IN THE AIR

AN ODE TO MODERN DESIGN,THIS PRETORIA HOME RESTS LIGHTLY ON THE LAND AND BLURS THE LINES BETWEEN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE LIVING.

PHOTOS DAVID ROSS PRODUCTION ANNEMARIE MEINTJES WORDS MILA CREWE-BROWN

THE SITE FUNDAMENTALLY INFORMED THE ORIENTATION, LAYOUT, LEVEL AND AESTHETIC OF THE HOUSE. “IT ALL STARTED WITH THE SITE,” says the owner of the remarkable floating concrete box in Pretoria’s Silver Lakes Golf Estate. Tucked away in a quiet street in one of the country’s premium residential estates, the house of glass and concrete looms above a steep bank of feathery grasses. Featuring the most elemental forms and honest materials, it’s a house that, despite its rarity, is too elegant to beg for attention, instead speaking to style through subtlety. “IN 50 YEARS THIS HOUSE WILL BE ICONIC, SO WE CHOSE TIMELESS DESIGN.” Architect Luke Chandler, whose work at Aevitas Group typically involves much larger property developments, describes the house as having an intimate connection to the koppie against which it resides. “The…

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