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A KEY PART OF ARCHITECT GREGORY KATZ ’S APPROACH IS HIS LOVE OF BRICK AS A BUILDING MATERIAL, AND HE HAS PLAYED AROUND WITH VARIOUS BRICKLAYING PATTERNS.

You could say the same for the house. While superficially it might look like an homage to Mid-century Modernism, it’s actually a dazzlingly complex and highly original response to Johannesburg suburban life. And, like all the best Modernist design, it’s deceptively simple-looking,

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