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dhk Architects was established in 1998 in a merger between Derick Henstra Architects and KCvR Architects.

Today, dhk is part of 10N, a collective created by Egis. We are a design-led studio incorporating architecture, urban and interior design.

02/11/2026

Scenes from a recent team site visit to City Park | MAMA Shelter Cape Town, a major mixed-use redevelopment that is now approaching completion. The tour was led by colleagues who have been central to the project's implementation, sharing valuable insight into dhk's adaptive reuse design response and the complexities of reimagining a prominent heritage building in the heart of the Cape Town C*D. The team site visit offered a sneak peek at the contemporary upgrades to this mixed-use development, breathing new life into an historic location.

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28/10/2026

It’s been a busy birthday month, as usual. In addition to two bumper editions of our open studios events in Johannesburg and Cape Town, we joined Design Week South Africa as a sponsor for UNBUILT 2026, which focused on the future of the African built environment. As part of the programme, we supported a series of talks, exhibitions, site visits and public-space experiments across Johannesburg and Cape Town. In Johannesburg, dhk Principal Peter Fehrsen participated in a session on Sandton’s walkability, followed by a walk through the Oxford Parks Precinct with Intaprop, Jozi My Jozi, Young Urbanists South Africa, CityCon Africa, City of Johannesburg and Marketing Local Abode. In Cape Town, dhk Principals Guy Briggs and Peter Stokes facilitated a guided tour of Conradie Park.

Were you at any of the events this month?

Photographs: Open Studios (1,2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 + 13) + teemantv (3)

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15/10/2026

We're proud to introduce TWELVEONB, our latest residential development in Green Point, Cape Town. Designed for Blok, TWELVEONB occupies a small, infill site on Braemar Road. Our design responds directly to the site's intimate location, in a considered articulation of spatial form. It creates a fine-grained relationship with what exists, using thoughtful subtraction to add texture and character to the site. The development will comprise 50 apartments ranging from one-bedroom compact units to two-bedroom and three-bedroom duplex apartments.

This is Blok's 23rd development and the second Blok-dhk collaboration. It is designed to reflect the developer's philosophy that buildings should make a positive contribution to the interest and community of the neighbourhoods where they develop. We recently completed ONEHUNDREDONM for Blok, located on Cape Town's Sea Point Main Road.

Part of 10N Collective

12/10/2026

Save for later.
dhk voices live talks at Open Studios: this Wednesday, Cape Town.
Five short, honest conversations from our people on the questions shaping tomorrow's cities and the way we design them:
→ The unpolished career story
→ How to design a city for an experience you've never had
→ Do buildings have a right to survive?
→ Infinite originality?
→ Contextual design or cultural appropriation?

Join us, ask questions, challenge ideas and make connections. And we're hiring, so your next opportunity might be in the room.

Old Cape Quarter, 66 Waterkant Street, Cape Town
Wednesday 14 October
Doors open 17:00-20:00 (talks start at 17:30-19:00)

06/10/2026

Join our open studio events this October in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Explore our work in architecture, urban design and interior design, and discover why we're the only African studio in a worldwide collective dedicated to sustainable citymaking. Meet our specialists in BIM, computational design, visualisation and branding. Ask questions, challenge ideas and make connections.

Johannesburg
Date: Wednesday, 7 October
Time: 17:30 – 19:00
Venue: Rosebank, 21 Cradock Avenue

Cape Town
Date: Wednesday, 14 October
Time: 17:30 – 19:00
Venue: Old Cape Quarter, 66 Waterkant Street

PS: And don't forget: we're hiring. If you're looking for your next opportunity, you might just find it here.

Photography: (1+4) + (2,3,5,6,7,8+9)

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05/10/2026

Have you locked in your Design Week Joburg schedule yet?

Join us at two sessions:
7 October: fireside chats at dhk, 21 Cradock Ave, Rosebank
9 October: a tour of Oxford Parks with , asking the question on every pedestrian's mind: why is Sandton so hard to walk?

Tell us in the comments where you'll be exploring. Book via the Design Week website: https://designweeksouthafrica.com/

We are proud to support this year's Joburg alongside
and our fellow partners.

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03/10/2026

Our precinct-led approach to urban design has influenced the shape of several neighbourhoods in Johannesburg. An outstanding example of this is at Oxford Parks, which lies on the edge of the vibrant Rosebank centre, to the north of the Johannesburg C*D.

Designed for Intaprop, Oxford Parks includes a mix of uses: offices, retail outlets and a hotel. The precinct has been designed to prioritise people in a high-quality walkable environment.

Our involvement began in 2015 when we developed the Dunkeld Public Realm Design Manual to establish the principles for a human-scale pedestrian-first precinct. The Oxford Parks Phase 1 masterplan emerged from that document, conceived to link Rosebank to the emerging retail and office node of Illovo Rosebank along the Oxford Road corridor. We subsequently delivered three buildings in the precinct, are on site with a fourth, at 20 Rosebank, and have a fifth in design development.

Photography: Sean Gibson (3, 5 +7) + Tristan Mclaren - 8

01/10/2026

Our latest journal entry casts the spotlight on Ellipse Waterfall, a landmark high-rise luxury apartment development in Waterfall City, Johannesburg. The 45,000m² project comprises four residential towers with an identical footprint, delivered across three carefully phased stages. The Galileo tower (Phase 3) was the last to be constructed, which marked the development's completion in late 2025. Read the full article here: https://shorturl.at/g9Lqp

Ellipse Waterfall tiled artwork and seats:

Photography: Paris Brummer (1), Sean Gibson (4) + Tristan Mclaren (5)

Part of 10N Collective created by Egis Group.

29/09/2026

Introducing Nedbank's new HQ in the Highlands Precinct in Harare. This is our latest commercial office development in Zimbabwe’s capital. The 4,500 m² building is located opposite Highland Park Shopping Centre along ED Mnangagwa Road, and acts as a gateway into the precinct.

The commercial office will comprise various amenities for staff and visitors, including basement parking, conference rooms, an exclusive lounge for high-net-worth clients, entertainment areas and a coffee shop on the ground floor. There's an emphasis on activating the ground floor, to engage more directly with the street, creating permeability and supporting pedestrian life. The project is driven by property developer Terrace Africa and is being implemented along with our local partners, Architectural and Planning Studio (APS). It forms part of dhk's current work on the Highlands Precinct Masterplan in Harare.

Part of 10N Collective created by Egis Group.

23/09/2026

Crystal Towers Bridge at Canal Walk in Cape Town is currently under construction. It's the second pedestrian bridge we're delivering in the Century City Precinct after we recently completed Otter Bridge. The new bridge is intended to interconnect three existing levels, namely the canal edge, regional mall entrance and existing Crystal Towers Bridge, with an elegant ramped spiral that provides universal access to pedestrians navigating the neighbourhood by foot or by bicycle.

These bridges add to our growing portfolio of infrastructure architecture, alongside some more unusual projects such as truck stops, fuel stations, transportation hubs and border posts in Africa.

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66 Waterkant Street
Cape Town
8001

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http://www.dhk.co.za/

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