Soundspacedesign

10/04/2026

The veranda is starting to look like at veranda at the new Voyager Stoep-En-Kuier - not too long left now!

23/03/2026

It’s no secret that building in South Africa requires much more on-site supervision from architects than what we are used to providing in other countries that we have built in, however, we prefer it that way! We can modify the design based on inevitable contingencies such as material shortages, no-shows and good old fashioned whim. After an extraordinary heatwave last week The Voyager Stoep-en-Kuier and Flying Fig Garden Bistro in Piketberg has turned a corner with completion finally in sight.

30/01/2026

A breath of fresh air. Couldn’t agree more. ‘Shop the look’ is a boring and dating way to decorate.

Substack newsletter For Scale, by David Michon, has taken our inboxes by storm. In fact, we are hooked, we've given it a Wallpaper* Design Award

29/01/2026

Making an entrance! The wrap-around veranda of the new and is being erected… after quite a wait… but it’s being done painstakingly and perfectly by Louisco engineers, like the epic slasto and more or less every part of this special project when there has been no compromise! We look forward to its completion.

12/01/2026

A little backstory to our activities in the Swartland, Western Cape.

Architect Don Albert has spent his career working globally, but his latest chapter is unfolding in the small towns of the Western Cape.

17/12/2025

A kind article in The Newspaper published in Stellenbosch.

Architect Don Albert has worked across the world, but it’s the small towns of the Western Cape that have inspired his latest chapter.

17/12/2025

More agritourism and “new ruralism”news from the Boland.

Across South Africa — but especially in the Western Cape — rural areas are increasingly seen as growth points with regional tourism.

16/10/2025

Our latest thought piece in the AgriNews focusses on how tourism and heritage can work hand-in hand for the diversification of employment in rural towns, and the preservation of the heritage which makes them so attractive.

Albert’s practice, Sound Space Design, is turning its attention to the Western Cape, where a new wave of tourism is reshaping small towns.

15/10/2025

Things are steaming along at and and as the temperature ramps up in Piketberg the builders buckle down for the next 8 weeks to hopefully finish on time for Christmas. Can they do it?

24/09/2025

It wouldn’t be the without at flying beam or two! We are grateful to be able to get amazing structural steel engineering expertise just up the road from the site at the

17/09/2025

Fantastic article!

Step into the heart of Germany’s Bauhaus legacy this September. Dessau, home to the iconic art school, is marking its centenary with fresh exhibitions that bring modernist design to life.