![House Sher / Eftychis Architects - Windows, Facade, Courtyard](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/592e/4b2b/e58e/ce5d/f700/05b7/newsletter/DSC_0174.jpg?1496206111)
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Architects: Eftychis Architects
- Area: 554 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Aluhaus, Berts Bricks, Metier, Plascon, World of decorative concrete
![House Sher / Eftychis Architects - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/592e/4a3b/e58e/ce5d/f700/05b1/newsletter/DSC_0122.jpg?1496205872)
Text description provided by the architects. House is defined along an axis which separates the living areas on the south side and the Gym and guest bedroom on the north.
![House Sher / Eftychis Architects - Table, Facade, Garden, Patio, Courtyard](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/592e/498e/e58e/ce5d/f700/05ad/newsletter/DSC_0055.jpg?1496205699)
The linear axis is pronounced by a tower-like lobby and ends with a natural filtered eco-pool as the focal point. Concrete and facebrick walls flank the space from which a steel staircase hangs from steel dowels defined by the meandering skylight above.
![House Sher / Eftychis Architects - Windows, Facade, Garden, Courtyard](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/592e/4b3d/e58e/ce98/ac00/02e2/newsletter/DSC_0176.jpg?1496206129)
The overhanging bedrooms above create covered ,outdoor and shaded spaces below. Large glazed sliding doors and black terrazzo floors throughout expose the interior spaces into a seamless veranda and covered patio which lends itself perfectly to the outdoor lifestyle of South Africa.
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The materials (steel, concrete and facebrick ) remain honest in their form allowing the building to age gracefully in time.
![House Sher / Eftychis Architects - Stairs, Handrail, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/592e/4a96/e58e/ce5d/f700/05b4/medium_jpg/DSC_0142.jpg?1496205962)
The sculpted structural concrete pillars and beams and elegant steel pilotis (gestural in their form and function) ,delicately "carry “ the bedrooms above.
![House Sher / Eftychis Architects - Sofa, Table, Lighting, Chair](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/592e/4b06/e58e/ce98/ac00/02e0/newsletter/DSC_0165.jpg?1496206075)