ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME

THE UNORTHODOX BOX

SOUTH AFRICA

t’s not hard to see why this house at Johannesdal garnered architect Henri Comrie a coveted Cape Institute of Architecture Award. Inspired by Le Corbusier, its vast white lime-treated walls, expansive spaces, exposed brickwork, integrated industrial metal, raw concrete ceilings, untreated wood, limestone and glass make a strong Modernist statement – without feeling incongruous to its nearly 6-acre

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