[Cape Town, 12 September 2017]: Hidden Valley Wine Farm, located on the slopes of the Helderberg Mountain near Stellenbosch in Cape Town, has a gentle approach to their craft, leaving much up to the dance between soil and climate to dictate the outcome of their highly acclaimed wine and olive produce. It made sense, then,…
[Cape Town, 10 August 2017]: Buildings, be they domestic, commercial or industrial, are major consumers of energy the world over and this applies to much more than just their day-to-day running. From basic components, transport, construction, operation and final decomposition after its useful life, a building has significant potential for a gentler environmental footprint. Werner…
Cape Town, 26 June 2017]: Rustic Homes, forerunner of timber home design and construction in South Africa and leader in the field since the 1980s, has recently undergone a change of ownership. Werner Slabbert, timber construction industry stalwart, will carry the company torch well into the future, building on the enduring Rustic Homes legacy. …
With the solid backing of centuries of use, timber, as a building material, has stood the test of time. This reliability underpins its natural design flexibility, potential carbon neutrality, and gentle ecological footprint for a truly modern, forward-thinking construction material that is poised to serve an ever-growing market of environmentally conscious and responsible individuals. See…
It is a well-known fact that in America on average 95% of all new houses are built in Timber Frame. In Australia an average of 85% of all new homes are Timber Frame and in New Zealand 87% of all new homes are Timber Frame. Why are we not specifying and building more timber homes…
South Africans have in many ways been conditioned into believing that building with brick and mortar is the only way to go for affordable housing. It is believed that brick and mortar should be used for building if you want quality and that alternative building methods give a lesser product and are to be frowned upon.…
