Senior Urban Designer - Sustainable City Masterplanning

dhk Architects; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

dhk Architects in Cape Town, South Africa, invites a Senior Urban Designer to join our Cape Town team. You’ll lead urban design projects from inception to reports, integrating landscape thinking within urban frameworks and master plans.

Requirements include a postgraduate qualification in Urban Design or Architecture with urban design focus, at least 5 years’ post‑graduate experience, a strong portfolio, SACAP or UDISA registration (advantageous), and South African citizenship.

Qualifications

• A postgraduate qualification in Urban Design or Architecture with urban design focus.
• Minimum 5 years’ post-graduate experience specifically in urban design.
• A robust portfolio showing urban frameworks, master plans and design reports.
• Registration with SACAP or UDISA (advantageous).
• South African citizenship (mandatory).

Responsibilities

• Lead urban design projects from inception through to report production and concept development.
• Integrate landscape and public realm thinking into urban frameworks and master plans.
• Collaborate across disciplines to deliver cohesive, sustainable, and people-centered urban environments.
• Contribute to the strategic vision of urban interventions that align with dhk’s architectural and landscape ethos.
• Engage with clients, municipalities, and stakeholders on spatial development plans.
• Translate complex urban and environmental challenges into practical, innovative design responses.
• Prepare compelling design reports, visualisations, and presentations.
• Champion design excellence, sustainability, and contextual responsiveness across both built and natural systems.

Skills

Graphic communication

AutoCAD

SketchUp

Adobe Suite

Microsoft Office

Report writing

Strategic thinking

Visual narratives

Analytical mapping

GIS

Rhino

Education

Postgraduate qualification in Urban Design or Architecture with urban design focus

Tools

AutoCAD

SketchUp

Adobe Suite

Microsoft Office

GIS

Job description

dhk Architects in Cape Town, South Africa, invites a Senior Urban Designer to join our Cape Town team. You’ll lead urban design projects from inception to reports, integrating landscape thinking within urban frameworks and master plans.

Requirements include a postgraduate qualification in Urban Design or Architecture with urban design focus, at least 5 years’ post‑graduate experience, a strong portfolio, SACAP or UDISA registration (advantageous), and South African citizenship.