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    Ideals in Architecture
    (Transvaal, Natal and Orange Free State Provincial Institutes of South African Architects and the Chapter of South African Quantity Surveyors, 1928-09) Martienssen, Rex D
    'No formula has yet been devised to obtain beauty in architecture. For beauty is not dependent on pure design. Forms nearly approaching the ideal, but bounded by unsympathetic materials will lack the essential quality."
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    Modern Architecture, with particular reference to shop design
    (The Association of Transvaal Architects, the Natal Institute of Architects and the South African Institute of Quantity Surveyors, 1927-09) Martienssen, Rex D
    "The old order changeth," and architecture is undergoing a slow transition; slow because a bouleversement in architecture is almost impossible, but nevertheless steady, as viewpoints change, and requirements limit the scope of the architect in his practice.