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South African Architectural Record
(South African Architectural Institute, 1941)
South African Architectural Record
South African Architectural Record
(SA Architectural Institute, 1942)
South African Architectural Record
For Us
(Witwatersrand University Architecture School, 1962) Jones, Patrick (ed)
This exhibition is an expression of our search for a way in which we can, with conviction, face a situation deprived of a centre and a living purpose. In the buildings presented in this exhibition we find the evidence of a way of building that has not lost contact with the basic facts and mysteries of daily life.....The exhibition was more a poslng of a question than a formulatlon of a new vernacular.
Clinic Building
(Self published, 1980-01) Nimpuno, Krisno
The objective of constructing low cost health buildings is not simply to build cheaply, but rather to construct fully adequate facilities for the lowest possible cost; or, in other words, to achieve a maximum health care capacity from each invested dollar. This may seem to be a very superficial remark, but there are in reality staggering differences in costs between hospitals of equal capacity within almost each of the LDCs, which give us ample reason for questioning the present practice. Does anyone really, helieve that ,medical €are .is ten times more effective in a ten times costlier hospital bed? Does anybody believe that a reasonable hospital bed/population ratio can be achieved with high rise, air conditioned hospitals in countries with a GNP/Capital of less than $500:- per annum? The answer is naturally no. Nobody believes that. But why do governments and technical assistance agencies build such costly facilities? The answer is that the elites taking those decisions are not sincere in their proclaimed efforts to provide equal care for the whole nation.
Metropolis; architectural students congress
(Architectural Students Congress Committee, 1986-04) Elk, Clifford (ed) et al
We are of Africa, and have been misguided and mislead into thinking that our cultural and architectural aspirations should coincide with other Western Nations of the world, best demonstrated by not only the content of our education but also by the state of the architectural profession. This is precisely the stand that the congress took, being highly critical of the imagery and ideas imported per se, while attempting to redress the question of relevancy, symbolism and meaning of architecture in South Africa today, the role that the architect plays and how our education currently fashions our perception.
The Invisible Hand of the Family in the Underdevelopment of Africa Societies: An African Perspective
(Scholarly Papers Series - 1, 2000) Sihlongonyane, Mfaniseni
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 planning models in African societies, the models of development have become conformist depriving African societies of self-reliance and self-determinism. The result has been dependence and underdevelopment of African societies through exploitation on the basis of cultural deprivation. Therefore, the dependence and underdevelopment of African societies is a function of the marginalisation and undermining of African values to an extent that underdevelopment of the African societies becomes a function of capital penetration and affluence through unfavourable division of labour, trade and exchange systems that are informed by world dominating values which are inimical to African values.
General Mining and Finance Building
(2011-07-25) Unkown
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 gables, small triangular pedimented gables on each side of the slender, domed tower. 1903. Image 82.
Interior of the Victorian Shop (Harris & Co.)
(2011-07-25) Unkown
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.
Green & Co.
(2011-07-25) Unkown
Green & Co., Boot & Shoe Importers, Eloff Street. This building was situated on the block now occupied by Castle Mansions. Image 706.
National Bank
(2011-07-25) Unkown
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.
Silesia Buildings
(2011-07-25) Unkown
Main Street, A good example of the Neo-Classic facade, with triangular window pediments, and ornamental balconies and gable.
"Palace of the Mining Magnate"
(2011-07-25) Unkown
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.
Wolmarans Street School
(2011-07-25) Kallenbach & Kennedy
From the original drawing by the Architects, Messrs. Kallenbach and Kennedy. Image 942
Residence in Parktown
(2011-07-25) Baker, Sir Herbert
Johannesburg Town Hall
(2011-07-25) Hawke & McKinlay
From the original drawing by the archiects. Image 169.
Trust Buildings
(2011-07-25) Unkown
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. Building originally housed the premises of the South African investment and Trust company, and the Southern Life assurance Company. 1897. Image 85.
Fordsburg Post Office
(2011-07-25) Unkown
Fordsburg Post Office, one of the first branch post offices in Johannesburg, and situated in the Ferreirastown district. Image 942.
The Irish Club
(2011-07-25) Unkown
President street. This later became the Catholic Club. Image 942.
Store Bros.
(2011-07-25) Unkown
Store Bros. Corner of Pritchard and Joubert Streets, Johannesburg, Image 702
Standard Bank Buildings
(2011-07-25) Stucke & Bannister
Fox, Harrison & Commissioner streets, 1906, original elevational drawing. Image 518.