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At The Breakfast Table With Jonty Rhodes And Family

Recently renovated, the historic Cape Town home of Jonty and Melanie Rhodes is an adaptable base for an active, clean-eating clan of six

LUNCH IN THE GARDEN with siblings Bronwyn and Jonathan Cane

Alfresco gatherings are the order of the day at this updated century-old semi – the home of a design-centric sister and brother in Brixton, Joburg

IN THE KITCHEN with Karen Dudley and family

For Karen Dudley, food informs the family dynamic and her home is as multilayered and as delicious a delight as her colourful personality and cooking style

THE TRADITIONAL KITCHEN

The perfect piece to pull together a country-style kitchen is a beautiful wooden table that will age with time and hold its place in the memories made around it.

IN THE FRAME

'The history of architecture is the history of the struggle for light.’

DRINKS AT THE TABLE with David Cope and Donné Bullivant

A dream kitchen renovation meant wine lovers Dave Cope and Donné Bullivant could finally settle down in their wondrously moody City Bowl apartment

THE MODULAR KITCHEN

DECOR TIP Modular elements like these USM Haller systems are a great way to create interesting, non-permanent storage that can be customised to your needs.

SUPPER IN THE BARN with the Thatenhorst family

Munich-based interior designer Stephanie Thatenhorst transformed the barn at her parents’ farm in Bavaria into an eclectic family retreat

BREAKING BREAD

The pendulum has swung back for this nutritious, crusty staple of flour, yeast, water and time – the much-beloved artisanal loaf

SNACKS ON THE TERRACE with sisters Vicky Crease and Maira Koutsoudakis

The traditional Cycladic home of dynamic sisters Vicky Crease and Maira Koutsoudakis on the island of Serifos is a reminder of what it means to be a part of a close-knit family

Beijing, A Brave New World

China’s dynamic capital city of Beijing is a place of fascinating contradiction – where counter cultures exist in chaotic yet contemplative harmony

PLANTATION ROAD

Bordering the city edge and mountain, this Cape Town abode’s split personality is more than just a product of its environment

HOW HALLMARK HOUSE LIVES

It’s been five years since David Adjaye’s Hallmark House broke ground, and its first generation has made it home

WAYS OF SEEING

A Milanese-South African design duo recently spent time in the Conrad Hicks design residency to reimagine the perception of Southern Africa’s ubiquitous corrugated metal.

HIGH DESIGN

MERGING ART DECO SENSIBILITY WITH CONTEMPORARY SOPHISTICATION, THE INNOVATIVE TUYNHUYS RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT BUILDING PRESENTS A CONSIDERED ADDITION TO CAPE TOWN’S HISTORICAL CITY CENTRE

Playing with Proportion.

Intelligent design and progressive thinking comes together in this inner city holiday cottage, as husband and wife team combine their creativity and knowledge to create this family home-away-from-home in the heart of London

SPEAKING STREET ART

House and Leisure and four pioneering street art practitioners sat around Houtlander’s Pride Bench to deep dive into the complexities of street art in a new decade

BEYOND THE IMAGE

House and Leisure got a first look into The Roger Ballen Centre for Photographic Arts in Johannesburg while it is still under construction

RETROFITTING OUR CITIES FOR THE FUTURE

AS DIRECTOR OF OUR FUTURE CITIES, URBAN STRATEGIST RASHIQ FATAAR WORKS TO CO-CREATE MORE INCLUSIVE, SUSTAINABLE AND FUTURE-FOCUSED SPACES, HOPING FOR A FUTURE WHERE SOUTH AFRICAN CITIES POINT THE WAY

Nest Living

Flemish minimalism and painterly natural light bring to life an interior design duo’s abode and live-in showroom in Sprockhövel

When Two Worlds Meet

Europe and Africa come together in the uniquely local line of products brought to life by the husband and wife duo responsible for LRNCE in Marrakech, House and Leisure takes a personal look into their lives and works

Dune Living

Between the Atlas mountains and the Agafay desert lies Berber Lodge, a contemporary ‘village’ inspired by the architecture of Morocco’s historic settlements

Retro Living

A Palm Springs 1950s Desert Modernism home gets lovingly restored by an owner with a weakness for the futuristic ‘houses of tomorrow’

Compact Living

When four friends built together on a small suburban plot in Perth, they maximised space and flexed their creativity to realise their dream homes

Street Style

The recent House of Vans pop-up experience in downtown Joburg brought the local skating, design and music communities together.

The Life Aquatic

Two legendary designers’ affinity for the sea flows through the modernist architecture of this Langebaan house.

Green Peace

Set on a verdant ocean-side slope, this multi-layered home provides blissful weekend refuge to a Cape Town couple

Between Heaven End Earth

One day, time and nature will take back the structure built at Witklipfontein – the handmade home of two architect brothers in the Vredefort Dome that’s been designed to return to the earth.

The Luxury Deep Dive

Join House and Leisure and three of the country’s top design minds as we look beyond the tropes that have come to define the luxury conversation

The Nature Of Luxury

African makers are redefining the meaning of luxury, and the world is paying attention.