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Date: 2011 Type: Homestead Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 34°01'25.26" S 22°48'28.77" E Alt: 39m

The house is entered at its outside terrace which overlooks the estuary and the sea. The kitchen, living and dining rooms are designed to share the view even if it is raining and all doors are closed. The bedrooms are at the more private lower level. The house is designed to welcome typical holiday activities such as braaing, sitting around a fire place, cooking and eating together, playing TV games and large amounts of people sleeping over. Two giant chimneys and a gently curving concrete roof are the defining features of this beach house. The character of the house is established as a monolithic form with large scale openings cut out of its apparent mass. Articulated elements such as wall planes, windows and concrete frames set themselves apart from the main mass either by projecting beyond it or by establishing independent figures of form. (Wolff Architects)