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Date: 2018 Type: Holiday Accommodation Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 19°04'10.75" S 12°35'00.20" E Alt: 43m

See more photographs Text description provided by the architects. Inspired by the deprivations endured by survivors from the foundered Dunedin Star and the desolate and harsh Skeleton Coast landscape, the architects tried to capture the contrast between shelter and exposure in their Shipwreck Lodge design (named after the architectural concept). Conceived of as abstracted wreckage fragments put together by survivors as shelter against the relentless wind and searing sun, the cabins are spread out along the dune edge like a listing flotilla against the skyline. Photographs by Shawn van Eeden, Denzel Bezuidenhoudt and Michael Turek.