http://hdl.handle.net/10539/7333 Sun, 19 May 2013 22:34:36 GMT 2013-05-19T22:34:36Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/10727 Evolution of and Architect's House 1940 Martienssen, Rex D 'Architects' houses tend to be interesting not because they inevitably exceed either on practical or aesthetic grounds the work done in the normal way, but because they are in a sense snatches of autobiography.'...'in the architect's own house the only conflicting circumstances that have to be contended with are economic or material - there are no external problems of taste'...'In this freedom lies the possibility of greatness or weakness.' p19 Martienssen, Rex D. Evolution of an Architect's house; , Greenside Sun, 01 Feb 1942 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/10727 1942-02-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/10565 An inventory of the old buildings of Colesberg Fitchett, Rowallan Hugh Unpublished bound typescript Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/10565 2011-10-17T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8275 Civil Defence in South Africa Martienssen, Rex D; Hanson, Norman L; WGM "The architect's training in large scale planning, in the co-ordination of the many and varied technical activities connected with building and in the adjustment of related and sometimes conflicting programme requirements, gives him a special place in the formulation and carrying out of comprehensive measures for Air Raid Protection." Sun, 01 Sep 1940 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8275 1940-09-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8274 Man in Space ( A Lecture delivered at the Abstract Art Congress) Martienssen, Rex D "...I am all for a minimum of information and a maximum of wrangling." Sun, 01 Aug 1937 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8274 1937-08-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8273 The English Spirit Martienssen, Rex D " The architectural monuments of England are to be found in the country. In the vernacular where architectural forms combine with an unaccountable poise and harmony; where brick and tile and thatch and stone are used with judgement and leisurely arrangements we find the spirit which has escaped the architect's most determined efforts to establish an english architecture." Sun, 01 Jan 1939 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8273 1939-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8272 Mobile Architecture Martienssen, Rex D "When the designer saw his first flyingboat make a steep climbing turn over Rochester Castle he saw the demonstration of an idea given expression in terms of the rich vocabulary of his own time." Sat, 01 May 1937 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8272 1937-05-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8271 The Changing Generator in Greek Sculpture Martienssen, Rex D Art Implies human intervention; the impact of a creating will on inanimate material, but in the functioning of this humanizing agency the outcome is coloured by economy. To evoke a response it is not necessary to re-create the whole idea or form conceived in the mind it is sufficient to evoke a reaction in temrs of a symbol. Tue, 01 Sep 1936 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8271 1936-09-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8270 Conflict in hellas - Materials for an Integration of the Greek Spirit (Paper read to Architectural Student's Society) Martienssen, Rex D When we build, we establish a relationship more or less satisfactory between the volume of the building and the greater volume which encloses it. The enveloping elements of the building-form provide the transition, and it is in this actual transition that the degree of strength and the kind of relationship is established. Sat, 01 Jun 1935 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8270 1935-06-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8269 Palazzo Piccolomini Martienssen, Rex D 'Rossellino made a model of the Rucellai. Of the Piccolomini he made a masterpiece." Sun, 01 Jan 1939 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8269 1939-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8268 Facade Martienssen, Rex D "... these palaces marked the last stage before impatience with the restrictions of a pure style brought decay, and final collapse into vulgarity." Mon, 01 Nov 1937 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8268 1937-11-01T00:00:00Z