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Turffontein Clinic

This is categorized by the Department of Health as a Large Clinic consisting of more than 18 Consultation Rooms. This passive-designed Clinic focuses on the direct linkage and integration with the De Villiers Street Linear Park upgrade. It furthermore incorporates the use of visually permeable building facades so that direct sightlines between the park an...

Turffontein Clinic

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Cape Town Stadium Additions & Alterations

The alterations to the existing iconic landmark structure in Cape Town, included the construction of 168 new hospitality suites, 7 executive lounges and two new floors with additional ablution facilities, services and the refurbishment of the current Business hospitality areas on Level 5. The stadium can now host at it’s full capacity....

Cape Town Stadium Additions & Alterations

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SAPS WC Provincial Commissioners Head Office

The SAPS Western Cape Provincial Commissioners Head Office is the regional head office of the SAPS Provincial Commissioners management team. The six-story building houses all the various management departments of SAPS as well as an auditorium, training facilities, and recreational space. The design concept of the building was centered around an atrium that ...

SAPS WC Provincial Commissioners Head Office

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PRASA – (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa) Regional Office

The project comprises of the upgrade and alterations of two existing heritage buildings namely Monument Station and the Neotel building on 1 Old Marine Drive, Cape Town. The renovated Buildings are linked by means of a new glazed steel framed bridge. These linked buildings will house PRASA and Metrorail Staff. The design respected the architectural herita...

PRASA – (Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa) Regional Office

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House Smith

A house is a live space and its function is to carry its residents through time and space. The footprint of the house is a linear arrangement in plan, section and elevation. A visual axis from streetscape to landscape is articulated by the timber foot path under a concrete suspended canopy running from street side – through the entrance lobby – ending in t...

House Smith

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Helderberg Nature Reserve

The aim of this project was to provide an environmentally friendly learning centre not only for the content being presented but also in the construction of the building. Green Building Principles to center on this design, from the material choices to the functional systems to be incorporated. The building boasts an external tyre wall and an internal rammed ...

Helderberg Nature Reserve

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SANBI National Zoological Gardens Visitor Entrance

The SANBI National Zoological Gardens is the largest Zoo in South Africa. The New Visitor Entrance serves as the new public entrance to the eastern side of the Zoo. It comprises the visitors’ entrance, information centre, education centre and restaurant facilities. The design concept of the building was to create a shape and form that was moulded to allow mo...

SANBI National Zoological Gardens Visitor Entrance

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Helderberg Visitors Centre

The aim of this project was to provide an environmentally friendly learning centre not only for the content being presented but also in the construction of the building. Green Building Principles took centre stage on this design, from the material choices to the functional systems to be incorporated. The building boasts an external tyre wall and an internal ...

Helderberg Visitors Centre

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Bella Rosa

A mixed-use Residential, Commercial, Retail, and Office Project in a security and lifestyle estate. Framed by Stellenbosch Mountains and Tygerberg Hills, this 4-Hectare mixed-use development is divided into 3 phases of construction, and now comprises 15 Multi- stored buildings....

Bella Rosa

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Cape Town Electricity House

The Electricity House is situated in the heart of Cape Town’s CBD and is bound by Bree Street to the South Easter. The design brief called for a high-quality contemporary building that reinforces the urban context without detracting from the historic surroundings. The building transforms from being a punctured mass into a framed box that turns the Hout and B...

Cape Town Electricity House

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Cape Town DTPW Atrium

The existing Atrium at 9 Dorp Street was transformed from a transitional space to a destinational area. The atrium has become a much-needed informal meeting area and soft seating space for both tenants and visitors to the building. Ebesa focused on value addition to the building by utilising previously unlocked space and creating purpose, which now enables t...

Cape Town DTPW Atrium

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Training Centre

This Building consists of 5 levels of lecture rooms and a technical training area for the Electrical Apprentices Training Programme. The building is a framed structure of concrete, steel, and red face brick with sun louvers over the aluminum-framed windows....

Training Centre

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Ndabeni SCM Stores

This site is relatively flat. All the existing premix finished roadway were to be lifted and replaced with new heavy-duty interlocking pavers, complete with surface water drainage. All existing on-site fences and barricades were to be demolished and removed from the site....

Ndabeni SCM Stores

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Tyger Valley Healthcare

This Health Care Centre consists of a Private Medical Clinic and offices for medical practitioners/specialists. Ebesa Architects started their “red face brick phase” with this project. Comments from foremost developers were that “Ebesa Architects can make red face brick look beautiful....

Tyger Valley Healthcare

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Electricity Head Office

The City of Cape Town’s new Electricity Head Office in Bloemhof is one of the few sustainable buildings in the country to have achieved a Five Star As-Built Rating, and the first Municipal Building to be accredited by the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA)....

Electricity Head Office

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Cape Town Electricity House

The Electricity House is situated in the heart of Cape Town’s CBD and is bound by Bree Street to the South Easter. The design brief called for a high-quality contemporary building that reinforces the urban context without detracting from the historic surroundings. The building transforms from being a punctured mass into a framed box that turns the Hout and B...

Cape Town Electricity House

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Meloding Day Care Centre

In collaboration with KNA, this award-winning project received the SAIA Free State Award for Architecture 2019. The project uses passive energy technologies and the poetry of architecture to intervene in pre-primary education in a township. This project is important in 3 ways: It strives to deliver a green and self-sufficient building through the use of pa...

Meloding Day Care Centre

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False Bay TVET College

The project involves the complete design and implementation of a new student college for False Bay College (TVET) in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town. The site is sandy and has existing Strandveld Fynbos that will be incorporated in the Landscape Design of the project. The location of the site presents challenges in providing a sheltered area for students to con...

False Bay TVET College

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SAPS WC

The SAPS Western Cape Provincial Commissioners Head Office, is the regional head office of the SAPS Provincial Commissioners management team. The six storey building houses all the various management departments of SAPS as well as an auditorium, training facilities and recreational space. The design concept of the building was centred around an atrium that ...

SAPS WC

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Prince George Drop-off Waste Depot

Prince George Drop-off and recycling facility was designed and planned to service the Parkwood area. It is located strategically and is easily accessed via Prince George road and the residential area close by. Functionality was the major focus during the design stage as fluency during operations is key to a successful facility. Drop off of building rubble an...

Prince George Drop-off Waste Depot

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SAMRC Medical Campus

The SAMRC Campus development is a mixed-use development located on the SAMRC Medicina Campus in Parow. The Development is a combination of residential and commercial spaces with interlinking public spaces arranged in a park-like setting. The buildings are arranged around central courtyards and private green spaces. The residential units were designed around...

SAMRC Medical Campus

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Ga-Rankuwa SHRA Development

This project is considered one of the largest Social Housing Developments in South Africa. Urban design principles were introduced to create multi-functional spaces within residential community development. Building blocks were spread out on the property to introduce large public open spaces encouraging community functions and outdoor living. A multi-purp...

Ga-Rankuwa SHRA Development

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Irene Retail Centre

Unlike any other Retail Centre, this design focuses on transparency and openness. The design mimics the treelines and shadows caused by the surrounding environment. The vertical slats replicate the movement between shops & restaurants by its occupants and visitors. The food court creates a shaded outdoor space similar to that of one eating under the shade...

Irene Retail Centre

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Morning Sky

This luxury multi-storey apartment development is situated on a site that focuses on views towards two cities namely Sandton & Johannesburg. The wrap around effect of the timber cladding demonstrates the concept of growing out of the ground like that of a tree. The reason for this concept is due to the fact that the site had many trees situated on it and t...

Morning Sky

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Fairview

Situated on a sloped hill, this luxury residential development boasts views towards the ocean of Mossel Bay. Natural materials and earthy toned colours allows for a tranquil resting place of residence. The development includes recreation facilities as well as meandering natural paths. Timber cladded box feature walls replicates the idea of binoculars outl...

Fairview

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Cocody Student Housing

The Abidjan Student housing project is located in Côte d’Ivoire on the Université Félix Houphouȅt-Boigny Campus. The five proposed buildings with three wings per building will provide accommodation for 10 000 students. Each building block is designed around a central core linking the three wings essentially ensuring 360-degree views from all the rooms. Each...

Cocody Student Housing

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Alexandra Fire Station

A shortage of a Fire Station in the township of Alexandra was realized when multiple fire outbreaks occur regularly each year. This Fire Station acts both as an iconic building and an emergency management service building for the area in which it dwells. Contrasting face brick façades provide for a maintenance-free yet aesthetically pleasing design. The d...

Alexandra Fire Station

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Tibani Lodge

Settled in the Percy Fyfe Nature Reserve, this concept reflects the mountainous surrounding plains in which it dwells. The elevated roof design with a mixture of gum pole trusses furthermore enhances the surrounding forestry of the nature reserve. This lodge will be created to form an escape for city dwellers to experience the wildlife within a modern fini...

Tibani Lodge

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Mokete Guesthouse

Located approximately two kilometers away from the industrial nodes of Centurion, the brief received from the client was to create an industrial-designed guest house. Consisting of two levels, the designs of the facades were split up between face brick and metal sheet cladding. The continuous wrap-around of the roof for the guest rooms creates an attic sty...

Mokete Guesthouse

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Turffontein Clinic

This is categorized by the Department of Health as a Large Clinic consisting of more than 18 Consultation Rooms. This passive-designed Clinic focuses on the direct linkage and integration with the De Villiers Street Linear Park upgrade. It furthermore incorporates the use of visually permeable building facades so that direct sightlines between the park an...

Turffontein Clinic

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Cape Town Stadium Additions & Alterations

The alterations to the existing iconic landmark structure in Cape Town, included the construction of 168 new hospitality suites, 7 executive lounges and two new floors with additional ablution facilities, services and the refurbishment of the current Business hospitality areas on Level 5. The stadium can now host at it’s full capacity....

Cape Town Stadium Additions & Alterations

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