Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa July/August 2014 | Page 59

wall ledge, float. Concealed lighting has been
added to these elements for more dramatic
lighting effects.
The lower living level features a seamless
spatial flow between the kitchen and living
room on to the terrace with uninterrupted
views of Cape Town’s cityscape and Table
Mountain. The feature black steel staircase
slices through the apartment and creates
a strong focal point, linking to the private
bedroom suite upstairs. The kitchen design
incorporates a Careline kitchen finished in
white duco which has been matched with
white Miele appliances. By cleverly tucking
the kitchen underneath the staircase and
having the centre kitchen island double up as
a bar and a dining table, the multi-functional
lower level can be used both practically and
for entertainment.
The brief also required that the design
team create a master dressing room. Due
to the size of the apartment, the designers
combined the master dressing room and
en-suite bathroom into one and created
a dark, ‘moody’ sanctuary for bathing
and dressing.
There is a strong emphasis on rhythm,
geometric forms and graphic elements that
are reflective of modern patterns. The general
colour pallet is kept crisp and monochromatic
for a clean and uncluttered look and feel.
This is warmed up with a beautiful dark wood
parquet flooring and, again, the warm timber
is picked up in the angular graphic timber
screen used behind the bedroom wall to
separate the dressing room en-suite. The
parquet flooring, concealed LED lighting and
décor items, bring the added dimension of
warmth into the space.

ABOVE: 6th Floor
RIGHT: 7th Floor

Avant Garde Design
The design team wanted the interiors and
artwork to explore the avant gardist graphic
of the interior architecture and to introduce
colour. Adam Court played with a fusion
of modern African graphics and colour to
juxtapose the lean, monochromatic interior.
Artist, Daniel Orme, was commissioned for the
one major artwork hung above the staircase.
Some of the furniture has multiple uses,
i.e. tables that also provide storage, the
bookshelves that act as an installation artwork,
plus all the furniture was custom-designed to
fit in the available space, allowing enough
circulation. The furniture is modular, allowing
the layout to be re-configured as need be.
As the interior needed to be a place of calm
and serenity, ‘less is more’ was the design rule
but still allowing for personal expression and
individuality to have its place.
Renowned for its contemporary take on
African luxury, AA Interiors’ distinctive style
paired with the unique pieces designed by
OKHA Interiors, sets this apartment in a
category of its own.
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