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Transvaal Provincial Administration Headquarters Building
Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng

MEIRING and NAUDÉ: Architect
MOERDYK and WATSON: Architect
Alexis PRELLER: Artist Mural

Date:1962
Type:Government Buildings
Status:Extant
1964Transvaal Institute of Architects Award of Merit

 


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Coordinates:
25°44'50.10" S 28°11'11.84" E Alt: 1321m

There was a huge mural done for this building by Alexis Preller.

2015: The building stands empty.

See also Transvaal Institute of Architects.


References:

Berman, Esmé. 1983. Art and artists of South Africa: An illustrated biographical dictionary and historical survey of painters, sculptors and graphic artists since 1875. Cape Town : Balkema. pg 105, 110, 111, 383
Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 207-208
Le Roux, SW(Ed). 1990. Plekke en Geboue van Pretoria Volume 1. Pretoria: Pretoria Argitektuurvereniging. pg 76-77
National Building Research Institute (Compiler). 1985. Handbook of South African natural building stone. Pretoria: National Development Fund for the Building Industry. pg 7, 43, 98 (photos)
Swart, Johan & Proust, Alain . 2019. Hidden Pretoria. Cape Town: Struik Lifestyle. pg 178-187