GROOTE SCHUUR

Restoration of the Herbert Baker
designed presidential residence,
Cape Town.
The practice was commissioned
to undertake a major restoration
of the presidential residence built
by Cecil John Rhodes in Cape
Town. Originally designed by Sir
Herbert Baker on Dutch foundations for Cecil John Rhodes, the 2000m² house is filled with treasures and materials of Eastern, European and African origin including the
enigmatic Zimbabwe bird. The
painstaking restoration process
was successfully completed with
a team of specialists to restore
this national monument to its
former glory.