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With the site facilitating a wide ocean frontage, the design was able to respond with a “Wingspread” type architecture that appears to float over the indigenous dune vegetation, taking full advantage of the panoramic beach and sea views.

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• Architects: Metropole Architects
• Project: The Reserve House
• Location: Zimbali Coastal Forest Estate, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa
• Photography: Grant Pitcher
  
• Main Contractor: Greg Frizelle – Frizelle Contracting
• Structural Engineers: Davies Lister-James Engineers
• Timber Detailing: Timber Trends
• Landscape Implementation: Tongaat Plants
• Site Area: 1741sqm (18 740sqft)
• Bulk of house: 650sqm (6997sqft)

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Article source: Metropole Architects

Under the leafy canopy of an immense Albizia Tree nestles Aloe Ridge House, a 300sqm contemporary home in the Eden Rock Estate on Kwa Zulu Natal’s South Coast of South Africa.

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• Architects: Metropole Architects
• Project: ALOE RIDGE HOUSE
• Location: Eden Rock Estate, Pennington, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa
• Photography: Grant Pitcher
• Design Architect: Nigel Tarboton
• Project Architect: David Louis
• Project Technician: Simon Wayne
• Area: 300.0 m²

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• Year: 2014
• Structural Engineers: DDR and Associates
• Design Engineer: Pat Duffy
• Project Engineer: Duran Rammanhor
• Interior Designers: Dr. Gabriella Lachinger
• Landscape Design & Implementation: Dr. Elsa Pooley
• Main Contractor: IMB projects
• Principal: Nic Moussouris
• Project Manager: Nic Moussouris
• Site Foreman: Ernest Ramekwa

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