Inspired Design

I am completely obsessed with this building! The main elevation has almost a children's drawing quality to it - it's such a simple silhouette but then has the offset glass panels to the one side making it sophisticated and edgy. Inside, the structural bits and pieces have been carefully incorporated to give an intelligent, cohesive design solution.

This building was designed in Berlin by Stefan Braunfels Architekten.

Beach House in La Lucia

On Friday afternoon Jocelyn and I went to a site meeting at a house we are working on in La Lucia. It has the most fantastic location and you are literally a stones throw from the water. I won't lie to you though - it was warm on Friday afternoon. Standing in the sun for 45 minutes in Durban heat makes you appreciate air conditioning so much more!

Still a way off from completion, we were meeting with the client to discuss options for a few features and checking that everything way on track. This pictures hardly do it justice!

Project Progress

I had another site meeting this morning in Hillcrest. My client had a few concerns with discrepancies in the kitchen layout and design. Unfortunately these things do happen from time to time, especially at this time of year when everyone is under such pressure to get the job done on schedule.We tweaked the layout ever-so-slightly, discussed a few other minor issues and we all left feeling far more confident with the project than when we arrived.

A few other site pictures for all you loyal Jossi Design blog readers:

 

 

Couldn't help but admire the progress out in the garden as well. Hopefully the pool will be ready in time for the children to enjoy over the school holidays.

 

Even the lighting installation is starting to take shape with the main staircase chandelier going up last week. Don't know how they managed to get it up but it looks fantastic.

House in Hillcrest

It has been a big push by the clients to try and get into their house by Christmas, but finally we have resigned ourselves to the fact that it just is not a possibility.
 

That being said, impressive progress all round with walls being painted, ceilings and bulkheads being complete, kitchen cabinets starting to be assembled and the garden landscaping almost being completed.