Facebook Tweet Help Stories New Home , TIDA Looking to the mountains and the sky Share Tweet Help This sculptural hillside home encourages occupants to look up as well as out thanks to an inverted pyramid roof which allows for clerestory windows that capture the iconic mountain rising above Designed by SAOTAFrom the architects:This SAOTA designed family home is positioned below Lion’s Head. With views of Table Mountain, Lion’s Head, Signal Hill, the city of Cape Town and the mountains of the Boland and the winelands in the distance, the architecture is shaped to take in as much of the surrounding landscape as possible. The strongest gesture is the inverted pyramid roof which creates a clerestory window around the upper level. This allows the building to open up, capturing views of Table Mountain and Lion’s Head that would otherwise have been lost. The roof has also opens up views of the sky, bringing the sun and moon into the home, heightening the connection to nature and its cycles. The house presents a stone wall, built in a traditional Cape way, to the busy city street that it sits on, revealing very little about its interior. At night, the inverted pyramid roof glows creating a giant lightbox adding to the intrigue.One enters the house through the large metal front door – sitting between the house proper and the stone wall – that opens into a small entrance lobby connected to a courtyard garden. From this restrained quiet space a few steps take you up into the living space with its cinematic views over the city. The house is arranged on three levels. The top level has the strongest views and holds most of the living spaces; the open-plan kitchen, dining room and lounge. The family’s work and bedroom spaces are on the mid-level with the garage, gym, cinema and guest room on the lower level.Each level has its own set of gardens and courtyards. These gardens extend from the mountain surface down against the house, screening the neighbouring buildings and intensifying the relationship with nature – allowing light and air into spaces that would otherwise be dark and isolated. The dark exterior breaks down the mass of the building, pushing it into the background. Internally, colours are muted and the use of a washed oak gives the spaces warmth.The sophisticated interiors are furnished using Okha furniture. The Hunt Sofa, the Nate, Nicci Nouveau, Vince and Miles Armchairs are placed on the upper and middle levels and the Planalto Dining Table creates a focal point adjacent to the second floor courtyard, which is used as a working/personal space. Okha also provided the To Be One and Lean On Me floor lamps in the lounge area. Go on a tour of the home with the owner Credit list Architects SAOTA Structural engineers Moroff & Kühne Consulting Engineers Main contractor Gossow & Harding Construction Landscaping Landscaping Franchesca Project team Greg Truen, Dov Goldring, Jaco Bruwer, Ian Cox, Puja Patel Quantity surveyor SBDS Quantity Surveyors Interior design Okha Awards Trends International Design Awards (TIDA) International Home of the Year – Winner Designed by: SAOTA Story by: Trendsideas Photography by: Adam Letch & Micky Hoyle 01 May, 2022 New Home Trends International Design Awards – TIDA awards Trendsideas Home kitchen bathroom commercial design Latest Post Birdblack Design wins 2024 TIDA Australia Designer Kitchen of the Year 09 May, 2024 Jack Fugaro wins 2024 TIDA Australia Architect Kitchen of the Year 09 May, 2024 Pepper Design wins 2024 TIDA Australia Imported Kitchen of the Year 09 May, 2024 We know the Specialists Related Book More Books > New Homes We have got all the best ideas and advice to help you with your plans and ideas. Read More Similar Stories