Kunjani, the latest addition to the Stellenbosch Wine Route located in the Bottelary Hills, has been included in Architectural Digest’s list of ‘Top 19 Best Vineyard Designs Around the World’. Architectural Digest Magazine is the online authority in design and architecture, providing an exclusive view into the world’s most beautiful homes and designs.

“The winery’s design puts a modern twist on Cape Dutch architecture with its charcoal exterior and red sliding screens, which were inspired by the patterns painted on West African mud huts. The interiors are equally daring with a laser-cut staircase and wine display, graphic wallpaper, and bright red accents,” writes the magazine’s Alison Levasseur and Elizabeth Stamp.

Kunjani’s interior was created by co-owner Pia Watermeyer and the iconic Haldane Martin. As a designer, Haldane has been instrumental in the emergence of a new South African design language and identity. He successfully transformed Pia’s concept and brand essence into an innovative, stylish and soulful interior with a unique character. This includes custom fittings, luxurious finishes and unique furniture as well as selected artworks by local artists, Krisjan Rossouw and Peter Pharoah.

Haldane Martin’s work includes Urbanologi, Healy’s Cheese, Wolf & Maiden, Truth Coffee HQ, Mad Giant, Striped Horse, Swan Café and Michelle Ludek, amongst others.

In this video, designer Haldane Martin leads a design tour of the Kunjani interior design project.