House Vista designed by Gottsmann Architects, offers the perfect platform from which one can take in the many sights and sounds play out in the landscape it sits in. It is barely a surprise then that the designer opted for a design to shape the gorgeous and light – filled House Vista that overlooks an adjacent Golf Course and Lake. Indeed, Gottsmann Architects utilised the Site’s steep gradient to design a home that would host predominant views toward the lake and golf course below. These wide panoramic views inspired the project name: House Vista.

For this house, the use of concrete as building material allowed for deep cantilevering overhangs. As well as place emphasis on open planes. Besides, the extensive facade of glass sliding doors offers flexibility and allows the interaction between exterior and interior to permeate through the house. The combined use of concrete planes and glass vertical facades ultimately generates a design which creates the impression of each level floating.

On the other hand, it is both the searing heat of Johannesburg and durability of composite timber that encouraged the architects to use it while shaping both the timber screening and the generous outdoor decks. The deck that connects with both the living area on the first level and the bedrooms on the second level and usher in the outdoors. In addition to this, a simple, clean color scheme relying on white ensures that the interior is as contemporary and understated as possible. Also, concrete overhangs add to the seemingly pavilion style of the home where traditional boundaries are done away with.