Chris van Niekerk installs minimalist house in Cape Town's Steenberg mountains

Cape Town-based architect Chris van Niekerk has completed Mountain House, a minimalist retreat in the rugged landscape of South Africa's southernmost city.
The house is located in the foothills of Steenberg Ridge, a group of mountain peaks to the south of Cape Town.
The house is formed of linear volumes set into the slope
Van Niekerk designed the building as a sequence of linear, grey blocks set at staggered heights that seem to relate to the slope of the terrain.
"This building is nestled in a