In Residence: Gawie and Gwen Fagan

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7 жыл бұрын

Gawie Fagan is known as one of South Africa’s most celebrated architects, while he and wife Gwen, who is also his creative partner, are known for their seamless integration of built structures into the surrounding natural environment.
For the latest installment of In Residence, director Gavin Elder, known for his extensive documentation of synth-pop legends Duran Duran, captures the couple in their labyrinthine Camps Bay pad. Known locally as Die Es (The Hearth), the building sits neatly in the hillside surround and boasts panoramic views of the sea from one side and mountains to the other.
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@chiayaya 7 жыл бұрын

"We're very happily married, thank goodness, after 65 years -- and the fact that I can live here with Gwen is what makes it nice for me."

@TsetsiStoyanova 5 жыл бұрын

Oh my god thats what got me too!

@uxpace4894 5 жыл бұрын

lovely story inspire me.

@zikaeziagulu1 5 жыл бұрын

Rangel beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏

@debmcc8854 5 жыл бұрын

😍😍😍

@MM-qz9bl 4 жыл бұрын

@@uxpace4894...... but only one side.....wired...

@Dev1nci 6 жыл бұрын

I started my architectural career in this house. The couple’s one son is an engineer responsible for almost all of the architectural technological achievements in South Africa. My current office has a roof that is based on the same geometric principle as this house. Even though it’s just a house its actually very architecturally significant.

@hellizma 5 жыл бұрын

Is their son Henry Allan Fagan or are they different Fagans?

@michelepastele5347 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your history - interesting!

@cujotwentysix7519 4 жыл бұрын

@@hellizma they're the same Fagans

@andrewkomlodi 4 жыл бұрын

What's the principle behind the roof design?

@marieslabbert6009 3 жыл бұрын

I agree, simple lines built according to radical principles.

@johnburman966 10 ай бұрын

When I worked for him in 1971 for a short time, he was already an icon...I was nobody...still am...no probs. I remember going with him to inspect a premises not too far from his offices. He said "can you run", so we jogged to our destination. I liked him beneath all the cultural agenda back then....a good man.

@alunamoon2415 2 жыл бұрын

The view through the living room window, the light, the shadows, the tree that she planted, the swimming pool that he built for her, the groundedness, the love. Thank you.

@porkyV2 7 жыл бұрын

not only is their house beautiful, they are a beautiful couple.

@uxpace4894 5 жыл бұрын

totally agreed

@Amelianz 4 жыл бұрын

And a beautiful video and photography too!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@markhirstwood4190 4 жыл бұрын

on the surface but watch closely when he claims they're happily married: her mouth is down in a bit of subtle contempt, her head moves just slightly to indicate 'no' and then her hands both move, a tell that she's not happy and probably hasn't been for a long time, maybe she's even cheated but would never admit it.

@vs71597 4 жыл бұрын

Mark Hirstwood lmao yeah okay fucking weirdo

@arthurb8436 3 жыл бұрын

@@markhirstwood4190 I hardly think you have the right to come to a deduction such as that through psychoanalysis from less than 4 minutes of footage of them.

@michaelfrancistan 6 жыл бұрын

Such a timeless house, even though it is quite old it doesn't look stuck in a certain decades aesthetic

@valentinaruseva8727 3 жыл бұрын

That is a timeless house. So youthful and up to date as the 91 years young Gawie. He died at 95 on 13th September 2020. Let him rest in peace. The house will go on.

@_MSD75_ 5 жыл бұрын

91yrs old and clambering up ladders to change the clock.

@lsamoa 4 жыл бұрын

#goals

@carloshugosuarezsampaio8251 3 жыл бұрын

My father is like that too. But recently he has quit driving. Not as sharp as he used to be, he says.

@427CobraV81 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! This is the perfect example of a life that must have a great fulfillment! Because only then will you stay so young and joyful for so long.

@iezgi 7 жыл бұрын

I love when he describes the door!

@nicolescott89 7 жыл бұрын

This ones inspiring. Since 1965 till the present day they have lived there. The house must have lots of stories to tell if it could. That's amazing :) Thanks for this one Nowness

@joshuahomme1 7 жыл бұрын

When the door opened to the full body mirror...my jaw dropped. Seconds later, I realized it was not a mirror. Wow!

@DannyMercer1993 7 жыл бұрын

It's the people that make a house like that. The house is merely a blank canvass on which to express yourself, what a wonderful video.

@SK-my1lj 5 жыл бұрын

Dear lord, hear my prayers - in my next life give me my parents and sister and nephews, but please also give me a spouse I could get lovingly old with, just like this couple. Amen

@thispedro1 4 жыл бұрын

Expect there is no next life. We ha only this one life and then heaven or hell based on the actions.

@freya683 3 жыл бұрын

@@thispedro1 or no heaven or hell

@thispedro1 3 жыл бұрын

@@freya683 Haven or hell is certain.

@freya683 3 жыл бұрын

@@thispedro1 no it is not

@thispedro1 3 жыл бұрын

@@freya683 You speak from belief. I speak from experience. That's why i said "certain".

@Liamdbuckley 5 жыл бұрын

91??!! Seems like he is incredible health for 91 !!!!!!

@maggetman69 3 жыл бұрын

i have a great aunt that's 94. Speaking to her over the phone you'd think she's in her 30's. Some people.

@anudeeparakkathara5520 5 жыл бұрын

You can feel the genuineness in the house and in also in his words when he says, l’ve been happily married...

@TsetsiStoyanova 5 жыл бұрын

Two old people living happily ever after!

@lailisima 4 жыл бұрын

Beautifully shot and produced. I felt like a welcome, quiet guest in their timeless house. Amen to their aesthetics and joy de vivre.

@leeanucha 5 жыл бұрын

Wow since 1965. What a great life to they have been living there all these years.

@bugbumble3 4 жыл бұрын

I like how the trees move with the wind as if they are happily dancing ...

@joshuadarrenarendse3835 5 жыл бұрын

As a proudly South African Civil Engineering student this video humbles and inspires me. That Camps Bay wind is really something. Anyone else from the Mother City?

@francoisroux9897 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Joshua, we on the other side of the hill ,Vredehoek! We also know about the wind but wouldn't want to live anywhere else than the good old Mother City !!

@princessprojectza 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video right? What an incredible force of love and inspiration - Gwen and Gawie!

@orionxalanda1141 4 жыл бұрын

This house, its builders, and dwellers represent a unique philosophy of how to live intimately and enjoy life! The way the light falls onto a particular space, the shadows of objects, the wind gushing through the trees... inside, outside, altogether makes the place seem so serene and yet so alive! I adore its atmosphere! I could spend hours just sitting with this solitude doing absolutely nothing!

@susiehaddock6224 4 жыл бұрын

just landed on this lovely 4 minutes of love, creativeness...life well lived. Inspirational and tender...I am lucky to have something very special with my Honey also...

@janafabijanic1464 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Nowness, for making me fall in the moment od now watching your magical videos! Wonderful!

@erwillis 7 жыл бұрын

a beautiful story captured within a beautiful home, one of my favorite videos of the series so far --thank you

@Rubylove48 4 жыл бұрын

Wow. They are couple goals. And I love the house. Every part of it. Seems like they had strong values and treasure the most important things in life. To me that’s what a home is- a place to treasure the most important things in life. 🥰🥰

@indie8189 Жыл бұрын

Years later, I watch it again, still believe this is the house I like the most in Nowness channel. A house full of life, love, soul, knowledge and wisdom.

@adrianmcnally6006 4 жыл бұрын

We keep coming back to this, what a beautiful story about beautiful people... I hope that what I take from it ensure it lives on Thank you

@nicoledougherty5502 7 жыл бұрын

I want more! Ah -- would love to see this couple in a mini series.

@aneumann372 3 жыл бұрын

gawie headed into the great blue yonder yesterday. respect + fair winds...

@sashachip 3 жыл бұрын

he died? If so, what a shame- this man seemed so healthy and intact for his age in this video.

@bennydimirco5073 4 жыл бұрын

3:04 = chills // Beautiful space and elegant cinematography. Well done.

@eduardobenitez752 4 жыл бұрын

Besides this amazing architecture there's a story of love and happiness. Kudos for them.

@truthseeker444 5 жыл бұрын

I love the ingenuity of this house, like the big door made from old copper hot water tanks!

@ReadingThing 4 жыл бұрын

Exquisite! Beautifully filmed and narrated. Love this! The music!!!

@marcostecnic3170 3 жыл бұрын

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@CatskillsGrrl 3 жыл бұрын

Stunning place. Well integrated into the landscape with magic texture and light and space.

@nthatomalope 5 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful channel. One of very few that I have notifications for. Great work guys.

@CheekSteve 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful house...beautiful people...I'm almost crying

@sidneynjau7907 4 жыл бұрын

Best one in the series hands down!

@eunkyochoi2238 4 жыл бұрын

Very old but an amazing place that has been a long history with the owner! :) Beautiful!!! Still beautiful and I believe that this is what house should be like, not own to sell but own to live. I am living in Seoul, South Korea. I feel like the concept of home here is a place to make an additional profit not a place to actually stay. Moving to different place hurts me so much but it is now a kind of a routine. Housing market is just a bubble. This is what I love to see. I was looking for something like this. Such an inspiration and a source of healing. Thanks so much for sharing! :)

@francoisroux9897 4 жыл бұрын

I think that is the modern way, worldwide unfortunately !!

@marieslabbert6009 3 жыл бұрын

These are the pioneers of South Africa, quietly working at building up and bettering spaces around them.

@hnttakata713 4 жыл бұрын

The fact that he can live here with Gwen. Sweet.

@karinevahofbauer5960 4 жыл бұрын

Inspiring that is LOVE .. thanks so much for shearing.. NOWNESS is un wonderful beautiful channel❣

@leonewilliams1946 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful home. Inspirational couple.

@imbinicc4906 4 жыл бұрын

This house will always be theirs. Anyone else who lives in it will be care takers. This house has a life and personality all of its own, created and nurtured by Gawie and Gwen. Just beautiful. Is it just, me or are these videos deeply meditative and mesmerising?

@rmiddlehouse 4 жыл бұрын

‘Vicious and continuous wind’ sounds heavenly

@Creadoresba 7 жыл бұрын

muy bello relato, al igual que las imágenes!!!

@minglis5475 6 жыл бұрын

So lovely, so peaceful, so beautiful. Thank you for sharing!

@NeerajGupta-fy1bv 4 жыл бұрын

One of the most underrated channel on youtube.

@kevmagill5163 4 жыл бұрын

Vivid...beautiful...heartfelt

@wendystratton9219 4 жыл бұрын

Impressive man! I would like to grow older as fit in mind and body as him...

@cecilgstu 4 жыл бұрын

This is so special 🙏🏾

@zcdel9192 4 жыл бұрын

his last statement is loaded. Thank you!

@jamessilvester9077 3 жыл бұрын

I love this. The house could have been designed last year. Timeless style and good chat from the old fella.

@zoraboung142 4 жыл бұрын

Ils croient encore a la vie jusqu'à la mort ❣️!!

@fatoomgierdien2181 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. Cape Town. Thank YOU.

@anbernika 7 жыл бұрын

best series ever

@paulness361 3 жыл бұрын

My husband and I are 45 years together.we absolutely adore each other.Amazing couple Love has made you last.love has made us last.your bot beautiful and inspiraring .awesome video Yvonness

@chaechae7447 4 жыл бұрын

아름다운 케이프타운안에 아름다운 부부가 살고 계셨군요 감동이예요

@mpho5664 4 жыл бұрын

Timeless and beautiful

@wendyw86 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, thank-you

@SH-vm1rz 5 жыл бұрын

Wow so special and unique

@kaydesign 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Thanks!

@angelaberni8873 5 жыл бұрын

Loved this.

@marissa_____ 4 жыл бұрын

As soon as I saw the mountain, I thought that it looks a lot like Cape Town.

@patriciadejesussantos5233 4 жыл бұрын

Linda casa adoraveis moradores!💚💛💙🇧🇷

@user-yh4bd8qu5x 5 жыл бұрын

Space full of love!

@therealcontrabeatz 7 жыл бұрын

Inspiring!

@barrywen2980 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome Thx nowness take all kind of art & home video

@briana14333 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. So dreamy!

@ozsebfuloppeter3113 3 жыл бұрын

Hermosa casa y pareja, me encanta la vista de los ventanales con esas cortinas.

@hushiechan 4 жыл бұрын

Its breathtaking!

@091mmm 4 жыл бұрын

The person editing these videos is very talented!

@ianroselio8204 4 жыл бұрын

beautiful house. hope they will live longer and happy together

@aeralv8649 4 жыл бұрын

i would kill for that amount of natural light

@roxynil 5 жыл бұрын

Incredible!

@GG-yn6jw 4 жыл бұрын

Stunning house stunning couple!❤

@zharinaberondo8062 3 жыл бұрын

Love this!

@teresa1400 4 жыл бұрын

Hermosa pareja, hermoso hogar, hermosa armonía...

@navaxf 5 жыл бұрын

Very lovely

@thisorient6332 5 жыл бұрын

Really inspiring

@faintingsaint 3 жыл бұрын

What A Beautiful Story

@jhb61249 3 жыл бұрын

Now dead as of 13 September 2020 at the age of 95. He was an Architect. She was a medical doctor. Quite an admirable couple.

@kacasudiro6306 4 жыл бұрын

I love their love ❤

@chukilewis1696 4 жыл бұрын

I love it!

@ETIENNE8100 4 жыл бұрын

I had a dream last night I can’t remember exactly what I dreamed,but I now it was beautiful as this story.

@dayanara2774 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately we aren’t exposed to older couples like this very often. If you were to tell me we’ll be watching a short film on an older couple’s home, I’d expect something along the lines of Hoarders. This couple is just fabulous!