L’équipe d’architectes sud-africains Saota Architecture ont réalisé à Cape Town cette structure située à Bantry Bay. Appelée St Leon 10, cette impressionnante maison a été réalisé pour une famille et propose en plus d’un design très réussie un point de vue magnifique. Plus d’images dans la suite.
L’agence d’architecture Metropolis Design a récemment pensé “Spa House”, une impressionnante résidence située à Cape Town. Construit sur le flanc d’une montagne, cet espace splendide et paradisiaque est à découvrir en images dans la suite de l’article.
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Dezeen Wire: Cape Town in South Africa has been named World Design Capital 2014 by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid).
The city beat shortlisted candidates Dublin and Bilbao and becomes the first African city to be named a World Design Capital. It will host a programme of design-related events in 2014, focusing on generating social, cultural and economic growth through design.
Cape Town’s Executive Mayor, Patricia de Lille said, “The World Design Capital bid process and title have helped to bring different initiatives together and have made us realise that design in all its forms, when added together, creates human and city development.”
You can see more information about the winning bid on the Cape Town World Design Capital 2014 website.
Designer Rafael de Cárdenas of New York created the interior of this Cape Town menswear store Unknown Union with shelving in clashing colours that fade into each other.
Located in an 18th century building in central Cape Town, the store features a series of multicoloured storage boxes, columns and shelves with an ombré finish.
Exposed fluorescent tube lights are arranged in patterns on the ceiling and used to create a feature chandelier.
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Photographs are by Inge Prins.
The following is from the designer:
Unknown Union: Cape Town’s Newest Men’s Boutique Designed by Rafael de Cárdenas
Cape Town, South Africa – New York-based architect and interior designer Rafael de Cárdenas of Architecture At Large has designed Cape Town’s newest men’s store, Unknown Union (UU). Headquartered in an 18th century historic building in the heart of Cape Town, UU is an international collective and hub for creativity featuring an global roster of fashion collections exclusively available in Africa at UU. Brands represented include ANYthing, Pendleton, Surface to Air, and Penfield USA, among others.
Seeking an alternative to the dark and leathery designs so prevalent in menswear boutiques, de Cárdenas has created a vibrant kaleidoscopic environment to showcase the wears of UU’s owners and curators, Sean Shuter and Daniel Jackson. The two levels feature a maze of multi-colored ombré finished shelving in vivid teals, greens, yellows and pinks, grounded by warm terra cotta tile floors and white walls. The ceiling is web of fluorescent lights, a trademark of de Cárdenas, with dramatic chandelier extension. These punctuate the network of shelving units – stacked cubes of various height and width configurations – providing depth and visual interest in unexpected ways.
The second level of the store, accessible by a high-gloss white spiral staircase, is home to an ever-changing environment of and pop-up boutiques featuring artist and designer installations – a project and idea space for both local and international creators. To mark the official opening of Unknown Union, Shuter and Jackson are offering a limited edition series of T-shirts created exclusively for the event. Featured artist collaborators include Rafael de Cárdenas/Architecture at Large, Gazelle, Surface to Air, Milkbeard, Cornrow Rider and THECAST.
24 Kloof Street, 8008 Cape Town, South Africa.
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