Vanderbijlpark has major influences of French, German and Italian architecture, due to the settlement of foreigners during the late 1800s and early 1900s. From the early 1900s up until the late 1980s the local building industry was owned by a select group of wealthy developers represented by companies such as Visser Properties, Dias Family and Storm Family to name a few. Construction and design companies thrived during these times, such as van der Merwe & Associates Engineering, Stutco structural engineers, DOS Gwendolyn van Wyk, Leslie van Wyk and Riscali. DOS was renamed Riscali in 2012, and is currently owned by Jean Marx-Ubbink and Charl Marx-Ubbink. In 2018 a furniture and decor design company; Vinostein, was launched as a spinoff of the already established Riscali brand.