Dennis has more than 40 years of design experience working in practices around the world including South Africa, UK and Australia. He ran his own successful South African practice for more than 10 years designing some of the most significant commercial high-rise buildings in the country before relocating to Australia in 1985.

Prior to forming JPRA with Ian Poole in 1990, Dennis was a Director of John Bruce & Partners. JPRA was rapidly established as a leading Sydney architectural practice and merged with BMA in 2011 to become MPR Design Group.

Dennis has a reputation for delivering outstanding and award-winning designs across a range of industry sectors including luxury private homes, exclusive prestige residential developments, medium and high-density residential projects and master-planned communities.

Dennis has proven credentials in the regulatory environment and public consultation.

He has an enviable knowledge of building services and has also been a University lecturer in structures.