South African-based firm SAOTA is a leading firm of architects. SAOTA is the dynamic collaboration between architects Stefan Antoni, Philip Olmesdahl, Greg Truen, Phillippe Fouché, and Mark Bullivant. Considered one of the most interesting of Africa's new generation of architects, who share a potent vision easily distinguished in their design, paired with both an innovative and dedicated approach to the execution of projects has seen, SAOTA become an internationally sought-after brand.

SAOTA has 43 projects published on the archdaily.com site, focused on: Residential Architecture, Interior design, and Buildings. Now 85 % of SAOTA’s clientele is international with cities like Moscow, Sydney, Miami, Dubai, and Lagos becoming an increasing source of both interest and business.

CONTACT INFO:

Address: 109 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town, Western Province

Website: https://www.saota.com

Paragon Group, Established in October 1997, is an African architecture firm. This is an internationally active African Group of high-profile design businesses that deliver highly visible projects including Paragon Architects, Paragon Interface Architects, and Paragon Architects South Africa. These businesses are very dynamic and creative and have a wide variety of investment categories, from space planning, delivering workspace design and implementation services for ambitious and innovative clients in the corporate, hospitality, and retail sectors, to internationally active interior architecture businesses.

Paragon is flexible and diverse in its approach to design. Each project is unique and built by lifestyle and a response to user needs. Some commercial buildings they have designed include Norton Rose Fulbright Towers, Mbabane Hilton Garden Inn, Hatfield Square, Barloworld Head Office and Showroom, and Sasol Place. Paragon Architects have also worked on various projects across Africa they understand the needs of our clients and know how to generate cutting-edge architectural forms and spaces in a competitive property market.

CONTACT INFO:
Address: 33 Fricker Road, Illovo, Johannesburg

Phone Number: +27 (0)11 482 3781‎

Website: https://paragon.co.za/

Established in 1991, A3 Architects is one of the best African architecture firms in South Africa. With branches in Johannesburg, Kwazulu Natal & Mbombela, they provide a comprehensive and highly specialized service, both in South Africa and throughout Africa. The company has a qualified professional team of architects, ensuring all levels of project execution: architects, urban designers, architectural technologists, project managers, interior designers, 3D artists, and graphic designers.

A3 Architects dedicated to achieving exceptional concept design. Some of their South Africa projects include King Shaka Precinct, Southdowns Office Park, Green Park Offices, Eco Glades Office Park, Green Park Sandton, Sunset Towers, and Hilton Commercial Development in Kwazulu Natal. Besides, they also have projects across Africa such as the Accra Hospital in Ghana, Benin Hospital, Nairobi Hospital in Kenya, Abuja Airport Hotel in Nigeria, and the Senegal Judicial.

Established in 1982, Boogertman & Partners is one of Africa’s best architecture firms with offices in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Durban, and Kenya, and projects throughout Africa and the Middle East. Boogertman + Partners Architects focuses on design excellence through responsible development and technological innovation. The company achieves success in a diverse range of commissions, from sports stadia & urban design to corporate & commercial office parks, hospitality, motor & industrial developments as well as niche residential developments. That was possible thanks to a unique skills base of a dynamic team of directors who share a vision for innovative and contextually responsible design. They work closely with landscape architects, urban designers, interior designers, architects, and technicians in a collaborative creative process that seeks to find holistic solutions to each brief.

Some of their standout designs in South Africa include Algerian Embassy in Pretoria, University Square Pretoria, The Neighbourhood Square Johannesburg, Park Lane West Pretoria, The MARC Johannesburg, Fourways Mall Johannesburg, Summit Place Pretoria, and The Houghton Hotel Johannesburg.

CONTACT INFO:

Address:

• Block C, Main Straight Office Park, 392 Main Road, Bryanston 2194 - +27 11 790 1600
• The Point, 1133 Jan Shoba Street, Brooklyn 0181 - +27 12 429 7300
• Unit 5, Ground Floor, Cluver Markotter Building, Mill Street, Stellenbosch 7600 - +27 21 930 9210

Website: https://boogertmanandpartners.com/

Established in 1994, Hofman Architects is a dynamic architecture studio providing personalized professional designs for different customer segments. Now Hofman Architects is based in Waterkloof, Pretoria. They have architectural services that cover a wide range of projects from start to finish. They also offer partial services if required. The company's architectural items include commercial, residential, institutional, and interior. Especially, Hofman Architects design, manufacture and deliver container-based architecture that is fully furnished to fit your needs.

At Hofman Architects they have educated themselves to be experts in responsible and sustainable design. They believe that every project – no matter how big or small – will benefit from well-considered sustainable design principles – providing obvious benefits to all the users of the building in the short term – to the owners of the building in the medium term – with obvious benefit to the overall environment and the planet in the long terms. They build a process of Holistic Design, going beyond best practice to give clients the best information to consider all the options to make informed decisions on the sustainability of the project going forward.

CONTACT INFO:

Address: 1085 Justice Mahomed Street, Waterkloof

Phone Number: (012) 361 7078

Website: https://www.hofman.co.za/

Headquartered in Sandton, South Africa, AMA Architects is a dynamic South African Architectural firm and an inspiration for many African architects. AMA Architects is recognized as a leading Contemporary Design firm dedicated to its vision and passion for excellence in design. The company was established in 1993. Since then, they have been a well-recognized Architectural firm in South Africa. It incorporates the interior design services of D12 Interiors into its service function together with a Project Management Service and has a strongly skilled department with all members being highly literate in BIM & CAD technologies.

Clients include listed property groups, Financial Institutions, prominent private developers, parastatals, and individual owners. Environmentally Sustainable Design [ESD] is a high priority of the group. They seek like-minded developers and professionals who are interested in promoting the long-term view of well-considered building design and construction. They employ the latest technologies and design techniques to ensure their clients receive the best efficient and professional service.

Some of their featured projects include Atholl Towers Sandton, Exxaro Head Office, Volkswagen Group South Africa Head Office, Kaya House, Grayston Axis Sandton, Infinite Towers, Sandton Skye, Westpoint, and Masingita.

CONTACT INFO:
Address: 131 12th Ave, Rivonia, Sandton, 2010, South Africa
Phone Number: +27(11) 807 7505
Website: https://ama-architecture.com/

Francois Marais Architects or FM Architects is one of the largest architectural firms in South Africa. Established in 1996, with more than 20 years of operation, it is now FM Architects branches in Cape Town and Johannesburg and also working on cooperative projects throughout Africa.

FM Architect desired to seek new challenges to push design abilities to the limit. They are not afraid to experiment with designs beyond the norm. It is not unusual to see buildings designed by this firm using free-flowing elements that push the limits of engineering. Structures and design elements have often blurred the division between the interior and exterior, encouraging users of the building to embrace the African climate. FM’s designs are borne out of the dynamic of the site and fused with functional needs, structural integrity, orientation, light, water, and landscaping. These abilities have helped the company own many large developments, including luxury residences, cluster developments, game lodges, hotels, shopping centers, and offices, both locally and internationally.

Not only that, but FM Architects is also leading in green design in South Africa and prides itself on creating buildings that are energy-efficient and Green star rated.

CONTACT INFO:

Address:

• 67 Van Buuren Road, Bedfordview (inside Remax complex) - 083 226 7577
• 11th floor | Touchstone House | 7 Bree street | Cape Town City Centre - 083 226 7577

Website: https://fmarchitects.co.za/

Established in 1999, with over the past two decades Integrated Design Consultants has delivered creative innovation through design-specific, tailormade architectural solutions that offer added investment value and meet the vision and needs of all clients.

With principals and professional staff with a wide range of local and international experience, IDC is one of the leading African architecture firms in South Africa from its incredible designs. They have broad expertise in the commercial, residential, affordable housing, industrial, heritage, health, and educational sectors, providing a comprehensive approach to complex design issues. They dedicate themselves to creating people-centered environments, and to designing African architecture that responds appropriately to its social, cultural, economic, and environmental context. They believe in effective teamwork and collaboration and work collectively towards cutting-edge innovation.

CONTACT INFO:

Address:

• 2nd Floor, 21 Dreyer Street, Sunclare Building, Claremont, Cape Town - +27 21 674 5193
• Suite 1002, 10th Floor. Corner of 108 Rivonia Road & 124 West Street, Sandown, Sandton, 2196 - +27 11 234 8141
• Office 7, Novate House Triple Point, St Helena Road, Beacon Bay, East London - +27 43 743 0522
• Suite 302, Ground Floor, Fairview House, Ring Road, Greenacres, Port Elizabeth - +27 41 363 4487

Website: https://idcarchitects.co.za/

SVA International is South Africa's leading Architecture and Urban Design firm. Initially, with the desire to grow the company's opportunities, SVA partners with GIBB and transforms into a strong majority Black-owned, SVA International (Pty) Ltd.

They empower their people across specialist fields to become industry leaders. They apply expert knowledge to lead clients towards creative and viable solutions. They streamline business through continuous business process improvement and offer a design process that enables effective lifecycle management as well as provide focused and purposeful design solutions for every project drawing on the rich and varied knowledge base.

SVA International commits to sustainable design and construction, designing low-impact buildings and spaces which provide efficient and comfortable surroundings, reduce energy costs, and increase health and ecological benefits. Some of their projects include the CTICC East Complex, Kenako Centre Port Elizabeth, The Gateway Hotel in Durban, the BCX Corporate Headquarters in Gauteng, Matlosana Mall, and the Serengeti Gold & Wildlife Estate in Johannesburg.

CONTACT INFO:

Address: 2nd Floor, The Cape Waters Building, 71 Waterkant Street, Cape Town

Phone Number: +27 (0)21 421 4276

Website: https://www.svarchitects.com/

Founded by Buhle Mathole, Kabu Design Architects established its vision in 2007. A young firm with a deep sense of pride in its African heritage, Kabu is a B-BBEE level one contributor, proud to function within the South African economic landscape. They hope to create and develop a currently non-existent spatial understanding of African dwellings. It is a modern and contemporary structure engineered to imbue past as Africans, rich inheritance, lush vegetation, and modern influences appropriately contextualized. Furthermore, they endeavor to meet their clients’ needs timeously and appropriately renovating and upgrading home.

As designers of places of dwelling for all humanities needs, they aim not just for excellence but to transcend design theory through constant practice, growth, and initiative. The cutting-edge contemporary African architecture designs show in some of their projects: Buyani School, Matlaisane High School, Featherbrook Estate, House Copperleaf, and Blue Hills Estate.

CONTACT INFO:
Address:

• Clearwater Office Park, Building 3, Ground Floor, Millenium Road& Christiaan de Wet Road, Johannesburg, 1735 - (010) 007 5002
• Spaces Century CityNo.1 Bridgeway Road, Bridgeways Precinct, Century City, Cape Town - (021) 830 5351

Website: https://www.kabuarch.co.za/