Established by Nina Maritz in 1998 and consistently pursuing sustainability in architecture, the company now celebrates its 21st anniversary, having produced a body of work that has stood out in Namibia since its inception.

As a Global Award for Sustainable Architecture laureate in 2018, Nina Maritz is an internationally acclaimed architect. Her sustainable and locally relevant approach has had a considerable impact in Namibia and internationally.

Though Nina Maritz Architects is a medium-scale firm, extensive previous experience of large-scale projects and successful collaborations with others have enabled the completion of very large projects and exposure to other approaches. The company has created a wide range of sizes and types of building, mostly within Namibia, but also in Angola, South-Africa, Kenya and China.

Nina Maritz Architects’ philosophy is that the architect’s responsibility to society and the environment informs their specific duty to clients. Architecture can only be complete when it works well – true beauty comes from a combination of the functional, the aesthetic and the sustainable

The practice focuses on how buildings - and people - relate to their surrounding environment. Buildings are designed not only to be green, but integrate harmoniously with the local culture.

Appropriate approaches in a country like Namibia entail careful use of available funds to achieve as much as possible without wasting resources. Lateral thinking and thorough reiterative design is used to make the most of limited budgets and skills.

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Urban design and integrated social housing is a natural extension of Nina Maritz Architects’ interest in social and natural environments, the practice is involved in several urban initiatives.