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Flats Dr AH Gool - Project only Cape Town, Western Cape Max POLICANSKY: Architect

Date: 1937 Type: Flats Status: Proposed

(SAB Apr 1938:71) LOCATION: Buitencingel Street, Cape Town. Periphery of CBD. Residential development for Dr. A. H. Gool. (Project only) A north-east-facing site with a limited frontage. Designed as 2 blocks of flats (apartments) with connecting courtyard. The first block contains a number of bachelor flats with the provision of a communal space at ground level. A pedestrian scheme related to city and mass transit systems; no motor car provision is provided for. The second block consists primarily of 2-roomed accommodation. Roof is developed as solarium space. The development was an investment proposal. (Righini 1977:50) 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: 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 50-51