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University of Pretoria, Extramural building Central Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng Brian Alan T SANDROCK: Design Architect BRIAN SANDROCK ARCHITECTS: Architect

Date: 1964 Client: University of Pretoria Type: University Status: Adaptive re-use Street: Proes Street

Superstructure of stacked lecture halls, three per side linked by access ramps and lit by ribbon windows on V-shaped concrete piers with expressive concrete flights of stairs to either end of the building - a megalith 'brought up to date and given architectural form in reinforced concrete' (Greig, 1971: 203) . All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. References: Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 103 Le Roux, SW(Ed). 1991. Plekke en Geboue van Pretoria Volume 2. Pretoria: Stadsraad van Pretoria. pg 19