MEWA – Since 1926
Founded in 1926, MEWA celebrates 100 years of specialised engineering, fabrication and craftsmanship in steel and timber.
Today, MEWA designs and builds complex structures, architectural joinery and bespoke projects that often fall outside conventional manufacturing methods. Our work combines engineering, geometry, material knowledge and traditional craftsmanship to turn unusual architectural and structural ideas into buildable structures.
What we build
Our work ranges from engineered timber and steel structures to complex staircases, curved architectural elements, bespoke joinery, furniture and interactive public structures.
Many MEWA projects begin where standard manufacturing solutions end. We specialise in developing practical fabrication methods for unusual geometry, curved structures and one-off architectural designs.
Curved timber / specialist capabilities
MEWA specialises in curved and complex timber engineering, including curved glulam beams, staircases, handrails, 3D curved panels, free-form structures and hybrid timber-and-steel construction.
Our work increasingly combines traditional timber engineering with modern fabrication techniques to create complex geometry — from domes and large
architectural structures to staircases, public art, interactive structures and one-off engineered components.
Workshop philosophy
We remain a small, highly skilled team of engineers, craftsmen and specialist fabricators. We continually develop new skills, jigs and manufacturing methods, and
deliberately take on projects that require us to solve problems we have not encountered before.
That combination of engineering, experimentation and craftsmanship has remained part of MEWA for 100 years.
THE GREENPOINT EDUCATIONAL DOME PROJECT. FIRST IN SOUTH AFRICA
The Green Point Educational Dome in Cape Town represents an important milestone
in MEWA’s development of complex curved timber structures.
Manufactured in MEWA’s Darling workshop and assembled in Green Point Urban Park, the structure combines 20 large curved timber beams, a laminated timber compression ring, complex three-dimensional ring beams and a 3D plywood shell developed specifically for the geometry of the dome.
The project demonstrates the combination that increasingly defines MEWA’s work:
engineering, geometry, specialised fabrication and skilled craftsmanship.
