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MODERN CAPE DUTCH

Modern Cape Dutch House in De Zalze, Stellenbossch

This style incorporates gable ends to the roof, with walls painted white, these two rules create surprising possibilities. Visit ARCHITECTCAPETOWN for more like this.

CONTEMPORARY

Contemporary House in Somerset West

The contemporary style involves the curving of lines and planes that would have been straight in the modernist era. See TOP-ARCHITECTS for more examples.

COLONIAL

Colonial Style Pergoda in Paarl Garden

The colonial style is marked by rounded columns and double pitched roofs often in grey tiles. Visit PLOTSFORSALECAPETOWN for more pictures.

MODERN

Modern Style House in De Hageland Estate

The modern style is characterized by straight lines, boxy forms, and very little detailing such as plaster molding bands. Go to ARCHITECTCOMPANIESCAPETOWN for other photos of the style.

CAPE DUTCH

Boschendal Manor House in Stellenbosch

Being one of the finest examples of the style, the frilly gable in a symmetrical façade is what defines it. View CAPETOWNSPLENDOUR for more architecture attractions in the Cape.

FRENCH PROVENCAL

luxury House in Val de Vie Estate, Paarl

The style is derived from country homes in farming region of South France, and is characterized by heavy wooden shutters on the windows, and pitched roofs with no gable ends. This example is more of a modernized version — the original buildings have rougher plasterwork. Visit ARCHITECTCOMPANIESCAPETOWN for more styles.

FRENCH PARISIAN

White house in Val de Vie Wine and Polo Estate, Paarl, South Africa

Similar to the Provence style but without the shatters, and there may be pediments on the end gables, but with a clipped fascia. See also (GLITZYMAGAZINE) This all-white beauty really displays all that the style has to offer and was designed by Beverley Hui Architects for the high-end market on a luxury lifestyle Estate in Paarl South Africa. For the official website click on the link ARCHITECTCAPETOWN.

CAPE VERNACULAR STYLE

House Wood in Schonenburg Estate, Somerset West

This country style originated in the fairest Cape of South Africa, and is based on a collection of barn-type buildings. The clipped eaves and metal roofs add to the character of the style. Visit RESIDENTIAL-ARCHITECTS for more images of these sorts of house by top designers in Cape Town and surrounding towns of Stellenbosch and Somerset West.

TUDOR STYLE

Tudor House In Spanish Farm, Somerset West

The type is characterised by dark bracing beams on the facades of the homes, and heavily dormered roof-lines, with slate roofs and facebrick chimneys. It originates from timber constructed houses in Garmeny where the wooden beams served to strengthen the walls. Go to GLOSSY-MAGAZINE for other styles in Cape Town.

SPANISH HOUSE ARCHITECTURE

Spanish Style Home on the Cliffs of Helderberg Mountain

This is a good example of the spanish style with its corner turrets as chimneys and the all white walls with flat roofs, and some flanking roofs of red tiles. Popular in South Africa in the 80’s, the illustrious suburb, “Spanish Farm” is named after these style buildings gracing its slopes. Visit CAPEGLOSSY for other designs like this one.