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Howie's Cape (Pty) Ltd Cape Town, Western Cape

Date: 1954 Type: Offices Style: International Style Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°55'19.39" S 18°24'59.03" E

Concrete-framed structure with egg-crate fenestration of steel-framed windows. Company did seed distribution and facilities had latest technology for humidity-control and dry storage for seeds which were distributed globally. Books that reference Howie's Cape (Pty) Ltd Rennie, John for CPIA. 1978. The Buildings of Central Cape Town 1978. Volume Two : Catalogue. Cape Town: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects. pg 61 item 48.3 Shorten, John R. 1963. Cape Town : A record of the Mother City from the earliest days to the present. Cape Town: JR Shorten in association with Shorten and Smith Publications. pg 560 ill, 561