Disa Park, Residential towers in Vredehoek, South Africa

Disa Park is a group of three 17-storey cylindrical residential towers on the slopes of Table Mountain in Vredehoek, Cape Town, named Blinkwater, Platteklip and Silverstroom. They were designed by the firm Bergamasco, Duncan & James and built by Murray & Roberts in the 1960s, completed in 1969. The pale concrete towers have flat roofs with small box-like structures on top and grids of windows and projecting balconies; a lower colonnaded structure runs along their base.

Disa Park was completed in 1969, built by Murray & Roberts in response to Cape Town's "white housing crisis". The firm Bergamasco, Duncan & James designed the three 17-storey cylindrical towers. Murray & Roberts exploited a loophole in the mountainside building restrictions: they built the base below the allowable development line, then continued upward above it.

The buildings earned local nicknames based on their circular shape that stood out against the mountain landscape. These playful names like Pepper Pots reflect how the architecture became embedded in everyday language among Cape Town residents.

The towers stand on the slopes of Table Mountain above Vredehoek, reached by road from the city centre; the sources give no public transport link, so plan your own way up. Residents have dozens of trails and hikes on their doorstep, plus a tennis court, squash courts, a braai area and a swimming pool within the complex.

Murray & Roberts built the base of the towers below the mountainside's allowable development line, then continued upward above it, exploiting a loophole in the building restrictions. The three towers are named Blinkwater, Platteklip and Silverstroom, and Capetonians know them by mocking nicknames such as "The Pepper Pots" and "Toilet Rolls".