House Invermark位于绿树成荫的Higgovale郊区，坐落在标志性的桌山下，可以俯瞰开普敦的城市和港口。在获得优秀奖章的47年后，House Invermark被开普敦建筑协会（CIfA）授予了著名的嘉奖，以表彰其对建筑的显著贡献。

Located in the leafy suburb of Higgovale, set below the iconic Table Mountain, House Invermark overlooks the city and harbour of Cape Town. Forty seven years after receiving a medal for excellence, House Invermark has been awarded a prestigious Commendation from the Cape Institute for Architecture (CIfA), in recognition of noteworthy contributions to architecture.

1969年，受人尊敬的南非建筑师吉尔伯特-科林（Gilbert Colyn）为自己设计了这栋房子，其灵感来自于两座标志性的现代主义房屋，即菲利普-约翰逊（Phillip Johnson）的1949年玻璃屋和密斯-凡德罗（Mies van der Rohe）的1951年法恩斯沃斯屋。这座房子在2013年被建筑师Stefan Antoni买下，他是SAOTA的主管。在这个阶段，它已经达到了一个糟糕的失修状态，并且有许多不恰当的改建和增建，完全不符合建筑的语言特点。如果不是安东尼的干预，它可能会面临被拆除，因为它作为当代建筑的一个很好的例子的遗产地位没有得到承认。

Designed originally for himself by respected South African architect Gilbert Colyn in 1969, it was inspired by two iconic modernist houses, namely that of Phillip Johnson’s 1949 Glass House and Mies van der Rohe’s 1951 Farnsworth House. The house was purchased by architect Stefan Antoni, director at SAOTA, in 2013. By this stage it had reached a poor state of disrepair and featured numerous inappropriate alterations and additions totally out of character with the language of the building. Had it not been for Antoni’s intervention, it might have faced demolition as its heritage status as being a fine example of contemporary architecture was not recognised.

SAOTA仔细和敏感的改建和增建，使受威胁的建筑回到了原来的状态，加强了它的整体构成，并大大完善了生活体验，使它与当代生活同步。在生活区、厨房、主卧室和浴室，结构和屏风被拆除，以促进与现代生活相关的流动。

SAOTA’s careful and sensitive alterations and additions have returned the threatened building back to its original state, enhanced its overall composition and significantly refined the living experience to bring it up to date with contemporary living. In the living area, kitchen, main bedroom and bathrooms, structure and screens were removed to facilitate improved flows associated with contemporary living.

外部空间配置也发生了变化，包括将游泳池从较暗的山边移到阳光充足的街道海景边，提供了非常需要的街道隐私。这使庭院成为一个家庭花园，种植了草坪和一排接骨木（Sambucus Nigra）树，沿着新的线性水景运行。街道的界面也被重新设计了。这些变化极大地增强了房屋相对于景观的体验。值得注意的是，当科林在房子完工后观看时，他也留下了深刻印象。

Changes were also effected to the exterior spatial configuration involving the relocation of the swimming pool from the darker mountain side to the sunny street sea view side, providing much needed privacy from the street. This freed the courtyard to become a family garden planted with lawn and a row of Elderflower (Sambucus Nigra) trees running along a new linear water feature. The street interface was also substantially redesigned. These changes have served to significantly augment the experience of the house relative to the landscape. It is noteworthy that when Colyn viewed the house after its completion, he was suitably impressed.

Architects: SAOTA
Year: 2015
Photographs: Adam Letch, Stefan Antoni
Manufacturers: OKHA
Quantity Surveyor:SBDS
Consulting Engineers:Moroff & Kühne
Main Contractor:Mansfield Construction
Interior Design:ARRCC and Home Owner
Interior Décor:OKHA
Landscaping:Nicholas Whitehorn
Architects & Interior Architects:Gilbert Colyn (1969) and SAOTA
Architects:Gilbert Colyn
Interior Architects:Gilbert Colyn
City:Cape Town
Country:South Africa