Category: About Us

  • Going According To Plan

    The Architectural Journal of Aziz Tayob We are pleased to announce the release of our book “Going According To Plan – The Architectural Journey of Aziz Tayob”. Going According to Plan is an endeavour to unveil the remarkable journey of architect Abdool-Aziz Ahmed Tayob through his many projects that showed a meticulous attention to detail and thought. His…

  • CAD-BIM-Legacy: Ensuring Continuity in Drawings

    With the long term relationship we like to develop with our clients, most of our projects go through various phases over the years. It’s therefore important to ensure that we are able to take all the CAD drawings from the past into the latest CAD/BIM software of today. The following image is a brief summary…

  • Green Building – Our Approach to Sustainability and Eco-friendly Design

    Our firm has always attempted to create buildings that: Our firm currently uses EcoDesigner to do all our energy modeling.  We are able to do detailed energy requirements calculations, compare various options (such as materials, openings sizes, shading, orientation and location) to determine energy efficiency as well as carbon footprint.  The software is integrated with…

  • Awards

    1969 –   David Haddon Prize for Professional Practice 1972 –   Transvaal Provisional Institute of Architects for House & Studio Tayob 1982 –   Institute of S.A. Architects for House E.S. Dockrat 1999 –   SA Architect Award for Outstanding Achievement in Urban Design (Integrated Urban Design Framework for Marabastad) 2000 –   Nedbank Mail & Guardian Green Trust Urban Renewal Award. 2003 –   SA Institute of…

  • Animation History

    Our first tinkering with animation started in 1996 when we adopted Archicad. Our first serious attempts at animation in-house go back to 2000 when we did a short clip for the Robben Island Competition. We’re now migrated to using the same rendering engines used for popular gaming software

  • Haneef A TAYOB

    Architect (PrArch) Bachelor of Architectural Studies (B.A.S.), 1993. Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch), 1995. (University of the Witwatersrand.)

  • Abdool-Aziz Ahmed TAYOB

    Aziz Tayob graduated at the university of The Witwatersrand as the first black Architect in South Africa in 1969. Qualification Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) 1969.  University of the Witwatersrand