In Residence: Gawie and Gwen Fagan
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- Опубліковано 17 кві 2017
- 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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"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."
Oh my god thats what got me too!
lovely story inspire me.
Rangel beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏
😍😍😍
@@uxpace4894...... but only one side.....wired...
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.
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.
Is their son Henry Allan Fagan or are they different Fagans?
Thanks for sharing your history - interesting!
@@hellizma they're the same Fagans
What's the principle behind the roof design?
I agree, simple lines built according to radical principles.
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.
Such a timeless house, even though it is quite old it doesn't look stuck in a certain decades aesthetic
not only is their house beautiful, they are a beautiful couple.
totally agreed
And a beautiful video and photography too!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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.
Mark Hirstwood lmao yeah okay fucking weirdo
@@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.
91yrs old and clambering up ladders to change the clock.
#goals
My father is like that too. But recently he has quit driving. Not as sharp as he used to be, he says.
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.
I love when he describes the door!
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
91??!! Seems like he is incredible health for 91 !!!!!!
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.
When the door opened to the full body mirror...my jaw dropped. Seconds later, I realized it was not a mirror. Wow!
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.
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.
You can feel the genuineness in the house and in also in his words when he says, l’ve been happily married...
Wow since 1965. What a great life to they have been living there all these years.
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
Expect there is no next life. We ha only this one life and then heaven or hell based on the actions.
@@thispedro1 or no heaven or hell
@@freya683 Haven or hell is certain.
@@thispedro1 no it is not
@@freya683 You speak from belief. I speak from experience. That's why i said "certain".
Two old people living happily ever after!
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!
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?
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 !!
Beautiful video right? What an incredible force of love and inspiration - Gwen and Gawie!
Beautifully shot and produced. I felt like a welcome, quiet guest in their timeless house. Amen to their aesthetics and joy de vivre.
Thank you, Nowness, for making me fall in the moment od now watching your magical videos! Wonderful!
I like how the trees move with the wind as if they are happily dancing ...
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...
a beautiful story captured within a beautiful home, one of my favorite videos of the series so far --thank you
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. 🥰🥰
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.
gawie headed into the great blue yonder yesterday. respect + fair winds...
he died? If so, what a shame- this man seemed so healthy and intact for his age in this video.
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
Besides this amazing architecture there's a story of love and happiness. Kudos for them.
Best one in the series hands down!
These are the pioneers of South Africa, quietly working at building up and bettering spaces around them.
I want more! Ah -- would love to see this couple in a mini series.
Impressive man! I would like to grow older as fit in mind and body as him...
The fact that he can live here with Gwen. Sweet.
3:04 = chills // Beautiful space and elegant cinematography. Well done.
Beautiful house...beautiful people...I'm almost crying
Stunning place. Well integrated into the landscape with magic texture and light and space.
Exquisite! Beautifully filmed and narrated. Love this! The music!!!
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Beautiful home. Inspirational couple.
I love the ingenuity of this house, like the big door made from old copper hot water tanks!
This is so special 🙏🏾
Beautiful. Cape Town.
Thank YOU.
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?
One of the most underrated channel on youtube.
Vivid...beautiful...heartfelt
What a wonderful channel. One of very few that I have notifications for. Great work guys.
So lovely, so peaceful, so beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
‘Vicious and continuous wind’ sounds heavenly
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! :)
I think that is the modern way, worldwide unfortunately !!
best series ever
Ils croient encore a la vie jusqu'à la mort ❣️!!
his last statement is loaded. Thank you!
Inspiring that is LOVE .. thanks so much for shearing.. NOWNESS is un wonderful beautiful channel❣
muy bello relato, al igual que las imágenes!!!
I love this. The house could have been designed last year. Timeless style and good chat from the old fella.
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
Brilliant! Thanks!
Timeless and beautiful
As soon as I saw the mountain, I thought that it looks a lot like Cape Town.
Loved this.
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.
아름다운 케이프타운안에
아름다운 부부가 살고 계셨군요
감동이예요
Space full of love!
Beautiful, thank-you
Wow so special and unique
Inspiring!
Incredible!
Beautiful. So dreamy!
Its breathtaking!
i would kill for that amount of natural light
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!
Love this!
Really inspiring
Stunning house stunning couple!❤
beautiful house. hope they will live longer and happy together
I wish and dream that one day I could have that king of love and happiness
I had a dream last night I can’t remember exactly what I dreamed,but I now it was beautiful as this story.
I love it!
THIS IS GOLD
Linda casa adoraveis moradores!💚💛💙🇧🇷
The person editing these videos is very talented!
I love their love ❤
Awesome Thx nowness take all kind of art & home video
amazing
Very lovely
What A Beautiful Story
Hermosa pareja, hermoso hogar, hermosa armonía...
Wow 🙏🏻
Life ! This how it should be.
Hermosa casa y pareja, me encanta la vista de los ventanales con esas cortinas.
wowness
Perseverance!
Beautiful
Waaooo 1956 amazing
So beautiful
! Hermosa...!
MAY GOD BLESS YOU BOTH TO SCORE A CENTURY.
🙏❣️💯
Beautiful both house and happily married couple
Just perfect house.
Love , love, love