Featured in our Spring Summer 2014 Villa Rental Collection
A beautiful minimalist home for rental, winner of House & Leisure “ SA House of the Year” – September 2009, commanding a 270º view of Lions Head, Camps Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Designed by SAOTA - Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects, this sublime steel and glass haven offers living spaces that are highly transparent to take full advantage of these views. Interiors are by Antoni Associates.
In an upmarket suburb of Cape Town with its absolute exclusivity and privacy, this elegantly casual & ultra-contemporary villa is a sublime steel & glass haven for you to entertain your guests in. It ambiguously blurs the boundaries between indoors and outdoors and shifts, changes and challenges expectations at every turn, with effortless fluidity. It’s understated but so powerful.
Light
It harnesses and captures every nuance of the changing light through its generous frameless sky-lights and ample glass sliding doors, which can totally disappear, eliminating any demarcation between the living spaces and the lush greenery of the garden, and seamlessly fusing the two rim-flow swimming pools and their generous bleached Balou terraces.
Structure
Heavy, fixed building features seem to defy the laws of gravity and appear literally to float, like the cantilevered roof with its internal hidden steel support structure on the top level and the thick walnut staircase that links the perfectly independent upstairs with the self-sufficient downstairs. Overall, the effect is one of fluid spacial symbiosis, much like the ebb and flow of the ocean that can be glimpsed from almost every vantage point.
Uncluttered
In keeping with Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects’ (SAOTA) belief that the most successful living spaces are uncluttered, refined and have a great directness which compliments the casual lifestyle of their clients, there is absolutely nothing to disappoint.
Finishing Touches
The interiors' palette and décor match the structure with a cloud-like weightlessness and natural harmony. Muted, misty greys, white Carrara marble, limed oak, expansive white porcelain tiles and Zen pebble accents. Artworks like the mystically atmospheric Patricia Driscoll photographic prints and a long water channel animated by Koi. With superb flow and aesthetic restraint, it’s a perfect entertainment, party space, too.
Technology
The house has a box of technological tricks: motorized, automated hairdryers, heat-reflecting blinds, hi-tech remote control home automation pads and XBox with an extensive selection of DVDs, Wi-Fi, plasma screens, Satellite, integrated air-conditioning, underfloor heating, CCTV security system… as well as a six-car garage.
Additional Facts
- The Penthouse (on top floor) has 3 en-suite bedrooms
- The Main House (on ground floor) has 2 en-suite bedrooms
- The separate Guest Apartment (also on ground floor) has an en-suite bathroom, kitchen, lounge/ bedroom and balcony.
- The Basement Studio Apartment is situated at the back of the property and has its own entrance.
- Both lounge areas open to the outdoor terrace with stunning sea views and Spectacular rim-flow heated swimming pools.
- Shaded 8 seater sandstone table adjacent to the gas BBQ overlooking pool on
Highlights
Steel & Glass Haven
Floor to Ceiling Glass
Architecture by Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen
Deemed Cape Town’s most acclaimed designer villas
Studio Guest & Basement Separate Apartments
Breathtaking Ocean Views
Two Rim-flow Private Pools
Blurs Boundaries between Indoors & Outdoors
270º View of Lions Head, Camps Bay & Atlantic
Winner of House & Leisure
“SA House of the Year”
September 2009
Perfect for...
Large family celebrations
Corporate Retreats
Design Lovers
Key facts
Sleeps 14
7 Bedrooms
7 Bathrooms
Children Welcome
Serviced from Mon - Sat
Chef & Butler on request
If you are interested in renting this villa or would like further information on the rest of our Spring Summer 2014 Designer Villa Collection, then do get in contact.
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