K M H ARCHITECTS
Architecture in Cape Town

KMH offers professional services in architecture, interior architecture and design, renovation and restoration in South Africa, Africa, the Middle East and beyond. Established in Cape Town in 1912 by John Perry FRIBA, the practice has evolved through five generations of partners, maintaining a tradition of professionalism and expertise. Our service philosophy is to create buildings that inspire, are distinctive in design, sensitive to the nuances of place, precedent and environment and meet our client’s project brief, design, budget and programme requirements. KMH is a member of the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) and has the capacity and certified Green Star SA accredited professionals to design green buildings according to the GBCSA Green Star Rating system. The firm employs approximately 30 technical staff (depending on project requirements), including more than 10 registered architects. These resources, together with the support of eight administrative staff and advanced CAD and IT systems, enables the practice to successfully undertake commissions for large-scale projects. Green design principles are often common sense decisions, and KMH Architects has employed many of these principles as a matter of course in our projects. The new rating and accreditation system introduced to South Africa recently, has helped focus the industry on green methods and systems. R. Mansfield is a SA Green Star Accredited Professional with the Green Building Council of South Africa. He has worked on numerous energy efficient projects in South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, and the Republic of Ireland. This enables KMH to offer an additional architectural design service and knowledge in line with the GBCSA Green Design Rating Principles. KMH is committed to an empowerment strategy to raise our rating in all elements of the scorecard in accordance with the B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice to enhance our internal value to our staff team and our external value to our clients and colleagues.