SAOTA may not be the first to shape its designs by the natural settings that surround them, but it's not hyperbole to say the pioneering architecture and design firm has perfected the technique. Take ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Luxurious floating villas needn’t be just for vacays. In fact, you can now live in one ‘round the clock thanks to SAOTA. The ...

The owner’s brief was to design a house inspired by its indigenous fynbos surroundings. The site forms part of The Cove, a private estate in Knysna, and is perched on an exposed cliff with spectacular ...

Program: The owner wanted the firm to rid the house of its 1970s Spanish-style features. The architects responded by stripping the house down to its timber structure while maintaining the site’s ...

Text description provided by the architects. The site is positioned in the heart of Bantry Bay in Cape Town, on the slopes of Lion’s Head overlooking the bay. The brief was to create a home with all ...

When you announce you’ve moved into a home on a cove, the first image that comes to mind is a house with glorious views. And on that front, this house from SAOTA Architecture and Design with interiors ...

If you start pinching your pennies now, you might still be able to raise enough money for the latest in ultra-luxe real estate, with a heavy dash of marine influence: floating villas. At the end of ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. South Africa-based SAOTA — known globally for its award ...

SAOTA designed the house on a large east‐west‐oriented site facing the ocean on the eastern side. The scale of the site allowed for the design to accommodate a resort‐inspired layout with separate ...