INVERMARK

Located in the leafy suburb of Higgovale, set below the iconic

Table Mountain, House Invermark overlooks the city
and harbour of Cape Town.
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INVERMARK
Located in the leafy suburb of Higgovale, set below the iconic Changes were also effected to the exterior spatial configuration
Table Mountain, House Invermark overlooks the city and harbour involving the relocation of the swimming pool from the darker
of Cape Town. Forty seven years after receiving a medal for mountain side to the sunny street sea view side, providing
excellence, House Invermark has been awarded a prestigious much needed privacy from the street. This freed the courtyard
Commendation from the Cape Institute for Architecture (CIfA), in to become a family garden planted with lawn and a row of
recognition of noteworthy contributions to architecture. Elderflower (Sambucus Nigra) trees running along a new
linear water feature. The street interface was also substantially
Designed originally for himself by respected South African redesigned. These changes have served to significantly
architect Gilbert Colyn in 1969, it was inspired by two iconic augment the experience of the house relative to the landscape.
modernist houses, namely that of Phillip Johnson’s 1949 Glass It is noteworthy that when Colyn viewed the house after its
House and Mies van der Rohe’s 1951 Farnsworth House. completion, he was suitably impressed.
The house was purchased by architect Stefan Antoni, director
at SAOTA, in 2013. By this stage it had reached a poor state
of disrepair and featured numerous inappropriate alterations
and additions totally out of character with the language of the
building. Had it not been for Antoni’s intervention, it might have
faced demolition as its heritage status as being a fine example of
contemporary architecture was not recognised.

SAOTA’s careful and sensitive alterations and additions have

returned the threatened building back to its original state,
enhanced its overall composition and significantly refined
the living experience to bring it up to date with contemporary
living. In the living area, kitchen, main bedroom and bathrooms,
structure and screens were removed to facilitate improved flows
associated with contemporary living.
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Project name: INVERMARK

Project Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Architects & Interior Architects: SAOTA and Gilbert Colyn (1969)

Project Architects: Stefan Antoni and Leah Johnson

Quantity Surveyor: SBDS

Consulting Engineers: Moroff & Kühne

Main Contractor: Mansvelt Construction

Interior Design: Home Owner

Interior Decor: OKHA

Artwork: Tanya Bonello, Marti Kossatz, Michaela Rinaldi and Anton Smit

Landscaping: Nicholas Whitehorn

Project Photographer: Adam Letch and Stefan Antoni

For more information: Kirsty Kirsten Media Manager SAOTA

W +27 21 468 4400
E kirstyk@saota.com