Michelle Coetzee

Michelle obtained her BArch degree from the University of Pretoria in 2002 before joining a Cape Town practice in early 2004 where she remained for nine years working on a variety of projects. At the end of 2012 she relocated to Seattle where she worked for Olson Kundig, spending six years with the practice (two on returning to South Africa) before moving on to another Cape Town practice for four years.

Michelle joined dhk in July 2022 as a Professional Architect. In 2023, she obtained a Post-graduate Diploma in Sustainable Development from Stellenbosch University. A self-described ‘generalist’ architect, she enjoys working on a wide variety of projects of various scales, budgets and levels of complexity. She enjoys realising design, from conceiving concepts through to designing the information flow and documentation needed to make it a reality.