With the site facilitating a wide ocean frontage, the design was able to respond with a "Wingspread" type architecture that appears to float over the indigenous dune vegetation, taking full advantage of the panoramic beach and sea views. 

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Architects: Metropole Architects

Location: Forestwood St, Dolphin Coast, 4439, South Africa

Area: 650.0 sqm

Photographs: Grant Pitcher

Main Contractor: Greg Frizelle ? Frizelle Contracting?

Structural Engineers: Davies Lister-James Engineers

Timber Detailing: Timber Trends

Landscape Implementation: Tongaat Plants

Site Area: 1741 sqm
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With the site facilitating a wide ocean frontage, the design was able to respond with a "Wingspread" type architecture that appears to float over the indigenous dune vegetation, taking full advantage of the panoramic beach and sea views. 

© Grant Pitcher

Plan 3

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The Reserve house is a fusion of Tropical Modern Architecture with a number of bold Futurist elements, including a 4.3m high angled offshutter concrete wall that penetrates through the entrance hall, a splayed "T" shaped feature concrete column that supports a significant cantilevered top storey, and upswept can...