Houses of Parliament, Cape Town

Houses of Parliament
The old assembly building viewed from the Company's Garden
Location	Cape Town, South Africa
Coordinates	33°55′34″S 18°25′09″E / 33.92611°S 18.41917°E / -33.92611; 18.41917
Built	1875–1884
Architects	Charles Freeman, Henry Greaves, Sir Herbert Baker
Architectural style(s)	Neoclassical, Cape Dutch architecture

The Houses of Parliament is the meeting place of the Parliament of South Africa, the legislative body of the Government of South Africa. The building is located in South Africa's legislative capital, Cape Town.

The building consists of three main sections; the original building - completed in 1884 - and additions, constructed in the 1920s and 1980s. The newer additions house the National Assembly (the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of South Africa), and the original building houses the National Council of Provinces (the upper house of Parliament).

The original parliament building was designed for the Parliament of the Cape of Good Hope in a Neoclassical style, incorporating features of Cape Dutch architecture. The later additions have been so designed as to blend with the original building.

The Houses of Parliament have been declared a National Heritage Site by the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) and given grade 1 national heritage status, the highest grade set by SAHRA.^[1]

Parliament House was severely damaged by a large fire that broke out on 2 January 2022.