by christinao | Jul 22, 2025
URBAN CONTEMPORARY | PRIVATE RESIDENCE | CAPE TOWN A Sculpted Sanctuary Between Mountain and Sea Cradled on the slopes of Lion’s Head with panoramic views across the city bowl and Atlantic Ocean, this established garden already had strong structural “bones” in...
by christinao | Jun 23, 2025
HOUT BAY HAVEN | PRIVATE RESIDENCE | CAPE TOWN A Seamless Blend of Architecture and Nature On the dramatic slopes of Klein Leeukoppie in Hout Bay, this home offered an opportunity to weave architecture and nature into a singular, grounded experience. The brief...
by christinao | Jun 23, 2025
MOUNTAIN STEEP ROOFTOP HIGH | PRIVATE RESIDENCE | CAPE TOWN Anchoring a powerful building Situated on the last urban edge between Cape Town City and Table Mountain, the solution was to allow the textures of the natural vegetation directly butting up against the...
by christinao | Jun 23, 2025
COASTAL STONE RETREAT | PRIVATE RESIDENCE | LLANDUDNO A Coastal Garden Carved from Stone Set between the wild Atlantic Ocean and the rocky mountain of Klein Leeukoppie, this family home called for a landscape that could both celebrate and withstand the extremes of...
by christinao | Jun 23, 2025
COASTAL RETREAT | PRIVATE RESIDENCE | CAPE TOWN Whispers of the Mountain: A Garden in Harmony with Scarborough Tucked quietly against the rugged slopes above Scarborough, this garden was imagined as a seamless extension of the surrounding fynbos-clad mountainside....
