GHA International is an architectural firm based in South Africa that offers design services including architecture, interior design, master planning, and procurement. They focus on creating spaces through innovation and collaboration that are inspired by their locations. Some of their current and past projects include hotels, resorts, mixed-use developments, and master plans across Africa and the Middle East. Their goal is to become an internationally recognized design practice through innovative and timeless designs.

2. GHAINTERNATIONAL (PTY) LTD is an Architectural and Design practice
based in Bryanston, Sandton, South Africa.
We offer clients a single point of contact and responsibility for
Architecture, Interior Architecture, Master Planning, Procurement and Fit out,
to minimise communication fragmentation wherever possible. A seamless
integration between the internal and external envelope of the building, creating
a continual visual language
Our philosophy, `design through innovation`, is the Commencement of
all original thoughtand intervention, from many different perspectives,
exploring new ideas thus ensuring an unparalleled ability to innovate. Powerful
inspirational ideas guide our design solutions and ultimately addressing our
clients’ needs.
We believe that consistency in our actions, methods, principals and
expectations is a true measure of integrity in our business.
Design is thus motivated by its location, function, environment and financial
expenditure. We collaborate with our clients and colleagues across the
intersection of many minds and imaginations. We believe we can create spaces
and urban precincts designed as envelopes for the human experience, spaces
individually designed linking people, place and experience to enrich their lives
and have a lasting impact on our world.
Inspirational Architecture and Interior Architecture should be timeless in their
design intension and should transcend design Fashion. We believe our
inventiveness and ingenuity express our ability to inspire the end user and
enrich their lives.
Design through innovation

3. Current Clients that GHA are working with, are the Following:
• Sun International
• Rani Investments
• Sheik Adel Aujan
• Legacy
• Sovereign Hotel
• Kingsgate
• South Point
GHA INTERNATIONAL focuses its attention in South Africa as well as
outside the boarders of South Africa, working to ultimately become an
internationally recognised practice.
Countries that GHA have worked in, are the Following:
• South Africa
• Mozambique
• Kenya
• Seychelles
• Zimbabwe
• Nigeria

4. The Maslow Hotel, Sandton, SouthAfrica
Inspire
Design that transcends fashion, but rather we believe inventiveness and ingenuity express our ability to inspire the end user and enrich their lives.
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Maslow Hotel
Client: Sun International
Location: Sandton, South
Size: 251 keys
Type: Hotel
The Refurbishment of an existing hotel,
creates a new visual language ensuring a
stimulating visual experience. Horizontal and
vertical planes intersect via folding diagonal
planes. Interior spaces extend outwards
towards Exterior Spaces to create a seamless
integration of space.
•4 Star Business Hotel
•Public areas
•Standard rooms
•Executive Suites
•Presidential suite
Stage: Built 2012
Involvement: Architecture & Interiors

5. Bayelsa Hotel, Bayelsa, Nigeria
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Bayelsa Hotel
Client: Legacy
Location: Bayelsa, Nigeria
Size: 140 keys
Type: Hotel
The nature of this building was the rotation of a
concentric floor plate. Circular plains rotated on
each other to create a cork screw effect. Negative
space spirals down the concentric form to ensure
that the elevation is in continual state of change and
flux.
•4 Star Business Hotel
•Public areas
•Night Club
•Standard rooms
•Executive Suites
•Presidential suite
•Conference centre
•Auditorium
Stage: Under Construction 2013, put on Hold
Involvement: Architecture & Interiors

6. Nairobi Airport Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
Nairobi Airport Hotel
Client: Sovereign Hotels
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Size: 300 keys
Type: Hotel
Soft curved forms with extended
horizontal planes create an exciting
Transit and Land side hotel,
Architectural Language.
The External form and Planning configuration ca
be associated with
an Aeroplanes large wing like Typology.
The External form is aesthetically
ordered by a large curved glazing
element and series of narrow strip like
glazing penetrations.
The Hotel has an Aeronautical
Appearance.
•4 Star Business Hotel
•Public areas
•Standard rooms
•Executive Suites
•Presidential suite
•Conference centre
Stage: Construction late 2017
Involvement: Architecture & Interiors

7. SunCity EntertainmentCentre, SunCity, South Africa
Collaborate
We collaborate with our clients and colleagues across the intersection of many minds and imaginations
Sun City EC
Client: Sun International
Location: Sun City, South Africa
Size: 19275 sqm
Type: Convention Centre
A refurbishment that ensured the
Re-arranged of different spaces, thus creating
flowing movement, from one
space to another.
Kaleidoscopic imagery and asymmetry
was fused to ensure that the users
Experience can be felt as a journey of expression
visual stimulation.
•Convention Centre
•Convention Foyer
•Entry atrium
•Meeting rooms
•Slow lounge
•Coffee shop
•3x Conference rooms
•Pre-assembly spaces
Stage: Under Construction 2016
Involvement: Architecture & Interiors

8. Torres Rani, Maputo, Mozambique
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Torres Rani
Client: Rani Investments
Location: Maputo, Mozambique
Size: 181 Apartments, Office Tower & Retail
Type: Mixed Use
A Contemporary Development with a Futuristic type
Aesthetic. Spaces flow effortlessly into one another.
Spaces are ordered via walls that act as directing
mechanisms that extend out diagonally into spaces
beyond. Textured illuminated surfaces ensure that
built elements hover above the floor surfaces.
•Public Spaces
•Conference centre
•Studio Apartments
•1 Bedroom Apartments
•2 Bedroom Apartments
•3 bedroom apartments
•Office Tower
•Retail
Stage: Completion late 2016
Involvement: Interiors

9. Zambezi Game lodge, Zimbabwe
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Zambezi Lodge
Client: Legacy
Location: Zambezi, Zimbabwe
Size: 50 Suites
Type: Game Lodge
Simple Shed like buildingsare arranged
in such away that negative spaces are formed in
between them.
The Negative spaces ensure that the landscape
beyond is experienced and viewed from all parts
the buildings.
Simple architected detailing is
transformed into a more contemporary mechani
language that ensures that
a modern aesthetic is experienced by t
he user..
•Public Spaces
•Suites
•Boat House
Stage: Concept 2013
Involvement: Architecture & Interiors

10. Centurion Office Park, Pretoria, South Africa
Innovation
Exploring new ideas from different perspectives, thus ensuring an unparalleled ability to innovate
Centurion Office Park
Client: M & T Developments
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Size: 46 850qsm
Type: AAA Office
The Design Philosophy for this office development was
to ensure that there was a unity between orthogonal
and diagonal form.
This lead to the juxtaposition and layering of textures
surface, and the form articulation was generated by
solar positioning.
Creating a building that is conducive to office living.
Stage: Conceptual Design 2011
Involvement: Architecture & Interiors
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11. ResidenceAujan, Seychelles
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Residence Aujan
Client: Sheik Adel Aujan
Location: Maye, Seychelles
Size: 8 Bedrooms and Public spaces
Type: Luxury Villa
The Design Brief was to re-interpret a Colonial
Aesthetic into a contemporary Architectural language.
The use of Tone on tone and different textured surface
ensured that the solution was elegant and timeless.
Stage: Completion Early 2017
Involvement: Architecture

12. Lilies Leaf Boutique Hotel, Sandton, SouthAfrica
Lilies Leaf Hotel
Client: Lilies Leaf Truss
Location: Sandton, South Africa
Size: 44 Keys
Type: Business Hotel
The use of different textured materials
and strong planning axes formed the essence of
built form. Horizontal
volumes extend over space below and vertical
elements interconnect the
volumes , to create an unparalleled aestheticand
form..
•Public Spaces
•44 keys
•Suites
•Conference centre
•Boat House
Stage: Concept 2016
Involvement: Architecture & Interiors

13. Rhodsfield Mix Use, Johannesburg, SouthAfrica
Create
We believe we can create spaces and urban precincts designed as envelopes for the human experience
Rhodesfield Mixed Use
Client: Rescon-Sumali
cation: Johannesburg, South Africa
Size: 100 000sqm
Type: Hotel, Office, Retail & Conference
Conceptual notions of kinetic energy
fused with colour and folding elements, generate
the architectural form of this development.
•250 Key Radisson Blu hotel
•34000sqm Office Tower and Building
•5500sqm Retail
•4000sqm Conference Centre
•3 levels of super basement parking.
Stage: Conceptual Design 2010
Involvement: Architecture & Interiors
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14. Mountain Eco Resort, Maye, Seychelles
Mountain Eco Resort
Client: Confidential
Location: Maye, Seychelles
Size: 70 Villas and Public Retail
Type: Villa Resort
Contemporary colonial inspiration ensured
that these light weight Timber constructed
Villas floated above the untouched
landscape Below. Large roof scapes extend
outwardly enclosing luxury spaces that
communicate with the external landscape
and view beyond.
•5 Star Luxury Villas
•Retail complex with main street
•Conference centre
•Health Spa
•Activities centre
Stage: Conceptual Design 2016
Involvement: Architecture

15. Quisange Island LuxuryVillas, Mozambique
Quisange Island Villas
Client: Rani Resorts
Location: Quisanga Island, North
Mozambique
Size: 3700sqm
Type: Private Island Villas
The azure allure of the surrounding Indian
ocean as a backdrop to the Private Island,
inspired Contemporary elegant structures
fused with bleached textures.
The main objective was to ensure that the
built forms by no way
detracted from their surroundings.
•7 star Boutique Villas and Main Building
•Commissariat- service building
•Water Sports Pavilion
Stage: Conceptual Design 2010
Involvement: Architecture & Interiors
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16. Kingsgate Hotel, Klerksdorp, SouthAfrica
Kingsgate Hotel
Client: Sovereign Hotels
Location: Klerksdorp, South Africa
Size: 145 Keys
Type: 3 star Business Hotel
The design brief was to create a limited
service hotel within a contemporary
architectural language. The use of an
inverted L-Shapeconcrete elements and the
simplicity of the glazing solution ensured
that the aesthetic and planning was simple
yet effective
3 star Limited service Business Hotel
•Public spaces,
•Conference centre
•Guestrooms
•Suits
Stage: Conceptual Design 2016
Involvement: Architecture & Interiors

17. Past Projects
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Djibouti Mixed Use-Djibouti
Pemba Beach Hotel-Pemba Mozambique
Maputo Mixed Use- Maputo Mozambique
Indigo Bay-Bazaruto Island Mozambique StratHaven Hotel-SANDTON SOUTH AFRICA
Jumeriah Culu Culu- Argentina
Rosebank Hotel- South Africa
Hotel Victoria Island- Lagos Nigeria

18. Master Planning, Past Projects
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Luc Sale-,Mixed Use -Comores Luano Cit- DRC Gene Ave, Mixed Use, SA
Maputo Mixed Use- Maputo, Mozambique Djibouti Mixed Used- Djibouti
Luano City, DRC Maputo Mixed Use, Mozambique Djibouti Mixed Use, Djibouti