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Boesmanskraal Lodge, Thabazimbi, Limpopo: farmhouse style safari lodge by Kevin Els Architects

Boesmanskraal Lodge

Featured on the television programme Ontbytsake, this lodge is located in the Thabazimbi district of Limpopo. The brief called for a farmhouse style lodge, with thick walls giving the architecture a sense of permanence and authenticity. With viewing deck on upper level which provides a vantage point to the natural habitat of the bushveld, the covered patio below has a wrap around corrugated skirt as roof contributing to the balance and rhythm of this stunning lodge. This lodge has been...

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Jackalberry River Lodge

This has to be one of the most prime examples of a proactive modern safari lodge design, careful consideration for rain water harvesting as well as self sustainable solar energy “villa”’ type units are considered ,blending in the natural vegetation with awesome Crocodile River in full view. Architecture stunningly portrayed...

Johannesburg Inner City Apartments, Johannesburg CBD: apartment building with ground floor retail by Kevin Els Architects

Johannesburg Inner City Apartments

A corner building in the Johannesburg CBD given a second life rather than demolished. The existing masonry structure was retained, its arched upper windows and cornice detailing picked out in white against a dark painted facade. At street level the ground floor was opened into full height glazed shopfronts behind a colonnade, with new paving, planting and seating returning the pavement edge to use. Above and behind the retained building sits a new residential addition, its curved white balcony bands wrapping the...

House Allam, Potchefstroom, North West Province: modernist single storey home by Kevin Els Architects

House Allam

This modernist inspired single storey home is located on the Johannesburg West Rand. Glass curtain walls, structural steel and concrete make up the envelope of this uncomplicated yet sophisticated home. Green features: Photovoltaic batteries, rainwater harvesting, passive heating & cooling, heat pumps, double glazing, north oriented....