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Date: 1946 : 2011 Type: Offices Status: Adaptive re-use Street: 370B Main Road   Click to view large map Coordinates: Alt: 36m

An office block in front of an existing factory, which was extended and which itself had an allowance for vertical extension on a flat concrete roof which was used as an interim proposal as an amenity for office staff. Building entered from Main Road, under a showroom. This building provided a facade behind which certain factory spaces function. (Righini 1977:53) Refurbished for the Cape Town Science Centre in 2011. See CTSC History. (Arthur Radburn, April 2024) References: Righini, Paul. 1977. The work of Max Policansky. isilili sam sise africa : a journal of architecture and human settlements - University of Cape Town Volume 1, Number 1. pp 53