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05 mad for monochrome

The 1970s duplex apartment in Pretoria that architect George F. Pieterse bought from his mother consisted of a series of tightly enclosed rooms, which made the home seem cold and dark. So, drawing on his background in high-end residential projects, George (and his brother, who shares the two-bedroom

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