Joubert Malherbe Architects — an architecture studio in Cape Town.
Rooted in place. Designed for life.
Professional architects based in Cape Town. Creating spaces that feel inevitable in their setting and effortless to inhabit.
Orchard Cottage
A weekend house in Riebeek-Kasteel, set behind an orchard of olive trees and designed to feel settled, quiet and closely connected to the town. Simple white rooms, reclaimed sash windows and crafted timberwork give the cottage a familiar ease, allowing life to unfold between house, garden and street.
Stage Complete
Orchard Cottage
A weekend house in Riebeek-Kasteel, set behind an orchard of olive trees and designed to feel settled, quiet and closely connected to the town. Simple white rooms, reclaimed sash windows and crafted timberwork give the cottage a familiar ease, allowing life to unfold between house, garden and street.
Stage Complete
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploration
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
Forest
A distinct contemporary addition to a heritage house in Oranjezicht, shaped by craft and careful making.
Stage Under Construction
Forest
A distinct contemporary addition to a heritage house in Oranjezicht, shaped by craft and careful making.
Stage Under Construction
Johannesdal
A new house on the foothills of Simonsberg with long views across the Banghoek River valley.
Stage Under Construction
Johannesdal
A new house on the foothills of Simonsberg with long views across the Banghoek River valley.
Stage Under Construction
Kamfer
A renovation and first-floor addition to a family home in Cape Town's Southern Suburbs.
Stage Design Development
Kamfer
A renovation and first-floor addition to a family home in Cape Town's Southern Suburbs.
Stage Design Development
Blombos
A private residential renovation in Muizenberg, within a heritage-listed Edwardian-style building.
Stage Procurement
Blombos
A private residential renovation in Muizenberg, within a heritage-listed Edwardian-style building.
Stage Procurement
Ginkgo
A heritage apartment in Kenilworth carefully altered to feel open, layered and connected to its Art Deco setting and shared garden.
Stage Complete
Ginkgo
A heritage apartment in Kenilworth carefully altered to feel open, layered and connected to its Art Deco setting and shared garden.
Stage Complete
Kloof Cabin
A small retreat near the Breede River, placed lightly on a natural hillside and designed to open daily life outward into the landscape.
Stage Concept
Kloof Cabin
A small retreat near the Breede River, placed lightly on a natural hillside and designed to open daily life outward into the landscape.
Stage Concept
The Clubhouse
A renewed clubhouse for a Rondebosch retirement village, creating a calm shared centre for gathering, dining and everyday connection.
Stage Complete
The Clubhouse
A renewed clubhouse for a Rondebosch retirement village, creating a calm shared centre for gathering, dining and everyday connection.
Stage Complete
Honeysuckle
Four townhouses on a quiet, tree-lined street in Kenilworth, planned to bring light, garden connection and a greater sense of space to a modest urban site.
Stage Complete
Honeysuckle
Four townhouses on a quiet, tree-lined street in Kenilworth, planned to bring light, garden connection and a greater sense of space to a modest urban site.
Stage Complete
Oude Leeskamer
A historic corner property in Stellenbosch reworked into a place for reading, art, food and gathering, with a shaded courtyard at its centre.
Stage Complete
Oude Leeskamer
A historic corner property in Stellenbosch reworked into a place for reading, art, food and gathering, with a shaded courtyard at its centre.
Stage Complete
House Ibis
A family home set within a large garden property in Cape Town, designed to feel grounded, familiar and quietly settled within its woodland setting.
Stage Feasibility and Masterplan
House Ibis
A family home set within a large garden property in Cape Town, designed to feel grounded, familiar and quietly settled within its woodland setting.
Stage Feasibility and Masterplan
Mountain Retreat
A mountain retreat, exploring shelter, arrival and pause within a sensitive hiking landscape.
Stage Concept
Mountain Retreat
A mountain retreat, exploring shelter, arrival and pause within a sensitive hiking landscape.
Stage Concept
House Stockwell
A rural residence, where house, barn, winery and vineyard are arranged around water and landscape.
Stage Concept
House Stockwell
A rural residence, where house, barn, winery and vineyard are arranged around water and landscape.
Stage Concept
Stockwell Farm
A rural masterplan, where roads, dams and werwe are used to mark out the beginnings of a new farm.
Stage Concept
Stockwell Farm
A rural masterplan, where roads, dams and werwe are used to mark out the beginnings of a new farm.
Stage Concept
Lookout Tower
An inner-city intervention, for observation, planting and the repair of small fragments of urban nature.
Stage Concept
Lookout Tower
An inner-city intervention, for observation, planting and the repair of small fragments of urban nature.
Stage Concept