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3. Fire escapes : Located on a game farm between Bela Bela and Thabazimbi in the Limpopo Province, this holiday home, designed by Johan Wentzel, is in constant conversation with its environment. The pit of the boma is painted in oxblood, available from Africote. -
4. Rumours of rain : Inspiration abounds for artists who spend time at the Nirox residency near the Cradle of Humankind, 40 minutes from Johannesburg. This garden was designed by landscape architect Patrick Watson. -
1. Firefly : The lights are glowing as the afternoon sun sets on the Eastern Free State town of Rosendal, but it’s not on Eskom’s account. This specially designed ecofriendly home depends entirely on solar energy for geysers and lighting, and gas for cooking and heat. -
2. Vista to forever : One of the main reasons city people fall in love with the small town of Rosendal is the sky. This 400-acre farm, designed by architect Johan Bergenthuin, is such that its owner can fully appreciate what drew her to the area the first time she visited it. -
5. To the ends of the earth : These two homes in Rosendal, by architect Daniel van der Merwe, represent all their owners dreamed of. In harmony with the wide open space they occupy, both are built on stilts, as the clay tends to cause cracking in the traditional old stone houses. -
5. To the ends of the earth : These two homes in Rosendal, by architect Daniel van der Merwe, represent all their owners dreamed of. In harmony with the wide open space they occupy, both are built on stilts, as the clay tends to cause cracking in the traditional old stone houses.
PHOTOS DOOK, David Ross WORDS Debbie Loots
It’s for the views that stretch the sky to forever, for the soft, red clots of earth we break between our fingers. It’s for the stars swaying back and forth in the black night. It’s for the quiet that we come here, to the outside. To listen.
Image credits:
1. daniel.vandermerwe@ppc.co.za
2. lljb.co.za
3. africote.co.za
4. Patrick Watson pwdc@mweb.co.za
5. daniel.vandermerwe@ppc.co.za
