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"At The Herringbone's core is a material that has shaped architecture for centuries and a building choice that is currently experiencing a major design renaissance."
Read more about our Klay Face Bricks at The Herringbone in our Architect & Builder feature on pg 70.
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The Herringbone is a joint venture with Divercity Urban Property Group | TwinCity | Ithemba Property Management | GASS Architecture Studio | Tri-Star Construction
Juno's got the perfect blend ☕
Our Cape Thin Bricks in both Chai and Latte offer just the right balance of character and contemporary design. Used across the floors, walls and the cafe counters, Juno have really showcased the versatility of Klay - creating a space that feels as warm and inviting as the coffee it serves.
From a bespoke detail to large-scale façades, our Mirage Quad screen block is making its mark 👏
A few notable features include the newly completed Moka Social Club in Waterkloof, the 15000+ screen block architectural statement at Bendehuis, and Seattle Coffee Company's new cafe interiors launching across the country.
Proof that the Mirage is no illusion. Just great design, beautifully built.
We still can't believe it!
One month since Klay was awarded Scape's Brand of the Year 👏
This recognition goes beyond us, but to clay as a material - durable, timeless, and endlessly versatile. Across façades, interiors, and architectural features, clay continues to prove it’s a material of choice for designers shaping South Africa’s built environment.
We’re proud to champion it, and to see its potential celebrated across the industry.
Introducing - The Curvella ✨
The newest addition to our Rectangular Screen Block Series. Designed with modularity in mind, the Curvella screen block can be stacked and arranged in multiple ways, giving you the freedom to play, customise, and create walls that are as dynamic as your design vision.
Shaped by Nature ✨
We're excited to be featured in VISI's Oct/Nov issue - inspired by country luxe, geophilic design, and organic interiors.
Crafted from natural clay, Klay products create spaces that feel grounded and connected to the environment. Their tactile surfaces and subtle variations in tone invite curiosity and appreciation, turning everyday walls and features into thoughtful expressions of design and nature.
Feel inspired with VISI #140 - purchase online, or in major retail stores 🤍
Cheers to good wine and thoughtful design 🍷
With a modular hexagon form, our terracotta wine racks allow you to build a honeycomb wall as small or as expansive as your collection - and you can finish the design with our end-stops for a polished edge.
Whether you’re a casual sipper or a serious collector, it’s time to #DesignWithKlay ✨
Terracotta has been part of South Africa's architectural heritage for centuries.
Long before industrial construction, people shaped clay into pottery, cooking vessels, and functional building materials, creating spaces that were practical and comfortable.
Today, terracotta continues to inspire contemporary design across our country. Its natural warmth, texture, and enduring strength make it ideal for interiors and outdoor designs.
Designer: @studiolandt_
Our wine racks aren’t just for storing your top-shelf reds 🍷
In collaboration with GASS Architecture Studios, our wine racks have been reimagined as striking wall cladding, cut into slivers to create a tactile backdrop.
Terracotta that was built for function and it is now also a statement.
Photography: Daniela Zondagh
📍 Green School South Africa
We’re excited to be featured in the latest issue of House & Leisure: Embrace ✨
This issue celebrates both heritage and tradition, values that resonate deeply with us. Our feature highlights the Klompie Tile in our natural terracotta Chai colour with a custom cola glaze — a tone rooted in timeless craft and reimagined in a contemporary setting at @weylandtstudio Castle Gate.
Clay has always carried the story of building, making, and belonging, and we’re proud to see it continue in modern spaces that honour tradition while embracing the future.
The Weylandts Green Point showroom is in for an exciting revamp 🤩
Striking cladding meets you at their entrance, curated with our Espresso Klompie Tiles to create this unique design. We also spotted some Klay favourites - with our Lattice screen blocks forming textured partitions, and product plinths crafted from natural clay face bricks and blocks.
Clay face bricks have stood the test of time 🧱
Durable, eye-catching, and made to last for generations. Our Klay face bricks carry that same timeless quality, refined for today’s builds with a premium finish that never goes out of style.
A cellar crafted for both the senses and the seasons.
The rhythmic repetition of shapes brings a calm, grounded beauty to the space. The hexagonal form of our wine racks makes them a visually appealing and customisable solution to wine storage with additional racks easily added as needed.
Spioenkop's tasting room perfectly highlights this!
Interior Design: Zarah Riley Designs
Photography: Emma Jude Jackson
Another day with Klay!
We visited Maritime Place, where a substantial number of Klay face bricks are being used in both interior and exterior applications. Located in the heart of Paarden Eiland, this ambitious development aims to transform the area into a thriving community.
We’re excited to watch this one come together 🧱
@isipaniconstruction
@rawsondevelopers
@bruce.wilson.architects
Big things are taking shape at Bendehuis.
This project features our largest screen block installation to date, with over 15000 Mirage Quad blocks forming a striking façade that promotes ventilation and light flow through the impressive space.
Bendehuis is nearing completion and the vision is coming to life! We’re proud to be part of it. Keep an eye out for the final reveal… it’s going to be something special.
@atterburyproperty
@sleeandco_architects
@archecon_construction
Enjoy a freshly brewed Latte at Asmara Coffee ☕️
Our Lattice screen blocks were given a soft twist at @asmara.coffee, painted to match their cafe's aesthetic.
Paired with the scent of latte in the air, they form a textured, eye-catching counter front that welcomes you the moment you walk in.
Designer: @moeadesignstudio
The texture of natural clay. The quiet rhythm of repetition. A feeling of calm in every detail 🤍
This idea of neuroaesthetic design is taken to a beautifully serene level at Spioenkop's guest house—with a shower experience that slows the mind and awakens the senses.
Read more on the quiet power of Klay in our latest blog. Link in bio.
Interior Design: Zarah Riley Designs
Photography: Emma Jude Jackson
When a client asked if our Klompie brick could be used as tiling for a patio, we saw an opportunity 🫡
Same iconic look, made easier with our Klompie and Cape Thin Brick tiles—designed to replicate the classic Klompie look we all know and love, but save you time, money, and intensive labour.
And because we know good design is in the details, we have a unique return tile for extra clean finishes.
Colour us impressed 🎨
In an exciting collaboration with @houseandleisure, we reimagined tradition through a modern lens, featuring our Klompie tiles and terracotta screen blocks in fresh, unexpected ways.
Our favourite detail: The screen blocks were painted to suit the palette of the space—proof that if you love our designs but want a more personalised finish, there’s always room to make them your own.
Named after something as simple and comforting as coffee and inspired by the earth. The naturally beautiful palette of Klay is intentionally varied, striking a balance between modern minimalism and traditional charm.
So go ahead, take a shot of Espresso, sip a creamy Latte, or warm up with Chai, and read more on the inspiration of Klay's colour palette in our latest blog ☕
Our single pane square screen blocks have been spotted enjoying a cosy retreat tucked away in the heart of Elgin Valley ⛰️
Designed by @zarahriley_design_, @spioenkop_wine_estate's outdoor courtyard is an enchanting homage to Roman architecture. It's the perfect spot to sip a steaming cup of chai on these crisp mornings.
While we still love a sleek minimalist finish, we cannot help but be captivated by the resurgence of Art Deco elements and organic forms in contemporary architecture. Two standout projects embracing the trend: The Tropicana Hotel developed by @signaturasa, and their signature ground-floor restaurant, Juno in Sea Point.
💭 What's your take — is Art Deco having a true revival, or should it stay in the past?
Read more of our thoughts on how curves are shaping modern design.
More than just a block, our Intricate Series is a bold design statement ✨
From the sleek Celosia to the iconic Lattice, these screen blocks add texture, light play, and privacy to your space.
With a background in interior design, Ferhana brings both technical insight and creative vision to every project — supporting you throughout the entire process, from first enquiry to final design.
When the brief calls for something honest and grounded, Klay delivers.
At Juno Sea Point, our naturally made products helped bring a sense of authenticity to the space. Greeted with fresh blooms at the door, the scent of coffee and warm bagels lingering in the air long before we even step inside.
Chai flooring meets Latte cladding — and with coffee brewing in the background, it’s a match made in heaven.
Say hello to the Baby Klompie 👶🧱
Inspired by timeless tradition, refined for modern spaces — our new 230x35x35 Baby Klompie offers the same heritage feel in a sleeker, slimmer form.
Ideal for delicate detailing or that perfectly imperfect walkway that tells a story with every step.
From ancient roots to modern design.
Terracotta is being reimagined as a bold design statement in the form of tiles, screen blocks, face bricks, and more, in contemporary architecture. Read more about the oldest building material that has stood the test of time.
A day with Klay, out in the field.
We hit the road with our external rep Gis to visit some incredible builds in progress around Stellenbosch — projects that are quietly taking shape.
From stacked pallets to scaffold silhouettes, there’s something grounding about seeing our products in their raw, unfinished state — part of a much bigger picture still to unfold.
Thank you to the teams on site who let us step into their space and share in the process. We can’t wait to return once the dust has settled.
350 years later and the Klompie remains a prominent feature in modern architecture.
From its origins as ship's ballast, to the modern Klompie brick and tiles being used in pizza ovens, flooring, cladding and more contemporary showcases.
DECOREX 2025 ✨
We had a fantastic time visiting #DecorexCapeTown this year, exploring the vibrant showcase of creativity, innovation, and future-forward thinking in the design and build space.
A special highlight — the launch of SA Décor & Design’s 27th edition Buyers Guide! We are honoured to be featured in this years edition and stand alongside inspiring brands helping shape the future of South African design.
If you’re lucky enough to get your hands on a copy, you’ll find our feature on page 574-577.
Believe it or not, the very photogenic Espresso (yes, the dog 🐾) isn’t the star of the show here. That spotlight belongs to our Sunrise Screenblocks — proof that just a few well-placed details can completely shift the atmosphere.
It’s giving long lunches, thatched lighting, and somewhere warm by the Med.
Klay is proud to have supplied our Maxis — via RMD — for The Tropicana in Sea Point, a bold landmark on Cape Town’s skyline.
Drenched in pink and blue and shaped by strong Art Deco lines, it’s a vibrant nod to Miami modernism, revived with flair for the Atlantic Seaboard.
Developed by @signaturasa and brought to life by Robert Silke & Partners, The Tropicana blends rich local history with the glamour of a full-service apartment hotel.
Avinash is the Factory Manager at our specials plant 👏
A place where innovation is at the forefront and our KlayConcept range comes to life. Avinash and the KlayConcept team implement bold visions, all while keeping quality, precision, and creativity at the core. We’re excited to have passionate minds like this shaping the future of design-forward building.
Same breeze, different story.
We're clearing the air on the difference between air bricks, breeze blocks, and our natural clay screen blocks. So, let the breeze in and read all about it.
"Green buildings embody the principles of sustainable development—meeting today's needs while safeguarding tomorrow."
At Klay, we’re proud to be taking meaningful steps toward a more sustainable future. As part of this commitment, we’re excited to announce our 2025 membership with the @gbcsa.
From reducing our environmental footprint to offering products that support greener construction, we’re continuously evolving to help shape a more responsible built environment.
Planning a greener build? Let’s discuss how Klay’s clay solutions can help bring your sustainable vision to life.
Our decadent Espresso Klompie and Klompie Tile meets culinary craft at Lorenzo’s.
A project that proves the right product does more than finish a space, it fires it up.
Project: @delairegraff
Contractor: @gemstoneconstructionptyltd
Because some things just never go out of style.
Read our take on why face brick is more than a building material, it's an investment in timeless design.
We are continuously amazed at the versatility of our clay screen blocks.
@capecobraleathercraft exercised their creative license once again, not only with their new luxury SS’25 collection launch, but by reimagining our screen blocks as sculptural table decor. A bold crossover between fashion and form. We're loving the final look!
Sponsors: @grahambeckbubbly @delairegraff
@mountainfallssa @okra.candle @klaysouthafrica
📍 Spotted at @seattlecoffeeco in Brooklyn Mall, Pretoria
Our Mirage screen blocks and Klompie Tiles in Chai are the perfect combo to bring Seattle's new store to life, and this cosy corner bench is definitely a highlight of the space.
Proof that good design, like good coffee, is all about the right blend ☕
Floor or wall? Why have to choose 💁♀️
Our Flooring & Cladding range is effortlessly versatile, designed to warm up your space—underfoot or all around.
One material, endless inspiration.
"As the air turns crisp and the days grow shorter, there’s a collective pull toward warmth, comfort, and tactile spaces that invite us to slow down."
Don't get left out in the cold this winter, read our latest feature for @marcialovesit to transform your home, office or commercial space into a warm escape as the air cools around us.
Feeling like a cosy read? Find the full article on our blog.
Screen blocks are the perfect solution for creating separation between spaces. They offer a strong visual feature while maintaining a clean, minimalist design.
Whether indoors or out, they bring structure without overwhelming the space.
Herringbone is a striking, geometric design option for clay flooring. Thanks to its natural hues and tones, it adds dimension while remaining a low-maintenance outdoor flooring option. These tiles helped our client achieve the full red clay paver look, without the need to strip down existing concrete flooring.
The intricate texture of our screen blocks is created through a fine wire cutting process before firing.
This subtle detail brings depth and character to every piece, making each block a quiet feature in any design.
The Puzzle, one of our very first screen block designs, started off as a quiet contender, mainly used to refresh existing façades. Over time, it has found a new wave of appreciation.
Safe to say, we’re glad to see it making a comeback and finding a home with a whole new generation of clients.
Hey Siri, play Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter.
It’s hard to believe this velvety hue came from natural clay. We’ve pushed beyond classic terracotta to explore deeper, moodier tones. Cape Thin Brick in Espresso is just one way we’re evolving the clay conversation.
Explore more of this shade (and others) on our site. You just might find your next favourite blend.
The Flower has long been a favourite Screen block design — and for good reason.
Seen at the iconic Costa Brava apartment block in Sea Point, this timeless façade continues to complement today’s modern architecture along the Atlantic Seaboard.
Proof that thoughtful design never goes out of style.
Cola-glazed Klompie Tiles paired with textured terracotta bring depth and drama to this bathroom at Weylandts Castle Gate. The rich, moody tones and natural feel turn a functional space into a statement.
Forget ordinary tiles—this is texture, warmth, and a bold design choice.
The Satin FBX brick brings a refined, contemporary edge to any space. Its smooth finish and precise form offer a sleek contrast to the raw strength of fired clay, balancing sophistication with durability. Whether used for bold facades or understated interiors, this brick delivers a timeless foundation for inspired design.
Thoughtful design, considered in every detail.
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