Experience

Messaris Wapenaar Cole Architects

• South Africa
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Sep 2015 - Present

  PARTNERSHIP WITH ANDRE WAPENAAR AND JEFFREY COLE – MESSARIS WAPENAAR COLE – GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE BASED IN RIVONIA. Selected projects include:• 400 Apartments & Ancillary Facilities in Broadacres.• 200 Apartments & Ancillary Facilities in Sandton.• Commercial Redevelopment of industrial Site Vereeniging

• Partner

  • Mar 2007 - Aug 2015

  Selected projects include:• Various Townhouse & Apartment Developments of approximately 8 000 units• Various Warehouses & Storage Facilities on the East Rand• Nursery School and Day-care Centres – Sandton Johannesburg• Various Hotels for the City Lodge Group



Messaris Wapenaar Consulting Architects

• Partner

  • Sep 1992 - Feb 2007

  PARTNERSHIP WITH ANDRE WAPENAAR - MESSARIS WAPENAAR CONSULTING ARCHITECTS - GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE BASED IN RIVONIA. Selected projects include: • Various Hotels for the City Lodge Group • Various Hotels for the Don Suite Hotel Group • UUNet Offices - Sandton, Johannesburg • Hartebeesfontein Gold Mine, Low Grade Gold Plant & Staff Housing PARTNERSHIP WITH ANDRE WAPENAAR - MESSARIS WAPENAAR CONSULTING ARCHITECTS - GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE BASED IN RIVONIA. Selected projects include: • Various Hotels for the City Lodge Group • Various Hotels for the Don Suite Hotel Group • UUNet Offices - Sandton, Johannesburg • Hartebeesfontein Gold Mine, Low Grade Gold Plant & Staff Housing



Cooper Messaris and Partners

• Partner

  • Jan 1982 - Aug 1992

  PARTNERSHIP WITH RICHARD COOPER AND ANDRE WAPENAAR - COOPER MESSARIS AND PARTNERS. GENERAL ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE BASED IN RANDBURG. Selected projects include: • 5 Star Hotels on the Islands of the Paros, Zakinthos & Lesbos Greece • Various Branches for FNB in the Witwatersrand Area • The Indaba Hotel &Conference Centre, Fourways • Crocodile River Platinum Mine; Offices, Laboratories, Stores, Workshops & Housing • Housing & Ancillary Facilities on various Gold, Diamond & Chrome Mines, South Africa Show less



Doxiades Associates

• Greece
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Architect

  • Jun 1979 - Dec 1981

  PROJECT ARCHITECT, DOXIADES ASSOCIATES, ATHENS, GREECE. Work in this office included: • The Abu Dhabi municipality complex, United Arab Emirates. • The feasibility study and design of six government ministries in the Attica area. This project was awarded joint first prize. • Sketch plans for high-rise office buildings in Dallas, Texas. • Sketch plans and working drawings for 200 housing units, Damam, Saudi Arabia. • Landscape design and contract administration for the new Petromin office building in Damam, Saudi Arabia. • Sketch plans and feasibility study for a new 50 000 seat stadium and sports complex in Lagos, Nigeria. • Sketch plans and working drawings for 1 000 housing units in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. • Sketch plans for a conference centre Lusaka Zambia. Development of apartment building on beachfront of Glyfada, Athens. Work included all phases of development through to construction and supervision. This project as well as various holiday houses in the Aegean was undertaken independently of the work for Doxiades Associates. Show less



Revel Fox and Partners

• South Africa
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Architect

  • Oct 1978 - May 1979

  ASSOCIATE ARCHITECT, REVEL FOX AND PARTNERS, ATHENS, GREECE

• Architectural Assistant

  • Jan 1975 - Sep 1978

  ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT TO REVEL FOX AND PARTNERS, CAPE TOWN