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Scroll Credits:

Maboneng Urban Design (Maboneng, Johannesburg), Spatiality of Shebeens (Phillippi, Cape Town) , Constitution Hill Flame of Democracy (Hillbrow, Johannesburg) Constitution Hill Renovation (Hillbrow, Johannesburg)

Using evidence to inform creative architectural and urban design concepts which deliver high-impact spatial solutions.

Our interdisciplinary practice uses learned evidence and the creative application of architecture and urban design to transform the spatial environment, and subsequently make a meaningful impact on society and the economy. Drawing on years experience and armed with an abundance of empirical evidence, we creatively apply architecture and urban design principles to deliver a novel and impactful spatially-based solution. Our multifaceted perspective incorporates the nuanced, and often contradictory, needs of the various stakeholders.  We carefully calibrate the tensions of socio-economic-political realities - acknowledging the role space plays -  ensuring often revelatory outcomes that benefit both its custodians and users. Our novel and trailblazing approach is a tool to realise our mission: creating bold infrastructures that deliver a positive impact to its environment and beneficiaries. Over the past 13 years, our sprawling experience in both architecture and urban design in complex and challenging contexts has earned us a reputation for being courageous, creative and innovative. Our team of professionals is unafraid of defying the status quo and breaking boundaries to achieve the best outcomes for our clients. Our portfolio includes neighborhoods rehabilitation, pioneering research and architectural interventions. While diverse in nature, each project bears our signature of purposeful, pioneering and pragmatic thinking.

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ARCHITECTURE

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102 Aston Villa, 51 St Andrews Street, Birdhaven, 2196, Johannesburg | South Africa 

info@urbanworks.co.za 

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