The Houses of Parliament of South Africa are situated in Cape Town. The building consists of three main sections, with the original building completed in 1884, with later editions added in the 1920s, and again in the 1980s. The newest addition currently houses the National Assembly, being the lower house of the Parliament of South Africa, while the original building houses the National Council of Provinces, which is the upper house of the Parliament of South Africa.
The original parliament building was built in a Neoclassical design incorporating features of Cape Dutch architecture. The later additions have been designed in such a way to blend in with the original building. The Houses of Parliament have been declared a National Heritage Site by the South African Heritage Resources Agency being awarded grade 1 national heritage status, the highest status awarded by SAHRA.