MODERN CLIFTON HOME
Carved into the western slopes of Lion’s Head, this tiered hideaway – Kloof 145
https://visi.co.za
Clifton Terraces Apartments
Clifton Terraces apartments on Victoria Road, Cape Town, designed by SAOTA
https://archdaily.com
TSWALU KALAHARI RESERVE
The reimagining of a southern Kalahari reserve enables guests to interact with nature
https://visi.co.za
PARKHURST SHOWROOM
Oggie’s new showroom in Parkhurst forms a supremely good-looking backdrop against
https://visi.co.za
FORESHORE APARTMENT
A monochromatic exterior conceals a celebration of colour, creativity
https://visi.co.za
NATURAL WOOD SHOWROOM
Oggie’s natural wood shoreroom in Parkhurst transforms the display model
https://assetmag.co.za
OGGIE’S NEW SHOWROOM
Nestled amongst the leavy green northern suburbs of Johannesburg
https://joomag.com
NATURAL WONDER
The new showroom for hardwood flooring company Oggie, designed by C76 Architecture
https://issuu.com
CHEETAH PLAINS
Not your traditional luxury lodge, Cheetah Plains redefines the conventional, translating urban sophistication
https://visi.co.za
PLETTENBERG BAY
A rare find on the shores of Plett is transformed into a place of wonder with infinite views of sky and ocean.
https://visi.co.za
Stanford Villa
A sense of arrival is the feeling you get when you step inside Perivoli Lagoon House. Designed as an exclusive
https://visi.co.za
Fresnaye Family Home
It might look a little like a foreign object against a setting of otherwise traditional houses, but this Bauhaus-inspired
https://visi.co.za
Green Point Apartment
In interpreting the brief to update this two-bedroom 100 m2 apartment to appeal to a range of discerning guests
https://visi.co.za
Cape Town Victorian Villa
A heritage villa has been both respectfully restored and modified to retain the home’s period character
https://visi.co.za
Umdloti House
Perched midway up the ridge-line on one of the last remaining greenfield sites in the idyllic seaside village of Umdloti, boasting
https://archdaily.com
Endless Summer
The classic 1966 surf film The Endless Summer followed two American surfers around the world in their quest to find every surfer’s holy grail
https://houseandgarden.co.za
River House
Located on the Kromme River estuary, that flows into the warm Indian ocean, the house has been conceptualized as a summer retreat for a family
https://archdaily.com
Award-winning Clifton Terrace
Designed by SAOTA, South Villa is a five-storey penthouse in the award-winning Clifton Terraces apartments on Victoria Road
https://archello.com
Design of a peaceful home
Called La Bella Vista , this South African project offering a sublime panorama towards the beach thanks to its
https://admagazine.com
South Villa Penthouse
South Villa is a five-story penthouse in the award-winning Clifton Terraces apartments on Victoria Road
https://www.archilovers.com
Best-Designed Safari Lodge
Set in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South Africa, Cheetah Plains’ surrounds offer some of the most life-affirming wildlife
https://robbreport.co.uk
Cape Town Penthouse
Berthed among Keerom Street’s rows of stoic office buildings is a rather remarkable Deco-meets-Pomo-meets-ocean liner
https://visi.co.za
The Great Escape
If Johannesburg is this Cameroonian-born business consultant and homeowner’s yin, then Cape Town is his yang. The former is the nucleus
https://houseandleisure.co.za
Cheetah Plains
Cheetah Plains Private Houses are the home of the definitive, exclusive-use, luxury sustainable safari in South Africa’s most celebrated wildlife
https://prolandscaper.co.za
Kwa-Zulu Natal Home
The first step in building this house on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast was unconventional: planting
https://www.visi.co.za
Oranjezicht Boutique Hotel
A boutique hotel hideaway beside the Camissa River in Cape Town affords guests privacy, tranquillity
https://www.visi.co.za
Kloof 145
Accessed from Kloof Road, which winds along the western slopes of Lion’s Head, this site is positioned in the wind-protected suburb of Clifton.
https://prolandscaper.co.za
A Modern Marvel
With a need to create a home environment that not only reflected their tastes but also accommodated their growing family
https://www.sahomeowner.co.za
Clifton Apartment
The renovation of a two-bedroom Art Deco apartment overlooking Clifton 1st beach put owner/decorator Andréa
https://www.visi.co.za
Timeless Flow
A South African-born couple returned to Cape Town after residing abroad for two decades. They approached the architects to design
https://www.habitatmag.co.za
Delaire Graff Estate
The Delaire Graff Estate was already the most opulent place in which to stay in South Africa’s Cape Winelands
https://www.forbes.com
La Petite Ferme Franschhoek
This exclusive boutique hotel, backed by the Middagkrans Mountain Range, has one of the best views in the oenophilic
https://www.telegraph.co.uk
MONT ROCHELLE’S MANOR HOUSE
About an hour’s drive from Cape Town, Franschhoek’s charms are numerous. In the Stellenbosch Municipality
https://www.telegraph.co.uk
Contemporary Glamour
The owners and their architect undertook an extensive renovation on this property, which was redesigned
https://www.sahomeowner.co.za
Chic Modernity
The location was ideal – however this property needed some TLC to enable the owners to call it home. A complete renovation is what followed.
https://www.sahomeowner.co.za
Hi-tech Comfort
These home owners wanted a secure environment in which to live without the feeling of being “locked in” by brick and concrete walls.
https://www.sahomeowner.co.za
CONTEMPORARY HOME
Light is the consummate sculptor in this contemporary inner-city Tamboerskloof sanctuary.
https://visi.co.za
bishopscourt farmhouse
No matter in which space you stand, there’s
a distinct sense of connectedness
https://houseandleisure.co.za
Modern Melkbos Home
Strong geometry, clean lines and contemporary finishes help GSquared Artchitec
https://visi.co.za
Sedgefield Beach House
Architect Johann Slee’s latest creation hovers over and among milkwood trees above the dunes
https://visi.co.za
Blok
Penthouse
The penthouse in the new TwelveonV apartment building in Bantry Bay, a new Blok development
https://visi.co.za
CONTEMPORARY
MIAMI HOME
This luxurious oceanside home, designed by local architecture firm SAOTA, is located on the
https://visi.co.za
A Riverside Family Haven
Created to serve as a retreat from their busy lives, this place has all the bells and whistles of a 21st-century house.
https://www.sahomeowner.co.za
GREEN POINT APARTMENT
Using a double-storey library as a point of departure, design dream team Jürgen Kieslich
https://visi.co.za
THE PEECH HOTEL EXPANDS
The Peech Boutique Hotel in Melrose, Johannesburg, has recently doubled in size, with its pavilion-like
https://visi.co.za
CAPE
HOLIDAY HOME
The design of this award-winning one-of-a-kind contemporary beach house is an inspired
https://visi.co.za
CONTEMPORARY
FAMILY HOME
Primely located below Lion’s Head in Cape Town, you’ll find Kloof 119A, a contemporary
https://visi.co.za
boutique hotel labotessa
Cape Town’s newest luxury boutique hotel, Labotessa, breathes new life
https://houseandleisure.co.za
glamorous LABOTESSA
With one foot in the past and one foot firmly in the future, the understatedly glamorous hotel
https://habitatmag.co.za
MOST SOUGHT
AFTER STREET
In this remarkable new Cape Town home, modern comfort is blended with elemental architectur
https://houseandleisure.co.za
Quiet Opulence
Combining a rich, earthy palette with luxe materials and bespoke designs, the interior
https://houseandleisure.co.za
Cheetah Plains
Cheetah Plains is a new Game Lodge designed by ARRCC located in the Sabi Sand, South Africa
https://archello.com
FAMILY HOUSE IN CAPE TOWN
This Saota-designed family home is positioned below Lion’s Head with views of Table Mountain
https://urdesignmag.com
Eco-Lodge in
Rwanda
Singita officially opened Singita Kwitonda Lodge and Kataza House in Rwanda last week
https://robreport.com
Boma
House
The brief was to create a home with all the
spectacle of an Atlantic Seaboard showpiece
https://archdaily.com
Dream-like
Panarama
Built on land of more than 1,400 square meters,
this house of almost 1,200 square meters
https://admexico.mx
An Inverted
Pyramid Roof
SAOTA have designed a new home in Cape Town, South Africa, that sits below Lion’s Head
https://contemporist.com
Luxury
Safari Lodge
For many, its name is still tinged with sadness,
but in the 25 years since Rwanda was torn apart
https://fortune.com
sanctuary in the city
We meet Nick and Robyn Gluckman, and their
brood of pets, in their recently renovated
https://houseandleisure.co.za
a smart
renovation
A thoughtful renovation took this Camps Bay
home from old-fashioned double storey
https://houseandleisure.co.za
Before
and after
Initially fraught with challenges, this renovation ultimately resulted in the creation
https://houseandleisure.co.za
van gass
renovation
When undertaking the renovation of his Johannesburg home, architect Georg van Gass
https://houseandleisure.co.za
a quiet
place
For Nick and Robyn Gluckman, a calm and serene environment to come home to at the end
https://houseandleisure.co.za
Exclusive
TOUR
We know perfection when we see it and that is what NINEONS one of the new developments
https://houseandgarden.co.za
2019 Dezeen
Awards
Featured in the July 2019 issue of Condé Nast House & Garden, Cheetah Plains is a new
https://houseandgarden.co.za
ARCHITECTURAL EYE CANDY
Master architect of urban regeneration,
Robert Silke, has radically transformed
https://houseandgarden.co.za
TOUR OF
KLOOF 145
Accessed from Kloof Road, which winds along the western slopes of Lion’s Head
https://houseandgarden.co.za
Architecturally Stunning
A wealth of luxurious and beautiful new properties have cropped up or revealed renovation
https://architecturaldigest.com
Menlo Park Family Home
An airy modern home in the Pretoria suburb of
Menlo Park is unrecognisable as the gloomy
https://visi.co.za
Rondebosch
Oval
Rondebosch Oval is a desirable secure lifestyle
estate with 41 upmarket homes situated
https://habitatmag.co.za
Contrast
of Form
On an open piece of land, with a neighbour’s
house to the south and two neighbours
https://habitatmag.co.za
QUOIN
ROCK
Architect Julia Gaiduk was the guiding force
behind the striking renovation of Quoin Rock
https://visi.co.za
CHEETAH
PLAINS
The new Cheetah Plains game lodge in the
Sabi Sand Game Reserve in the Kruger National
https://architonic.com