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Cartwright's Corner
Cape Town, Western Cape

H VAN DER MERWE and PARTNERS: Architect

Date:c1969
Client:JD Cartwright
Type:Offices with shops to street
Style:Modern
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
33°55'26.21" S 18°25'17.75" E Alt: 31m

This building replaced Fletcher & Cartwrights - Mansion House and the next-door Heynes, Mathew & Co.

The new building comprises a basement and ground and over 20 floors, concrete framed high rise office tower.

Ground level arcades and shops : extensive aluminium, terrazzo and reflective glass detailing. The building stands on the site of the previous Fletcher and Cartwrights (The Mansion House) and Heynes Mathew, both c1900 buildings. Completed c1968.


Books that reference Cartwright's Corner

Rennie, John for CPIA. 1978. The Buildings of Central Cape Town 1978. Volume Two : Catalogue. Cape Town: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects. pg 201 item 65.6