The Faculty of Architecture of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and its role in the community
Date
1977
Authors
Bryer, Monte
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Publisher
Faculty of Architecture of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Abstract
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 up to the present time. (1977)This is a brief account of the establishment and growth of the Faculty which appeared in the 1959 issue No.3 and in the Golden Jubilee issue in December 1972 of 'Convocation Commentary', the official magazine of the Convocation of the University of the Witwatersrand. There are also historical references to the Faculty's departments of Architecture and Town and Regional Planning in the brochure 'The Golden Jubilee of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg'produced and published by the University's Jubilee Committee in 1972.Furthermore, there are the yearly reports delivered by Professor G E Pearse and, after his retirement in 1947, by his successor Professor J Fassler, at the Annual Exhibition and Prize-giving of the School and, since 1940, of the Faculty of Architecture, which were published in the South African Architectural Record until 1964...
Description
History of the School- and Faculty of Architecture of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johanneburg 1922-1977
Keywords
Bryer, Monty; Faculty of Architecture, University of Witwatersrand; Architecture History South Africa
Citation
Bryer, Monty. 1977. The Faculty of Architecture of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and its role in the community. Faculty of Architecture of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.