This bold and unusual house in Norwood, Johannesburg, challenges the suburban typology. The design places the house right on the boundary edge, maximising the courtyard garden while ensuring a strong connection to the street. Each window is carefully positioned to allow for surveillance, ensuring privacy, capturing views, and maximising sunlight — especially in winter. The raw materials of stock brick, roughcast plaster, and mesh-panel burglar bars were chosen for their robustness in response to the urban context.