BILD Architects - previously known as Burg, Doherty, Bryant & Partners - is celebrating its 111th birthday this year on Wednesday the 4th of March 2015.

The firm's history began on 4 March 1904 when the architect JR Burg established the practice's first office on Pretoria's Church Square.

During its 111 year history, the firm has been privileged to have substantially shaped the cityscape of Pretoria through the design and construction of several prominent landmarks both in the city and throughout South Africa.

In Pretoria, some of the more famous designs include the SA Reserve Bank Head Office, Menlyn Park Shopping Centre, Munitoria, the Pretoria Art Museum, the CSIR Campus and Conference Centre, the Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital and Moedersbond Maternity Hospital, the Koedoe Arcade (built in 1934 as the first modern arcade in Pretoria), and extensive parts of the Pretoria CBD constructed between 1920 and the 1960's.

National highlights include the Palace of the Lost City, the Sutherland Observatory and National Accelerator Centre, the first centralised computer centre in South Africa in 1977 (for the then Rank Xerox), and several of the Kruger National Park bush camps.

With some of the firm’s current client relationships stretching back over more than 50 years, BILD Architects have also been responsible for the regeneration of the city with redevelopments such as: Menlyn Retail Park, the SA Reserve Bank, the redevelopment of the General Post Office on Church Square, several buildings on the CSIR Campus, University of Pretoria Groenkloof Campus, The hotels at Sun City, and the WBHO Old Head Office as well as their new Head Office to name but a few.

The firm is among an exclusive set of businesses in Pretoria that can celebrate a history stretching over more than a century, and the firm remains proud of a legacy of continuity, professionalism, and integrity that continues to be an advantage to its clients and their stakeholders to this day. The firm has seen the passing of two World Wars, two significant regime changes in South Africa, and severe economic recessions and shocks in the construction industry. Under the stewardship of its three current Directors - Eddie Pretorius, Des Brand, and

The firm has seen the passing of two World Wars, two significant regime changes in South Africa, and severe economic recessions and shocks in the construction industry. Under the stewardship of its three current Directors - Eddie Pretorius, Des Brand, and Heeran Deonarain - it continues to evolve to face the challenges faced by the construction industry into the future.

BILD Architects remain committed to the huge role that good architecture plays in shaping the future of South Africa and in developing and nurturing young professionals, and will steadfastly continue walking the path with its clients over the next century.

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