dating back to 1781 , enormous effort was taken to ensure the contemporary structure of the new hotel integrates seamlessly within the historicallyimportant Werf precinct .
“ From a heritage perspective it was important that we don ’ t dominate those existing buildings ,” said Lee-Ann Adendorff of Boogertman + Partners . The site has a dam on one side and a golf course on the other so the response to the surrounding environment was important . The hotel continues along the same visual line , matching the same height and proportions as the existing buildings running towards the dam .
The scale and height of the various roofs was important in the design as they could not dominate the existing heritage buildings . The hotel appears smaller than it is from the Bottelary Road and arrival because of the need for proportional sensitivity . The span of the large ballroom and restaurant roof is concealed behind a parapet so as to reduce the scale of the building visible from Bottelary Road and the golf course . The roof design was fairly complex with the use of both timber and steel trusses as well as concrete ring beams as wall plates and double height steel frames with sheeting abutting high level structural glazing .
Across the hotel the architects had to restore and integrate a c1725 building which was quite dilapidated but at the same time could not be demolished or changed too much . This became the spa . Walls , roof and window and door openings were retained and replica doors and windows were sourced to match . For the kraal
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