B4 ARCHITECTS
Architecture in Port Elizabeth

b4 Architects operates in an open plan office environment which encourages interaction and participation by all staff in the creative process of deriving a solution for our clients and which strives to provide an informative experience for our visiting clients. Our design philosophy is to spend time understanding our clients objectives and needs on a project and to encourage staff participation so that the project team is intimately focused on achieving the best design solution for the client to suit his budget and time frames. We are embracing the rapid advancement in Building Information Modelling (BIM) systems and have the latest generation software and equipment to enable us to provide an innovative BIM solution to our clients needs. We utilize Revit 2013 for modelling in conjunction with Lumion 3.0 as a visualization tool which enables us to understand early in the design process how the building will work so that we can adapt the design and affect the outcome early in the design phase. Our client profile includes both Private and Public Clients in South Africa and the provision of consultancy services to GlobalMed in Russia. The Brinkman family can trace their involvement in private practice in the architectural and the built environment fields in South Africa back to 1925 when Bruce Brinkman's grandfather, Hendrik Siemerink, retired from the Department of Public Works and commenced private practice in Port Elizabeth. Hendrik Siemerink's daughter Gertruida (the first woman to qualify as an Architect in South Africa) joined the practice in 1932.