- Year: 2005
Text description provided by the architects. The Forest Town Long House is one of a kind. It responds to the many layers that make up South African living, such as safety, comfort and privacy to create a contemporary urban home. Unlike most current architecture in Johannesburg, the building itself functions as the boundary wall, containing three levels behind its façade. The basement level is flush with street and contains a cellar, workshop and an office with a private patio on either side of a garage. The next level contains the main living and dining areas as well as a movie theatre and family room. To one side, the open plan kitchen can be found that has direct access to an extensive 5m wide by 30m long vegetable garden. From this level, one can either access the study on basement level or, once the 12m long glass sliding door is open, the densely grown garden and swimming pool beyond.
