House and Leisure

THE LIFE AQUATIC

WHO GWEN AND GAWIE FAGAN

WHERE LANGEBAAN, WESTERN CAPE

WHAT MODERNIST SEASIDE HOME

Ask Gwen and Gawie Fagan about their holiday home and they’ll tell you they don’t have one. ‘A home is a home wherever it is,’ says Gwen. ‘We don’t distinguish between holiday and ordinary houses. It’s a place that makes us happy. It’s part of us.’

Yet as you stand on the terrace of

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