Architecture

From modernist design to quaint country abodes, we've saved the best South African and international architecture to inspire you.

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a living room filled with lots of furniture and bookshelves next to a window

Prefabricated Home

Prefab Home

International Architecture

Prefab home: Living room - Bloemfontein Home

Philip and Lisa Nel have lived in this compact prefabricated home since 2009 – and by layering a quirky cosiness onto innovative design and construction, they’ve demonstrated the long-term value of this increasingly popular way to design and build.

a living room with two chairs and a painting on the wall behind them, in front of a coffee table

House And Home Magazine

Cape Town City Bowl Home

A confidently contemporary update has given new life to a grande dame of a house in Cape Town’s city bowl.

a modern house on the side of a hill with stairs leading up to it's second floor

12 Concrete Homes Redefining Modern Living

From a Buffelsbaai beachside escape to an architecturally bold Dullstroom weekend retreat, homes stand as testaments to their material: concrete. These local and international homes from the VISI Archives highlight the enduring appeal of concrete in contemporary design.

a doll sitting on top of a loft above a kitchen

Pringle Bay Holiday Cabin

This sleek yet laid-back modular-design cabin is the perfect place for a Cape Town couple and their young daughter to create a lifetime of holiday memories.

Japandi Style

Indoor Outdoor Living

Japandi style: dining room

A smart, savvy and budget-friendly renovation has made the very most of this young family’s home in Cape Town. Here, Japandi-style simplicity reigns – and the indoor-outdoor living is easy.

an empty kitchen with green walls and wooden ceilinging is seen in this image from the dining room

Air Bnb Cabin

Green Building Architecture

Loft Style Living

Cottage Extension

Functional Kitchen Design

Dream kitchen interiors: The Sandy Point Home

A cosy retreat on Australia’s Victorian coast evokes nostalgic memories of holidays past while paying homage to its rugged landscape setting.

the interior of a modern house with white walls

Verve Magazine

Reclaimed Wood Ceiling

Master Suite Bathroom

Dining Room Inspiration

Beautiful Spaces

Mallorcan Villa

A boldly conceived Spanish holiday home situated on the mountains close to the historic town of Valldemossa blends an urbanely contemporary sensibility with elemental ease.

a pink desk with a flamingo chair and pictures on the wall

Eclectic bedroom: Parkwood House

A nondescript fixer-upper in Johannesburg has been transformed into a colourful family home with tons of personality.

a dining room with wooden floors and art on the wall above it, along with modern furniture

Colourful light-filled home in Melbourne

A love of art and gallery spaces put this couple ahead of the curve when they renovated and curated their colourful, light-filled Melbourne home.

a spiral staircase in the middle of a room with paintings on the walls and tables

Beautiful Architecture

Staircase design: Parkhurst Home

A home in Johannesburg challenges the norms, values and expectations of urban dwellings – and what it means to be a family.

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Pine Concrete house: Paarl House

The domed facade of Pine Concrete House is an architectural exclamation mark in the midst of the otherwise-unassuming suburbia surrounding it on the slopes of Paarl Mountain.

a modern house with an outdoor patio and swimming pool

Ibiza Villa

A beautiful cliffside villa has been designed to best take advantage of its prime position overlooking a private Mediterranean cove.

a large white bed sitting on top of a wooden floor

Modern bedroom design: Irene Home

Pieter Mathews of Mathews + Associates Architects has designed a distinctive, sculptural Flemish barn-inspired home in an Irene Estate that undoes binary preconceptions to create a bold but layered living experience.

a house with a covered porch and wooden decking on the outside, surrounded by sand dunes

Contemporary Portuguese Fisherman’s Cabin

Smart design by architect Pedro Henrique puts a contemporary spin on the historical “Palheiro”, a traditional Portuguese fisherman home.

a living room filled with red couches and chairs next to a tall ceiling mounted glass window

Avant Garde Art Movement

Avant-Garde Parisian Duplex

A double-volume apartment in Paris’s 9th Arrondissement takes the Avant-Garde art movement of Dadaism as its interior-design inspiration, resulting in a space that is bold and audacious.