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Ayesha Nobanda<br />
Silvio Rech and Lesley Carstens<br />
Show apartments and penthouses<br />
showcase luxury living<br />
Although the City Centre will be popular with those<br />
who’ve taken permanent advantage of the<br />
work-from-home option Covid’s given us, moved<br />
out of town and are looking for a glam lock-upand-go<br />
spot for their Joburg visits, these really are<br />
Bilala Mabuza magnificent residences and will be sought after as a<br />
permanent address.<br />
But it is the opulently decorated show apartments and penthouses<br />
that truly stand as a showcase of luxury living. Steyn City enlisted the<br />
assistance of South Africa’s leading designers to create a signature look for<br />
the eight homes which form part of City Centre’s showcase, which are the<br />
apogee of style and sophistication.<br />
In many of these homes, a special effort has been made to bring the<br />
outdoors in. This was certainly the case for Silvio Rech and Lesley<br />
Carstens of Rech + Carstens , who focused on creating a home in the sky<br />
with an eclectic, individual style, which is made to live and grow with<br />
the inhabitant.<br />
Stephen Falcke - Stephen Falcke Interior Design - meanwhile, applied his<br />
award-winning expertise to create a cosmopolitan, luxury sanctuary that<br />
would appeal to the super-rich in its unique palette of Eau de Nil, which<br />
mirrors the lagoon over which its views extend. Both penthouses boast<br />
their own private rooftop plunge pools, and private lift lobbies.<br />
In her one-bedroom apartment, Urban Glam’s Ayesha<br />
Nobanda played off the grit of urban living with glamour and<br />
sophistication, while Amanda Elliott of Design Collective -<br />
whose three-bedroom duplex apartment stands out for its<br />
customised wallpaper designs - also played with contrasts,<br />
juxtaposing Manhattan-style apartment living with Steyn City’s<br />
parkland setting.<br />
The Private House Company’s Yvonne O’Brien’s design philosophy<br />
- emphasising understated elegance - is clearly evidenced in her<br />
four-bedroom, duplex apartment which, again, is imbued with an<br />
accent on the luxurious.<br />
Buzwe Mabuza of Design Dreams International took inspiration<br />
for his two-bedroom simplex apartment from the global citizen<br />
who feels as much at home at Steyn City as they do in New York<br />
or London, and Donald Nxumalo’s (Donald Nxumalo Interior<br />
Design) designer of a two-bedroom duplex apartment, feels the<br />
ideal homeowner is someone who values quality – not just the<br />
quality of their possessions, but quality of life.<br />
Finally, Cocoon Lifestyle’s Bilala Mabuza added an unforgettable<br />
touch to her gorgeous three-bedroom apartment with the<br />
inclusion of pieces by some of South Africa’s most exciting<br />
up-and-coming-artists.<br />
See all the apartments, and find out which are the designers<br />
favourite rooms, on www.getitmagazine.co.za<br />
<strong>Dec</strong> 20<strong>21</strong> / Jan 2022 Get It • <strong>Ballito</strong> <strong>Umhl</strong>anga 77