
Trevor Lovell
Founder & Director
Trevor graduated from the University of Pretoria in 2004 and registered as a professional architect two years later.
He gained early experience working for some of South Africa’s largest and oldest firms: Stauch Vorster Architects and Osmond Lange Architects.
Initially, Trevor worked on hospitality and residential apartment projects in KwaZulu-Natal. A highlight of his early career in KwaZulu-Natal was his involvement on the Sugar Ray Xulu training stadium for the FIFA 2010 World Cup.
Between 2009 and 2013 he completed work at the then King George V Level 2 Hospital. His focus mainly on the surgical, paediatric and mental health units. Additional projects included a private school on the north coast of KZN as well as an airline departure lounge at the King Shaka International Airport.
In 2014, Trevor returned to Pretoria and focused on projects for the Joburg Development Agency – a mixed-use residential masterplan development in Soweto. Following which he was the principal agent for the central pharmacy depot for the Gauteng Department of Health.
In 2016, Trevor began working more intensely in the private healthcare sector completing various projects for Mediclinic South Africa, including the paediatric transplant unit at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Denmar Mental Health Facility and Mediclinic Medforum.
The experience in both state and private healthcare infrastructure gave rise to an interest in public private partnerships and in 2018, he presented a paper at the Africa Healthcare Convention on Risk Management in Healthcare PPPs.
A particular highlight in Trevor’s career is the ongoing work he does for the Surgeons for Little Lives NPO. He has completed the Paediatric Surgical Outpatient Department, Colorectal clinic and parental sleepover facility. Between 2023 and 2025, he concluded the Paediatric Burns Unit and is now busy designing SFLL’s latest project all located at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital.
During the years between 2017 and 2022, Trevor was the principal architect for the Jwaneng Mine Hospital in Botswana and led a multi-disciplinary team for the duration of Phases 1 and 2. Phase 3 remains in a development stage with Debswana as the main client.
As part of the DSA Architects International team, Trevor was responsible as the medical planner for a new primary healthcare centre that formed part of the mixed-use Diriya Gate Development in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
In 2026, he was appointed as the architectural principal consultant and manager for the new Klipfontein State Hospital in Cape Town. The facility is a 58 000 square metre, ~600-bed hospital and is currently commencing with design development and co-ordination.
He remains involved with several private hospital developments across the country.
2026 brought about the founding of Azuri Architects – a new chapter promising exciting opportunities to explore new and different architectural experiences.

