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Oban Estate in Durban, South Africa by metropole architects

Saturday, May 22nd, 2021

Article source: metropole architects

Summerveld is located within the lush rolling hills of Shongweni, situated half an hour inland from the port city of Durban, South Africa.

This tight knit horse racing and show jumping community is home to the Oban Estate, a contemporary residence and equestrian facility named after the Scottish seaside town from where the owner’s family originates.

The point of entry to this 4 hectare (430000 ft²) site involves driving through a raw concrete and corten gatehouse and along a curved, tree lined avenue. This provides an opportunity to catch obscured rhythmic glimpses of the home through evenly spaced Plane trees. Emerging from this leafy tunnel of dappled light, and passing under a low slung cantilevered canopy that opens up into an expansive parking court, signals the arrival at the private residence.

Image Courtesy © Grant Pitcher Photography

Architects: metropole architects
Project: Oban Estate
Location: Durban, South Africa
Photography: Grant Pitcher Photography
Design Architect: Nigel Tarboton
Project Architects: Tyrone Reardon & David Louis
Project Technologist: Chris Laird

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The Tree House in Durban, South Africa by Bloc Architects

Sunday, May 12th, 2019

Article source: Bloc Architects

Floating over the trees in one of Durban’s exclusive housing estates ‘The Tree House’ is set amongst one of the North Coast’s precious few remaining indigenous coastal forests.

This modern contemporary home seeks to seamlessly blend indoor and outdoor living and was designed around the sub-tropical Durban climate.

Image Courtesy © Peter Oravecz

Architects: Bloc Architects
Project: The Tree House
Location: Durban, South Africa
Photography: Peter Oravecz
Structural Engineer: BPH Engineers
Contractor: Frere Contracting
Area: 450.0 m2
Project Year: 2018

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The Forest House in Durban, South Africa by Bloc Architects

Monday, January 21st, 2019

Article source: Bloc Architects

The Forest House is an exploration into materiality, light and the integration of architecture into the landscape. Situated in an exclusive forest estate in Durban, South Africa, the forest house strives to frame the landscape with clean horizontal lines.

The home celebrates raw materials, which helps soften the transition between built form and the precious landscape that surrounds it. This raw materiality reinforces the honesty behind the architectural tectonics of its construction.

Image Courtesy © Bloc Architects

Architects: Bloc Architects, (in association with Kevin Lloyd architects)
Project: The Forest House
Location: Durban, South Africa
Lead Architect and Interior Architect: Bloc Architects
Structural Engineer: Bischoff Ramphal
Contractor: Stefcon
Project Year: 2017

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Dennis Hurley Centre (DHC) in Durban, South Africa by Ruben Reddy Architects

Sunday, June 4th, 2017

Article source: Ruben Reddy Architects

Denis Hurley fought for equality of all and social justice. In 1951, at age 31, he became the youngest Catholic bishop in the world and the archbishop of Durban. He retired as archbishop in 1992, becoming chancellor of the University of Natal from 1993 to 1998. He continued to work as parish priest of Emmanuel Cathedral well into his eighties. He was an outspoken opponent of apartheid and a driving force in a 1957 declaration by the bishops of South Africa that described apartheid as “intrinsically evil”. Archbishop Denis Hurley dedicated a great part of his live to defend the rights of the underprivileged, in an extremely difficult and politically turbulent period in the history of this country. The Denis Hurley Centre strives to continue the legacy of Archbishop Denis Hurley.

Architects: Ruben Reddy Architects
Project: Dennis Hurley Centre (DHC)
Location: Durban, South Africa

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Durban Skytree in South Africa by Tiago do Vale Architects

Tuesday, March 29th, 2016

Article source: Tiago do Vale Architects

Though architecture has always been about dealing with complexity and contradiction -recalling Venturi- 21st century architecture will deal with a very specific set of challenges of growing prominence: how to provide economic housing while increasing density; how to rejuvenate mono-functional city centers in the face of real estate speculation; how to build affordably with sustainability; how to construct bigger with a smaller CO² footprint.

Located in Durban, South Africa, the Skytree proposal tries to give an answer to these points while creating a landmark that relates both to city and landscape scales but equally integrates smoothly into the neighborhood’s scale and life.