I think it’s fair to say most people love summer. Those who can afford it constantly chase summer with holidays in all kinds of sunshine states and islands. In Africa we are blessed with sunshine It’s summer for most part of the year and here are a few ideas of how you can enlist your architect to design a home that takes advantage of Africa’s abundant sunshine.
The unmatched beauty of glass panels. In recent years architects have leveraged the use of glass material to build elegant, unforgettable masterpieces for sunshine inspired homes. This exquisite family home designed by Intsika Architects replaced bricks with glass to bring in as much natural light as possible and from every angle of the house. Glass can transmit, absorb or reflect up to 80% of daylight in all directions of your home, which also adds an extraordinary beauty to your home.
Bring the Ocean into Your Space with Nautical Mosaics, the ocean is blue, and blue is widely known as the colour of calm and relaxation. It’s combination with white will bring the nautical and reminiscent feeling of summer and the ocean to your bathroom as so expertly done by 26’10South Architects in this beautiful bathroom they designed.
Keep It Heavenly with White. Paint everything white, from the walls to the furniture, and then use cream, sand, or white textiles. Here, Arca Unlimited Architects used textured black mini pendant lights along with lighter natural tones to break the clinical look but otherwise, everything is white, pale or ivory. The idea is to invite as much light into the room as possible.
Use large floor to ceiling windows. They instantly transform any home, small or big, into something magnificent so expertly done by KJ Architects Some of the benefits you’ll enjoy from floor to ceiling windows is more natural light (which means saving more energy), more visual access to natural beauty outside, an enhanced sense of space and creating a more interesting and engaging space.
