Scape Awards of Excellence

𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗗𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗘𝗧𝗟𝗬. The council for MMXXVI assembles. International minds. Sharp eyes. Dubiously impressive credentials. Entirely serious taste. The summons has only just begun. More shall follow. Watch this space. ⚔️ @oggieflooring @infinitysurfacesza @scape_awards

THE INTERNATIONAL JURY WILL GATHER. From across borders and disciplines,
a formidable assembly of global minds will convene —
to see clearly, to question deeply,
and to define what excellence truly means. They will not be bound by proximity.
They will be guided by perspective. Every line drawn.
Every space conceived. 
Every idea realised —
placed before a panel that will hold the work
to a global standard. The Scape Awards of Excellence 2026 Jury Soon all will be revealed…. @scape_awards @oggieflooring @infinitysurfacesza

We summon you on our camino of a calling towards the third threshold… Join a pilgrimage that ends at the foot of Simonsberg Mountain, Quoin Rock. When the air begins to cool, a communion of architects and designers will emerge to mark the ground — look up, look back, look around, and then journey forward. The Scape Awards of Excellence 2026, in proud partnership with Oggie Flooring and Infinity Surfaces, offers a moment of pause. In the presence of eminent industry jurors and leaders, we gather to give honour to the new worlds imagined, to consecrate careers, and indulge in reverie. Rest for a moment before laying the next stone on this endless path. 20 refined categories, destined to position your work for recognition. Link in bio to download the Categories & Criteria. Take your place among those shaping the future. 🏆 ANSWER THE CALL 🏆 @scape_awards @oggieflooring @infinitysurfacesza

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝗮𝗿. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗠𝗫𝗫𝗩𝗜. Coming Friday, 12:00 (SAST). Answer the Call. @scape_awards @oggieflooring @infinitysurfacesza

𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲’𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱! 🌟 This year, the Scape Awards outgrew their home. The venue couldn’t contain the people, the energy, the anticipation. So next year, we’re levelling up — because growth requires space. Space for ideas, connection, and the next big thing. This issue celebrates the projects that rose to the top of the 2025 Awards of Excellence. A range of work, from public spaces to intimate interiors, judged against international standards and rooted in daring, human-centred design. What excites us most? The mix. Educational spaces beside commercial icons. Interior worlds showcased next to cultural landmarks. New voices and thrilling stories at the creative pulse of South Africa. As we look to 2026, we’re stepping into something edgier, bolder, more cinematic. A bigger room, a new stage, and all of us stepping into it together. A heartfelt thank you to Oggie Flooring and Infinity Surfaces for powering this year’s programme. Follow the link in bio to read the full issue! 🔗 @oggieflooring @infinitysurfacesza @scape_awards

⭐️Here are your 2025 Firm Category Winners ⭐️ 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿:SALT Architects  𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: HesseKleinloog Studio & StudioLandt 
𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: Marlon James Interior Architecture
𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: the.minimalist  𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿: Vitalli Design  @scape_awards @oggieflooring @infinitysurfacesza

On 10 October, the Mount Nelson welcomed South Africa’s most visionary architects and designers as the 2025 SCAPE Awards of Excellence celebrated the ideas, projects, and people shaping the future of our industry. Across 26 categories, our global panel of 60 jurors deliberated thoughtfully to select 29 exceptional winners. In partnership with Oggie Flooring and Infinity Surfaces, the awards continue to champion the talent and innovation driving South African architecture and design forward. The evening honoured not just the winners, but the spirit of the industry itself. Here’s to the creativity, dedication, and vision that make our profession extraordinary — and to the next chapter of excellence already unfolding.  🛋️Lounge nooks by @poetry_of_living_store 🥂Official drinks partner @babylonstoren 🍴 Tables by @kraak.co.za 🏆 Trophies by @studio.kalki @scape_awards @infinitysurfacesza @oggieflooring

⭐️Here are your 2025 Project Category Winners ⭐️
 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: Urban Think Tank Empower for Soweto-Caracas Centre  𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿:Meyer von Wielligh for Starlit Cabin  𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: Hubo Studio for Redhill Early Learning Centre  𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: Ohkre Collective in collaboration with Nicholas Plewman Architects + Associates for Few & Far Luvhondo, and STUDIO. Jana + Koos in collaboration with HesseKleinloog for Silverback  𝗨𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 - 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰/𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗗𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴: Yes& Studio for Adderley Street Flower Market  𝗨𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 – 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: ARRCC for Kalahari Dunes  𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗿𝗯 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿:SALT Architects for Loader Street Residence  𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿:Newman Architecture and Design for Heerenhuijs  𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: Drew Architects for Upside Down House  𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: Vivid Architects for On Park  𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: StudioLandt for Tshwane Store  𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: Luxury Frontiers for Naviva  𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗿𝗯 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: Three Sixty Design for Herringbone  𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱-𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: Design Partnership and Interior Architects for Amazon AWS Corporate Office  𝗙𝗹𝗮𝗴𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲: Ntsika Architects for Westbury Transformation Development Centre  𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 – 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁: Urko Sánchez Architects for Nairobi Waldorf School  𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 – 𝗨𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁: Three14 Architects for Avondale Ridge House  𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: Signatura for Tropicana  @scape_awards @infinitysurfacesza @oggieflooring

The Scape Awards of Excellence 2025, in proud partnership with Oggie Flooring and Infinity Surfaces, is undoubtedly the biggest awards programme for our architecture and design industry in South Africa — and these are the dear darlings who have risen to the top at this year’s event.   As a profession, we tend to forge ahead, and we sometimes don’t get a moment to look up. But Friday, 10 October, was a night to take stock, to celebrate the craft, the colleagues, the competition, and the community that make this industry what it is! To quote a line from Hamilton: on Friday night, we were in the room where it happens, the room where it happens! So, we were promised one thing — no polite applauses. Friday was a moment to own our passion and to celebrate what it means to work hard for excellence.   Because to reach excellence, it takes more than talent. It takes gumption, grit, and all of the prosaic qualities that move projects forward. And arriving on Friday the 10th at the Mount Nelson, as our most polished selves, is only a fraction of the story of excellence. To aspire to excellence, you must understand that this build — this pursuit of the perfect project, the perfect interior, the perfect public space — might take years to be realised. You need guts to hang in. You do it because your profession is your passion.   The 2025 crowns have been claimed. A huge congratulations to the winners — and we cannot wait to launch the 2026 programme! 🛋️ Lounge nooks by @poetry_of_living_store 🥂 Official drinks partner @babylonstoren 🍴Tables by @kraak.co.za @scape_magazine @infinitysurfacesza @oggieflooring

Hear ye, hear ye! Lords, Ladies, and lovers of architecture and design! Our design scene across South Africa is looking electric, and as we move into the bold new era, we recognise we’re in a time of unprecedented ambition, and a renaissance of creativity reshaping the built world.   A garden is nature’s choreography of land and living things.  It is a space that hosts rich materiality in harmony with its setting, drawing on an understanding of the earth, the seasons, and the magic of life in motion, which is why it was most fitting that we unveiled the landscape category winners for Landscape Design Project of the Year, and Landscape Architectural Project of the Year in the unique and beautiful setting at the Mount Nelson Lawns.      Also awarded here, a brand-new title, presented to the maestro who has built a legacy: Industry Figure of the Year.  This is a professional whose vision, ideas, and work have inspired peers, and plotted new courses for the industry. Picture a provocateur of discourse, an inciter of paradigm shifts, a firm force who redraws the horizon through groundbreaking projects and leadership…   The 2025 crowns have been claimed! Pictured here:   𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿:Cara Smith Landscape Design for Whispers of the Mountain
𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: Land Art Studio for Zululami Coastal Estate
𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿: Dr. Luyanda Mpahlwa @scape_awards @oggieflooring @infinitysurfacesza

Fortune favoured the fearless at the 2025 Scape Awards of Excellence — a night where brilliance met bravado. 
Twenty-nine trailblazers were crowned in a spectacle that set South African architecture and design ablaze.
The stage belonged to the visionaries — those who dared to defy convention, bend boundaries, and reimagine what excellence could be. More than an awards night — it was a celebration of audacity, imagination, and the fearless pursuit of excellence.   @oggieflooring @infinitysurfacesza @scape_awards

At twilight, the industry’s finest arrived as their most polished selves — ready to celebrate a new era of excellence and a fresh set of titleholders for 2025. The Scape Awards of Excellence wouldn’t have been the splendour-soaked affair it was without the bubbles and wine pairing by Babylonstoren, elevating the night into something truly unforgettable. 🥂 @scape_awards @oggieflooring @infinitysurfacesza