The Silo Hotel, Cape Town Building, South African Property, Architecture Images
The Silo Hotel in Cape Town
South African Architecture Development – design by Rick Brown and Associates
6 Mar 2017
The Silo Hotel
Local Architects: Rick Brown and Associates
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
The Silo Hotel

The Silo Hotel is located in the grain elevator portion of the historic grain silo complex occupying six floors above what will become the Zeitz Museum Of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA). The Silo will be an extraordinary hotel that sets a new standard for luxury travel.

Located in the heart of Cape Town?s V&A Waterfront, the hotel will have unrivaled views of Cape Town.

photo © Willie-Werth
The grain silo complex was the tallest building in Sub-Saharan Africa at 57m when it was opened in August 1924 after 3 years of construction. It closed in August 2001 after nearly 80 years at the heart of South Africa?s industrial and agricultural development. The grain silo played an integral role in terms of international trade as an export facility, but it also provided vital infrastructure to South Africa?s regional agricultural economies supporting local farming communities while also making a major contribution to the economic activities of Table Bay harbour.
The building has two parts ? the elevator tower, where The Silo Hotel is located, which facilitated the mechanical bulk handling of grain, and the actual storage silos themselves. The elevator tower was known a...