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Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon JOUBERT, Henri N Born: fl 1941 Architect SACA: Reg No: 766 Year registered: 1941 BArch. (Witwatersrand), ARIBA. 'In 1938, while working in London for Manchester and Lodge, he went on a motoring trip to Italy for the first time... During the War [WW2] he served in the South African Air Force, then in the Western Desert attached to Allied Forces Headquarters, and was later transferred to a special unit in Italy. At the Rome headquarters of Italian Radio he met his future wife, an announcer and member of the Italian underground. Back in South Africa he would become the architect for Olivetti and enthusiast for things Italian...' (Chipkin 1993:257). In 1959 he was a partner in KENNEDY, FURNER, IRVINE-SMITH & JOUBERT, 802 Leisk House, Rissik Street, (Box 2493), Johannesburg. By 1969 the name had changed to IRVINE-SMITH, JOUBERT & LENNARD 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. Books citing JOUBERT Chipkin, Clive M. 1993. Johannesburg Style - Architecture & Society 1880s - 1960s. Cape Town: David Phillip. pp 250, 257 Herbert, Gilbert. 1975. Martienssen & the international style: The modern movement in South African architecture. Cape Town - Rotterdam: AA Balkema. pp 171 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 92, 186 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 95, 121