EDITORIAL
SHELLEY WOODE-SMITH | EDITOR
OUR TEAM
EDITOR / SALES
Shelley Woode-Smith
021 683 3766
shelley@archibuild.co.za
ASSISTANT EDITOR / SALES
Louise Fenner-Solomon
021 712 0570
louisef@archibuild.co.za
CONSULTING EDITOR
Diana Woode
diana@archibuild.co.za
I
wrote my editorial while sitting on my parents deck at their cottage in the Garden
Route. I felt quite lyrical surrounded by vibrant vegetation and the sound of the
sea over the dunes. I was visiting them with my daughter who was about to
embark on a six-month exchange to Germany and needed to say goodbye to
her grandparents. So, the reason for my visit was bittersweet, but nothing can
detract from the sense of harmony and peace I feel there.
This got me to thinking about the types of buildings we inhabit. Most would call
my parents home ‘quaint’ or ‘rustic’ yet it fits seamlessly into the landscape it occupies.
A glass façaded highrise would be incongruous at