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WEMBLEY SQUARE
THE HERSCHEL
ETV BUILDING
PEERUTIN CELEBRATES 20 YEARS
Peerutin Architects recently celebrated 20
years in practice with friends, associates and
clients on the rooftop of the Radisson RED
Hotel, which they designed in association
with DesignSpaceAfrica.
The practice was formed in 1997 when
the Peerutin brothers returned to South
Africa. David had been with Gensler in New
York, while Simmy had spent 10 years with
Sheppard Robson in London.
Over the next two decades, David’s
design skill and Simmy’s management savvy,
coupled with a commitment to international
standards of excellence in architecture, built
a highly successful and sustainable practice.
What was notable at the 20-years
celebration was the presence of many long-
standing clients; testimony to the breadth of
their work in Cape Town and the regard in
which they are held.
Peerutin’s very first client is currently
completing yet another project with the
practice. This ability to retain key business
relationships extends to staff. Tarryn Cohen
and François Hugo joined the practice
shortly after it was founded, and both were
recently made partners.
The work of the practice spans high-
end residential and commercial projects.
When asked what sets Peerutin apart,
Simmy and David say that they bring the
design passion and attention to detail of
residential projects to their commercial
ones, and the tight management and cost
consciousness of their commercial projects
to their residential ones.
Peerutin has designed a number of well-
known buildings around Cape Town, where
the practice is based, and has worked on
a number of international commercial and
residential projects for foreign clients in
Dubai, Abu Dhabi, London and Nigeria.
When pressed on which Cape Town
projects they are most proud of, they list
Wembley Square in Gardens; The Queen
Victoria Hotel in the Waterfront; House One
in Nettleton Estate; 22 Nettleton, Roeland
Park; The ETV Building; and The Herschel in
Claremont. www.peerutin.co.za
HOUSE ONE, NETTLETON ESTATE
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