OPPOSITE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT

The building is so well hidden that all you see on arrival is a curved stone wall; a long picture window features a window seat on the inside; the variety of materials and building techniques used in the home – stacked stone, rammed earth, lime-bleached pallet pine and granite – is immediately on display in the entrance hall; from the air, the house at Witklipfontein almost disappears into the landscape around the Vredefort Dome, the world’s oldest and largest

meteor impact site (and a UNESCO World Heritage Site).