Lead Architects is a small Durban firm started in 1998 by Amanda Lead who has well over 20 years’ experience. Our team are involved in a broad range of projects – educational, religious and community projects; heritage and conservation work; masterplanning; houses and additions; alterations to existing buildings. Lead Architects is a dynamic, decentralized practice which values the individual within the team. The team consists of full-time and part-time employees, as well as specialists (urban design; landscape architect) who collaborate with us on specific projects. Our projects are spread across the greater eThekwini area, south to the Hibiscus coast, inland to the Natal Midlands and up the North coast. That said, we are open to working anywhere and have been involved in projects as far afield as Ghana.

SERVICES & SYSTEMS

Lead Architects offer standard, partial and specialist architectural services (master-planning, heritage architecture) as per the Government Board Notice. Our fees are calculated using the latest Government Gazette. However, we do discount our fees and adjust the scope of work specifically where organisations have limited funding and work in disadvantaged communities.

Our company uses a combination of hand drawing, Revit, AutoCAD and Sketchup Pro, as well as physical models, to communicate our designs to clients and effectively interface with allied professionals and contractors.