Infused with LA glamour, this Highveld garden has a sense of theatre at its heart
Words Tess Paterson Photographs Christoph Hoffmann
The transformation could scarcely be more extraordinary. Five years ago, this plot of land in Joburg’s busy Fontainbleau was zoned for business use. Elsje Stark, owner of Stark Films, recognised straight away that it would be the ideal location for a new TV recording studio. ‘We could only build on part of the plot, as the remaining stands had residential status,’ she explains. ‘I wanted both the building and the surroundings to be conducive to creativity, and the substantial garden area allowed us to think out of the box in quite a dramatic way.’
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