Eco-Friendly Luxury on the Coast of South Africa$3.4 MILLION (48.5 MILLION RAND)This five-bedroom, five-bath contemporary ranch is in Umhlanga Rocks, a development in the seaside resort town of Umhlanga, about 10 miles north of the port city of Durban, on South Africa’s eastern coast. The 13,454-square-foot house, completed in 2015 on a half-acre lot inside the eco-friendly, 157-acre Hawaan Forest Estate community, faces the Hawaan Forest, a protected remnant of a coastal dune forest dating back more than 18,000 years. A path from a brick-paved circular driveway leads to the U-shaped house, with the entry hall at one corner. Through sliding glass walls and Mediterranean stack-back shutters, the layout embraces a center lawn, wood decks, a swimming pool and a hot tub. To one side of the entry hall, a dining room, family room and kitchen are artfully divided by partial walls resembling a series of oversized picture frames.

Source: New York Times January 02, 2019 14:26 UTC