Gustav has sixteen years of experience in public, residential, and commercial architecture. His career began in Windhoek, Namibia where he worked alongside Jaco Wasserfall and Paul Munting on award-winning projects - the highlight being project architect on the seven storey Office of the Auditor General in Windhoek. Upon return to South Africa he worked for VKdB architects and in 2015, he founded SALT Architects, where he continues to co-lead the practice in crafting meaningful architecture. Gustav holds an M.Arch (Prof) degree from the University of the Free State, and is registered as Professional Architect at both the South African (PrArch 21288) and Namibian (496) national councils for architects.

Jan-Dirk is a Professional Architect with twelve years of experience in commercial, residential and public architecture. Before joining SALT Architects in 2017, he worked on numerous acclaimed projects. These include the Heatherwick Silo (RBA), and a number of high end lodges for the Singita Group (GAPP), most notably the Singita Lebombo Lodge (published in the Digest of South African Architecture 2016) which he helped guide from inception to completion as project architect. Jan-Dirk has a M.Arch (Prof) degree from the University of the Free State, and a BA Psych/Comm degree from North West University. He is also registered at the South African Council for the Architectural Profession (PrArch 24751018). Apart from private practice he was also an assistant lecturer at UCT’s School of Architecture, where he taught Design.