Registered Pr.Arch, Professional Heritage Practitioner
South African Institute of Architects( SAIA) Reg. no. 5042
South African Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP) Reg no. 4508
MPhil cum laude: Conservation of the Built Environment (UCT), B.Arch (UCT)
Member of
Association of Professional Heritage Practitioners (APHP)
Cape Institute for Architecture (CIfA)
Gauteng Institute for Architecture (GIfA)
Own Practices – 1991 to Present
Founded Ursula Rigby Architect in 1991.
Partnered with Fred Spencer and practiced as Spencer Rigby Architects from 1994 to 2003.
2003 to present – Ursula Rigby Architect.
Personal involvement in all aspects of more than 200 Architectural projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Mauritius. Areas of specialisation include conceptualising, developing and detailing as well as project facilitating for:
- Heritage Applications
- New building design
- Remodelling existing commercial, retail and residential properties
- Historic building restoration
- Private safari and bush lodge developments (out of the ground and extending existing structures)
- Property revamping, refurbishing, maintenance and simply restyling.
Early Career- 1985 to 1991
Revel Fox and Partners, Cape Town
Involvement in various high profile residential developments, retail and commercial developments including full architectural documentation and project management on restoration work and additions to a 300 year old wine estate – Morgenster Manor House – Mr P Bairnsfather-Cloete, Somerset West.
Williams Louw and Pearce, Cape Town
Full architectural involvement – Oppenheimer Housing, (University Residence)University of Cape Town.
David Morrison Associates, St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles
Full architectural and project management on a variety of projects in various locations in the Caribbean, including luxury single family and multi-unit residential, leisure resorts, retail and entertainment developments.