William Mellor had always wanted a pool hanging off a cliff. Both he and his wife Samantha are keen hikers, and couldn’t resist the tug of inspiration when they spotted a small pool-sized recess in a cliff while on a walk.
The plot, which soars above their off-the-grid farm and safari tents in the Klein Karoo, soon became the desired location for their fourth holiday-accommodation option. “It was very important for us to disturb the flora and fauna as little as possible,” says William, who challenged Migs + Drew Architects to develop a modern interpretation of a traditional timber cabin. “The brief was for a house that looked like a spaceship had landed on top of a mountain in the middle of nowhere,” he says. Having nailed the pool’s location,…
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Inside Out (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2021