right angles
Jun 17, 2019
3 minutes
TEXT JESSICA ROSS
STYLING
CHRIZANDA BOTHA
PHOTOGRAPHS
GREG COX
In the fashion of so many modern concrete edifices today, greenery cascades down the facade of the four apartments that make up this architecturally significant building. But this block isn’t just another conception of a young landscaper keen to bring a touch of verdancy to Cape Town’s urban jungle. Erected in 1971, it was one of the first additions to Claremont’s suburban scene that smacked of Le Corbusian modernism. Distinctly right-angled and deceptively simple in structure, it
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