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Photographs Greg Cox/Bureaux, Karl Rogers/Vignette and Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images | Production Natalie Boruvka/Vignette and Sven Alberding/Bureaux
Nico Venter, an urban designer, and Christo Vermeulen, a textile designer turned builder-renovator, designed the makeover of their Parkhurst home together, and Christo built it. Their interest in architecture – of their own house and in the city of Johannesburg in general – inspired their design choices.
To their delight, Nico and Christo found that from their home’s slightly elevated vantage point, they had a view across a low valley to the Brixton Tower, a Johannesburg landmark. It lined up perfectly with the gap between their house and the single garage next to it. If they positioned their front gate in line with the tower, Nico and Christo realised, they’d be able to see the tower, even from the bottom of the garden.
