Lifestyle Moonflowers: sylphs of the night Lifestyle February 7, 2011 Moonflowers: sylphs of the night Seductive moonflowers may release a heady, sweet perfume into the night air but be careful how far under their spell you fall, for their narcotic and toxic properties are legendary. Full Article
Decor Friday hideaway Decor February 7, 2011 Friday hideaway With all the long weekends coming up, wouldn’t it be grand to have a second home to escape to? Just like Cape Town architect Haydn Ellis who, come the end of the week, exchanges his minimalist urban home for an “offbeat, crazy sanctuary” in Kleinmond. Full Article
Decor Made in Africa Decor February 7, 2011 Made in Africa “Barefoot technology” is what it took to create this high-tech solar-powered house in Craighall, which features designer finishes, collectable art and African soul. Full Article
Lifestyle Circa on Jellicoe, Johannesburg Lifestyle February 7, 2011 Circa on Jellicoe, Johannesburg The Circa on Jellicoe gallery may be the most modern building on the Johannesburg architectural landscape today but somehow its simplicity evokes nostalgia for a time when life was far less complicated. Full Article
Architecture The Sustainable Middle Class project Architecture February 7, 2011 The Sustainable Middle Class project The Swartland town of Riebeek-Kasteel is home to a shed covered with corrugated iron, the embodiment of artist Jacques Coetzer’s “Sustainable Middle Class project”. Full Article
Design Old Mac Daddy Design February 7, 2011 Old Mac Daddy Capetonians who embark on the Great Trek over the Hottentots Holland mountains every long weekend now has a new place to discover — the Old Mac Daddy trailer park. Full Article
Lifestyle Urban Eden Lifestyle February 7, 2011 Urban Eden On a tiny, cramped balcony in New York, a boeremeisie grows everything from garlic and herbs to roses and figs. And she documents her cultivating escapades on her blog, 66 Square Feet. Full Article
Lifestyle In search of style and design Lifestyle February 7, 2011 In search of style and design BMW South Africa’s Eurostyle tour to Munich, Lake Como and Milan gave Heidi Finestone the chance to indulge in some of her great passions — architecture, design, fashion, food, vintage cars and… shopping. Full Article