I established my practice in 2009 out of a desire to create beautiful living spaces, and a belief that people’s homes should express their individual lifestyles. I focus on small to medium scale residential projects, and as I am a sole practitioner, my clients are afforded a very personal service with a high degree of attention to detail and customised design.

No matter the size of the project, my intention is to make sensitive interventions that will improve the architectural fabric of our homes and suburbs. I am guided by the history and style of the existing context, the constraints of the site and the specific needs of the client.

I have a particular affinity for creating a coherent conversation between residential additions and existing structures, but also relish the challenge of creating a new building from scratch, taking into account all the parameters and restrictions, to bring new spaces to life.

Architect

Victoria de la Cour

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 my journey 

I studied Fine Arts before obeying my calling as the third generation of architects in my family and birthed my own practice in the same year I birthed my first child.

My passion for detailing, problem solving and site work was cemented at Paragon Architects under the mentorship of Marilize van Dyk. My aunt, Mira Fassler Kamstra has instilled a love of landscape, and supported me with the intricacies of running a practice and raising children. Michael Sutton’s clarity of form and spatial serenity always guides me.

My body of work is built on personal referrals. I take pride in my relationships with my clients, many now dear friends. Being appointed by architects, Henning Rasmuss and Philippa Rodseth to design a new studio in dialogue with their original Sutton house was a great compliment. This project received a regional Special Commendation in 2015.

I am determined to improve our urban fabric with sensitive interventions that respond to their immediate and broader contexts. Instead of developing a hard and fast stylistic language, I take guidance from the atmosphere of each site, the urban context, heritage as well as the client’s individual brief. Each project is unified by the pursuit of clarity which filters down from spatial relationships to the smallest detail.

Having been born and raised in Johannesburg, my family made the move to Cape Town in 2018. I wound down my thriving practice, commuting to complete projects that were underway. I was motivated by the promise of designing my own home in Cape Town. Having designed many houses for my clients, it was my turn to design for myself! To realise this dream I spent a year searching for the perfect property and then an intensive 2 years in design, planning and construction (with a serious drought and pandemic along the way). 

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