Guy completed a Bachelor of Architectural Studies, followed by a Bachelor of Architecture at the University of Cape Town between 1990 and 1994. By 1999, he had completed a Master of Science: City Design & Social Science at London School of Economics. He spent several yearsin practice in London before returning to Cape Town in 2010.

He’s an expert in regeneration, social upliftment through environmental design and the design of sustainable cities. He has worked in various practices around the world – from Cape Town and Johannesburg, to Switzerland, Berlin, London and Stockholm. He joined dhk in 2012 as Head of Urban Design, became a Partner in 2015, and is an Executive Director on the Board. In these leadership roles, Guy leads the strategic operations and business development for the practice, project initiation and design review, as well as retaining oversight of the urban design practice as a pivotal discipline in dhk.

Guy is a SACAP-registered Professional Architect, a member of the Urban Design Institute of South Africa (UDISA) and former chairperson of UDISA’s steering committee. He’s also a member of the Academy of Urbanism and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the UK. He has participated in various institutional design review committees, including London Borough
of Hackney, City of Bristol and the V&A Waterfront. He has been widely published and regularly gives public presentations on regeneration, urbanism and sustainability.