Boutique Hotel Design Architect – Hospitality & Resorts

Placements24; Stellenbosch; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid working

Professional development

Collaborative studio environment

Job summary

Placements24 is recruiting on behalf of an award-winning architectural studio in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, for a Boutique Hotel & Hospitality Architect to lead design for luxury hotel, resort, and restaurant projects.

You will translate client visions into innovative spaces, mentor junior architects, collaborate with interior designers, landscapes, and consultants, and oversee documentation from concept to completion in a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• Professional architect with hospitality-focused portfolio.
• Proven ability to translate client vision into built environments.
• Experience leading design from concept to construction documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural design for boutique hotels, resorts, and high-end restaurants.
• Develop contextually appropriate concepts aligned with brand and guest experience.
• Prepare detailed drawings, specs and presentation material.
• Collaborate with interior designers, landscape architects and consultants.
• Manage client relationships and present design workshops.
• Oversee documentation and coordination with contractors during construction.
• Conduct site analysis and feasibility studies for hospitality projects.
• Ensure compliance with codes, accessibility and environmental regulations.

Skills

Hospitality design

Conceptual design

Client collaboration

Space planning

Detail documentation

Education

SACAP registration / eligible

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

SketchUp

Rendering tools

Job description

Placements24 is recruiting on behalf of an award-winning architectural studio in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, for a Boutique Hotel & Hospitality Architect to lead design for luxury hotel, resort, and restaurant projects.

You will translate client visions into innovative spaces, mentor junior architects, collaborate with interior designers, landscapes, and consultants, and oversee documentation from concept to completion in a hybrid work setting.