REID, AH and W

Architect

The partnership between Arthur Henry REID and Walter REID in Johannesburg and Cape Town, from about 1897 until about 1921 (?). HS EAST was admitted to the partnership in January 1905 in Cape Town and this branch became known as AH & W REID & EAST (cf REID, AH & W & EAST). AH & W Reid submitted a design for the competition for the National Bank of South Africa head office in Johannesburg in 1905, which they won. In about 1919 the firm were successful in several competitions.

(Afr Archt Oct 1912: v; Edward's dir of SA 1924; Frescura 1988; Juta's dir of CT 1901; SAA&B Apr 1905: 144, 145 ill; SAWW 1910; The Star 27.7.1984)

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

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With notes

Aegis Building - First: 1893. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect

African Banking Corporation: n.d. : 1893 : 1900 : 1906 : 1912. Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect alterations 1900 *

Britannia Arcade: 1902. East London, Eastern Cape - Architect

Castle Brewery, adds: 1912. Germiston, Gauteng - Architect

Cosmopolitan Hotel: 1899. Jeppe, Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect

Dorner House: 1903. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect

EK Green Building: 1897. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect

House Hayward: 1903. Kenilworth, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect

House John - Avalon: 1910 : 2012. Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect 1910

JGW Steyne Bldg: 1906. Bloemfontein, Free State - Architect

Joubert Park Mansions: pre-1910. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect

Moseley Bldg: 1905. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect

Municipal Offices: pre-1910. Germiston, Gauteng - Architect

Mutual Bank Buildings: n.d.. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect

National Bank: 1906. Bloemfontein, Free State - Architect

Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1906. Molteno, Eastern Cape - Architect

Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1905. Nieu-Bethesda, Eastern Cape - Architect

Palladium Theatre: 1912. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect

Park Station Chambers: pre-1910. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect

St Mary’s the Less Anglican Church: 1889 : 1897 : 1904 : 1908. Jeppestown, Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect

Standard Bank: 1902-1904. Oudtshoorn, Western Cape - Architect

Town Hall: n.d.. Germiston, Gauteng - Architect

Wanderers Club: 1889. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect

Witwatersrand Agricultural showground, layout: 1895. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect

Books citing REID, AH and W

Brown, SM. 1969. Architects and others: an annotated list of people of South African interest appearing in the RIBA Journal 1880-1925. Johannesburg: Unpublished dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand. pp

Fransen, Hans. 2004. The old buildings of the Cape. A survey of extant architecture from before c1910 in the area of Cape Town - Calvinia - Colesberg - Uitenhage. Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pp 120b, 509c

Gutsche, Thelma. 1966. No Ordinary Woman: The life and times of Florence Phillips. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pp

Middleton, GAT. 1907. Modern Buildings, their planning, construction and equipment. vols 1-7. 1907-10. London: Caxton. pp

Pearse, Geoffrey Eastcott. 1960. Eighteenth century furniture in South Africa. Pretoria: Van Schaik. pp

Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1977. Victorian Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: AA Balkema. pp 57, 102, 115, 129, 220, 223, 231, 232, 344, 370, 371

van der Waal, Gerhard-Mark. 1987. From Mining Camp to Metropolis - The buildings of Johannesburg 1886-1940. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. pp 73, 79, 88