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Lapa deluxe, JHB

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Parktown North, JHB

Craighall, JHB

Victoria de la Cour

victoriadelacour@gmail.com

Architecture unfolds in stages. ✨

Before — the plan, where constraints are mapped and possibilities tested.
During — on site, where decisions are sharpened through observation, adjustment, and dialogue. After — a resolved space, ca

Art Deco foundations, distilled and elevated for contemporary living.

Rather than replicate the language of the original building, the intervention works in dialogue with it — retaining proportion, rhythm, and solidity while refining the spati

Art Deco foundations, distilled and elevated for contemporary living.

Rather than replicate the language of the original building, the intervention works in dialogue with it — retaining proportion, rhythm, and solidity while refining the spati

Art Deco foundations, distilled and elevated for contemporary living.

Rather than replicate the language of the original building, the intervention works in dialogue with it — retaining proportion, rhythm, and solidity while refining the spati

From diagram to inhabitation ✨

The plan sets out relationships — kitchen to living, private to shared, circulation to pause. But it’s only through building that scale, light, and atmosphere are truly tested.

Here, the original planning

Clarity emerges through sequence.

Rather than treating the open plan as a single field, the layout is carefully articulated — living, dining, and circulation each retain their identity while remaining visually and spatially connected.

Opening