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1 The Silo Hotel has 8 entry level Silo Rooms situated on floors 8 and 9. Each room is 47m² (506ft²), has floor-to-ceiling bathroom windows, and a private balcony overlooking the beautiful and busy harbour. Example Silo Room Images:

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through the floor-toceiling windows of Signal Hill towering over the V&A Waterfront.

3 The Silo Hotel has 4 Luxury Rooms situated on floors 8 and 9. The rooms have 47m² (506ft²) of lively and eclectic interiors, with magnificent views through the floor-toceiling windows of Signal Hill towering over the V&A Waterfront. Beautiful scenes of Table Mountain and the city centre are offered from each room s private balcony. Example Luxury Room Images:

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The Silo Hotel has 6 Superior Suites situated on floors 6 and 7. The suites vary in size from 76m² (818ft²) to 88m² (974ft²), including a private balcony.

5 The Silo Hotel has 6 Superior Suites situated on floors 6 and 7. The suites vary in size from 76m² (818ft²) to 88m² (974ft²), including a private balcony. While these suites do not have the floor-to-ceiling windows that some of the other room categories have, they have twice the floor space due to the bedroom and bathroom being on a mezzanine level. Superior Suites face either the mountain or the harbour. Example Superior Suite Images:

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8 The Silo Hotel has 7 Deluxe Superior Suites situated on floors 8, 9 and 10. Deluxe Superior Suites vary between 60m² (646ft²) and 67m² (721ft²) including a private balcony. The floor-to-ceiling windows highlight the natural wonder of Cape Town. Example Deluxe Superior Suite Images:

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11 The Silo Hotel has 4 Family Suites situated on floor 7. Family Suites vary between 111m² (1195ft²) and 128m² (1378ft²), have two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a private balcony. All Family Suite bedrooms are situated on a mezzanine level and have views of either the old harbour or the V&A Waterfront. Example Family Suite Images:

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lounge, dining area, and a generous private balcony.

13 The Silo Hotel has 2 triple aspect Royal Suites situated on floor 9 and 10. Each Royal Suite is 132m² (1421ft²), has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a spacious lounge, dining area, and a generous private balcony. Both Royal Suites face the Atlantic Ocean, Robben Island, and the distant mountains. Example Royal Suite Images:

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15 The Silo Hotel s one-bedroom penthouse is the jewel in The Royal Portfolio s crown. Located on the top floor of The Silo facing Table Mountain, the 211m² (2012ft²) has triple aspect views of Cape Town. The Penthouse has two walk-in wardrobes, a private treatment room, study, cinema, spacious living area, and a dining room table for 10. Penthouse Images:

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18 THE SILO HOTEL An extraordinary new luxury hotel in Cape Town. The Silo Hotel is a magical space towering above the V&A Waterfront surrounded by the natural wonder of South Africa s Mother City. The Silo has been built in the grain elevator portion of the historic grain silo complex occupying six floors above what will become the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA). Zeitz MOCAA will be a contemporary art museum to rival the likes of the Tate Modern in London, MoMA in New York and Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid. Zeitz MOCAA is a not-for-profit partnership between the V&A Waterfront and Jochen Zeitz, whose collection forms the Museum s founding collection. Zeitz MOCAA will open in September The exterior of the building was designed by Thomas Heatherwick, Founder and Principal of the London-based Heatherwick Studio. Heatherwick Studio was tasked with the transformation of the elevator house and the adjacent storage annex of six rows of seven silos, while carefully retaining its cultural significance and creating a building that would be synonymous with the Cape Town skyline. From the outside, the greatest visible change to the building s original structure is the addition of pillowed glass windows inserted into the geometry of the hotel floors. These windows bulge outward as if gently inflated. By night, this transforms the building into a glowing beacon in the harbour.

19 QUICK FACTS The grain silo complex was the tallest building in Sub-Saharan Africa at 57m when it opened in August 1924 after 3 years of construction. The Silo Hotel is located in the elevator portion of the historic grain silo complex. It occupies the six floors above Zeitz MOCAA. MOCAA stands for Museum of Contemporary Art Africa. Zeitz MOCAA will be a contemporary art museum like the Tate Modern in London, MoMA in New York and Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid. Zeitz MOCAA is a not-for-profit partnership between the V&A Waterfront and Jochen Zeitz. Zeitz s collection forms part of the Museum s founding collection. The museum is set to open in September The building was designed by Thomas Heatherwick, Founder and Principal of London-based Heatherwick Studio. The V&A Waterfront own the grain silo building and the surrounding silo precinct. The first load of maize was received into the grain elevator in Cape Town on the 8 September The grain arrived by train and was deposited in the track shed. The first export of grain aboard the SS Willaston destined for Europe, took place on the 12 November The Willaston Bar is named after the SS Willaston. The last export shipment from the grain elevator was on board the M/V Anangel Wisdom in The Wisdom Room, the largest private dining room at The Silo Hotel, seats 22 and is named after the M/V Anangel Wisdom. The grain silo complex closed in August 2001 after nearly 80 years of operation. The Silo Hotel is the tallest building in the V&A Waterfront, standing at 65m. There are 28 keys and 34 rooms across 7 room categories including the penthouse. There are 82 windows, each with 56 panels of glass. Windows on level 6 and 7 are 5.5m tall. The windows then get progressively shorter on levels 8, 9 and 10. Commissioned artists at The Silo include Frances Goodman, Jody Paulsen and Pierre Carl Vermeulen. Kate Gottgens is the first artist to be exhibited in The Vault our private gallery space that will showcase a different African artist every 6 months. Each room has been uniquely decorated by Liz Biden in a contemporary and eclectic style.

HISTORY The grain silo complex was the tallest building in Sub-Saharan Africa at 57m when it was opened in August 1924 after 3 years of construction.

20 HISTORY The grain silo complex was the tallest building in Sub-Saharan Africa at 57m when it was opened in August 1924 after 3 years of construction. It closed in August 2001 after nearly 80 years at the heart of South Africa s industrial and agricultural development. The grain silo played an integral role in terms of international trade as an export facility, but it also provided vital infrastructure to South Africa s regional agricultural economies supporting local farming communities while also making a major contribution to the economic activities of Table Bay harbour. The building has two parts the elevator tower, where The Silo Hotel is located, which facilitated the mechanical bulk handling of grain, and the actual storage silos themselves. The elevator tower was known as the working house and it served numerous functions. It received grain from the track shed, lifted it to the top of the building by the use of elevators and provided facilities for the grain to be weighed, cleaned, bagged, stored and distributed. Grain from the smaller, inland country elevators around South Africa was delivered to Cape Town. The first load of maize was received into the grain elevator in Cape Town on the 8 September 1924, and this was followed two months later by the first export from the new elevator 6,245 tons of maize aboard the SS Willaston destined for Europe, on the 12th November The last export shipment from the grain elevator was on board the M/V Anangel Wisdom in 1995 and operations ceased in 2001.

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FACILITIES The Granary Café The Willaston Bar The Sky Terrace Rooftop Restaurant Rooftop Swimming Pool The Silo Spa (Five Treatment Rooms, Sauna, Change Rooms) Gym Airport Transfers 24 Hour Guest

22 FACILITIES The Granary Café The Willaston Bar The Sky Terrace Rooftop Restaurant Rooftop Swimming Pool The Silo Spa (Five Treatment Rooms, Sauna, Change Rooms) Gym Airport Transfers 24 Hour Guest Services Laundry Service Complimentary WiFi Concierge Services Private Meeting Rooms / Private Dining Rooms (The Wisdom Room Seats 22, Rooms 607 & 608 Seat 6 each) Underground Parking Private Art Gallery The Rooftop Pool

23 The Willaston Bar The Granary Cafe

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