OHLSSON, Rae Fuller

Architect

Also referred to as FULLER OHLSSON, Rae.

BA (Cantab); Dip Arch (Cape Town)

ISAA (1933); ARIBA (1935).

Born in the Cape, Ohlsson studied architecture at Cambridge, England, from 1928 to 1930. He returned to Cape Town to complete his architectural training at the University of Cape Town, between 1931 and 1933. During this period he worked as an assistant in the office of FK KENDALL in 1931. In 1946 he formed a partnership with AJC RETIEF. In 1959 he was in partnership with RV TWENTYMAN JONES (cf. TWENTYMAN JONES & OHLSSON). He lived at Fairview in Campground Rd, Rondebosch and retired in 1967. In 1969 he is recorded as a retired member of the Cape Institute of address 'Dragon House', Hill Street, Plettenberg Bay, Cape.

(ARIBA nom papers (1935) 5691; ISAA mem list).

All truncated references not fully cited in 'References' are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon.

List of projects

With photographs
With notes

Ambleside: 1917. St James, Western Cape - Architect

References

ISAA. 1959. The Yearbook of the Institute of South African Architects and Chapter of SA Quantity Surveyors 1958-1959 : Die Jaarboek van die Instituut van Suid-Afrikaanse Argitekte en Tak van Suid-Afrikaanse Bourekenaars 1958-1959. Johannesburg: ISAA. pp 95, 209

ISAA. 1969. The Yearbook of the Institute of South African Architects and Chapter of SA Quantity Surveyors 1968-1969 : Die Jaarboek van die Instituut van Suid-Afrikaanse Argitekte en Tak van Suid-Afrikaanse Bourekenaars 1968-1969. Johannesburg: ISAA. pp 98, 175