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Peterhouse
Johannesburg, Gauteng

MARTIENSSEN, FASSLER and COOKE: Architect

Date:1934
Type:Flats with offices to street
Style:International Style
Status:Extant
Street:233 Bree Street

 


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Coordinates:
26°12'01.19" S 28°02'44.39" E

The building is extant but is in a poor state of repair. The Ground floor has be altered from the original, losing the V post detail and the form of the building at this level. Originally the Ground floor was the premises of an undertaker. (Gerald Humphrey 2016)

(RDM Sep 1934; SAAR Nov 1942; Arch Rev Oct 1944; Cooke 1985)

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.


Books that reference Peterhouse

Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 147
Herbert, Gilbert. 1975. Martienssen & the international style: The modern movement in South African architecture. Cape Town - Rotterdam: AA Balkema. pg 111-117,131-113,135,144,185,191,213,220