Jurie van Dyk
Welcome to my Website, I have created this website to form a link between all my web content, and to be a form of online CV.
Short Background
My name is Jurie Johannes van Dyk and I was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1976. I was raised Afrikaans with English as my second language.
I studied architecture at the Nelson Mandela Metropol University, and at the age of 23 started my own architectural practice Archilution. Between 1999-2008 I designed more than 100 houses and was involved in over 300 projects. All of these projects built in the Eastern Cape and most of them, more than 80% for international clients.
Because of obvious flaws in the building industry I started building a company called Framed Innovations in 2006. This company would build steel framed houses in a factory environment and assemble the pieces on site. I managed to secure a large project for Framed Innovations, we built the first prototype as a show house, and then the recession hit. The project was put on hold indefinitely.
Having invested all my time and energy in Framed Innovations, it was time to make a decision, rebuild Archilution in an economy where it was obvious that the market I had built Archilution on longer existed or move on and try something new. I opted for the latter.
My Wife and I sold our house, moved to Cape Town and I got a day job working for an Architectural firm.
I'm Busy with a new Venture at the moment, we will launch within the next month.
I studied architecture at the Nelson Mandela Metropol University, and at the age of 23 started my own architectural practice Archilution. Between 1999-2008 I designed more than 100 houses and was involved in over 300 projects. All of these projects built in the Eastern Cape and most of them, more than 80% for international clients.
Because of obvious flaws in the building industry I started building a company called Framed Innovations in 2006. This company would build steel framed houses in a factory environment and assemble the pieces on site. I managed to secure a large project for Framed Innovations, we built the first prototype as a show house, and then the recession hit. The project was put on hold indefinitely.
Having invested all my time and energy in Framed Innovations, it was time to make a decision, rebuild Archilution in an economy where it was obvious that the market I had built Archilution on longer existed or move on and try something new. I opted for the latter.
My Wife and I sold our house, moved to Cape Town and I got a day job working for an Architectural firm.
I'm Busy with a new Venture at the moment, we will launch within the next month.
