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  • The English Spirit 
    Martienssen, Rex D (Transvaal, Natal and Orange Free State Provincial Institutes of South African Architects and the Chapter of South African Quantity Surveyors, 1939-01)
    " 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 ...
  • Palazzo Piccolomini 
    Martienssen, Rex D (Transvaal, Natal and Orange Free State Provincial Institutes of South African Architects and the Chapter of South African Quantity Surveyors, 1939-01)
    'Rossellino made a model of the Rucellai. Of the Piccolomini he made a masterpiece."
  • Architecture in Modern Painting. A Study in Absorption and Reinterpretation 
    Martienssen, Rex D (Transvaal, Natal and Orange Free State Provincial Institutes of South African Architects and the Chapter of South African Quantity Surveyors, 1939-03)
    'Cezanne taught the architect the laws which had been forgotton. He showed that surface was significant in its definition of volume, and that the mutilated and perforated "walls" which had come to be accepted by architects ...
  • The hellenistic House, with special reference to examples at Delos 
    Martienssen, Rex D (Transvaal, Natal and Orange Free State Provincial Institutes of South African Architects and the Chapter of South African Quantity Surveyors, 1939-11)
    "The Hellenistic house exemplifies a classic ideal. There is nothing haphazard in its shape.Craftmanship was merely a means to an end, and where we can find faults they can be attributed to a lack of technique or lack of ...
  • Civil Defence in South Africa 
    Martienssen, Rex D; Hanson, Norman L; WGM (The Cape, Natal, Orange Free State and Transvaal Provincial Institutes of South African Architects and the Chapter of South African Quantity Surveyors, 1940-09)
    "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, ...
  • Evolution of and Architect's House 1940 
    Martienssen, Rex D (The Journal of the Cape, Natal, Orange Free State and Transvaal Provincial Institutes of South African Architects and the Chapter of South African Quantity Surveyors., 1942-02)
    '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 ...
  • The John Moffat Building, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 
    WDH (South African Architectural Institute, 1959-11)
  • The Faculty of Architecture of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and its role in the community 
    Bryer, Monte (Faculty of Architecture of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1977)
    The purpose of this monograph is to report a broad outline of the development of the Wits Faculty of Architecture and its role in the community from its early beginnings a few years after the commencement of this century ...
  • The Invisible Hand of the Family in the Underdevelopment of Africa Societies: An African Perspective 
    Sihlongonyane, Mfaniseni (Scholarly Papers Series - 1, 2000)
    The main thrust of the argument in this paper is that underdevelopment of African countries lies with the differences between the Eurocentric and African values. As Eurocentric values informs the development paradigm and ...
  • Standard Bank Buildings 
    Stucke & Bannister (2011-07-25)
    Fox, Harrison & Commissioner streets, 1906, original elevational drawing. Image 518.
  • Residence in Parktown 
    Baker, Sir Herbert (2011-07-25)
  • Johannesburg Town Hall 
    Hawke & McKinlay (2011-07-25)
    From the original drawing by the archiects. Image 169.
  • "Palace of the Mining Magnate" 
    Unkown (2011-07-25)
    This Renaissance pile was typical of the ostentatious residences built by the wealthy of early Johannesburg. This victorian fantasy presented a glistening white spectacle on a hilltop in Jeppestown.
  • Silesia Buildings 
    Unkown (2011-07-25)
    Main Street, A good example of the Neo-Classic facade, with triangular window pediments, and ornamental balconies and gable.
  • Interior of the Victorian Shop (Harris & Co.) 
    Unkown (2011-07-25)
    The elaborate interior of Harris & Co. the Jewllers and Silversmiths, who were situated in a building in commissioner Street. The bric-a-brac cluttering up this interior is similar to that found in the Victorian home. Image 706.
  • The Irish Club 
    Unkown (2011-07-25)
    President street. This later became the Catholic Club. Image 942.
  • Exchange Buildings 
    Lennox, Canning & Goad (2011-07-25)
    Exchange Buidings, 1890. Erected at a cost of 125,000 pounds, this building, in the Neo-Classic tradition, was opened on February 10th, 1890. Situated corner commissioner and Simmonds Streets, it was partly converted into ...
  • National Bank 
    Unkown (2011-07-25)
    Market street. This was the first National Bank building demolished about 1906, when the new bank building was built in the same style as the adjoining Corner house block. Image 169.
  • Trust Buildings 
    Unkown (2011-07-25)
    Corner Loveday and Fox Streets, this building combined a double-storeyed cast iron verandah with upper floors in brick treatment. Other features are the domed tower, and flanking psuedo-Renaissance cum Mediaeval gables. ...
  • General Mining and Finance Building 
    Unkown (2011-07-25)
    Corner Marshall and Hollard Streets. Formerly the United Engineering Company. A fantasy in stone-a most grandiose building, with elaborate detailing culminating in the picturesque. Features are the central semi-circular ...

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