Rosie's photos 2001 Deon de Villier's photos of Bruynzeel House Landmark 2008 photos New photos by Florian Breuer 2012 Celebrating the golden jubilee Huis Bruynzeel is 50 jaar oud, en mooier as ooit Photos 2013 Fritz Weaver - Fritz Webervogel Our garden
Rosie's photos
The Bruynzeel House, De Hoge Hoek, is a Landmark in Stellenbosch
18 Constantia AvenueIt was built by the wood merchant and yachts man, Kees Bruynzeel, in 1962.
The roof of the house is in the shape of a hyperbolic paraboloid, built with teak rafters and lined with yellow wood.
Architect: Aart Bijl
 The East front looks onto the inner garden |
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 Early morning sun brightens the yellow-wood ceiling |
 Entrance to the house |
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 Entrance hall |
 Salon hoogste hoek |
 Salon at Christmas |
 Ceramic Horse |
 Cloak Room |
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 Stair case seen from the landing |
 Library |
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 View fom library to salon |
 Ceiling of the bedroom |
Entrance pillar with Cycad and Euphorbias |
Camellias |
Entrance and dining room |
Dining room |
This orchid tree in the upper garden flowers 10 months each year |
Early winter sun brightens up the salon |
Fireplace |
Picture wall |
Bilderwand |
Hoogste Hoek |
Wotan on the balcony |
View of Table Mountain |
Pool in the front garden |
Pool, 10m x 4m |
Simonsberg in winter |
 Hibiskus flowers nearly all year round and is much liked by the birds |
Stapelia gigantea |
Dietes grandiflorus |
Strelitzia reginae |
Ixia dubiosa und Dorotheanthus bellidiformis |
 The Greater Striped Swallow has been breeding here for many generations |
Photos by Florian Breuer:
 Lounge |
 Dining |
 See the sky from the dining room |
 Library |
 The horse is a ceramic sculpture |
 Friedrich II bronze by Christian Daniel Rauch |
 This was our anchor-light on board the yacht |
 Bruynzeel House |
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 Early morning sun brightens the yellow-wood ceiling |
www.StellenboschWriters.com © Rosemarie Breuer
A special edition of Zettelwitz commemorates 50 years of De Hoge Hoek in 2012
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