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“THIS APARTMENT COULD HAVE EASILY FELT A BIT LIKE A MUSEUM WITH ALL THE ANTIQUES, BUT IT DOESN’T.”
When it comes to spotting potential, architect Jürgen Kieslich and interior designer Etienne Hanekom are blessed with 20/20 vision. Take their latest collaborative project. While Jürgen was looking for an apartment in Cape Town for his retired parents, Hans and Wendy, his estate agent space had no floors or ceilings, electricity or plumbing. A concrete slab and pillars divided one side of the cavernous space into two floors, but that was it. “It looked a bit like a parking garage really,” jokes Etienne, who was roped in by Jürgen to help him transform the empty shell into a place his parents would be happy to call home.
