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Empire Theatre
Central Johannesburg, Gauteng

MOFFAT and HARVEY: Architect
Harold Wolseley SPICER: Architect
REINFORCING STEEL COMPANY: Engineer
Isidore Williem SCHLESINGER: Client

Date:1936
Type:Theatre
Status:Demolished
Street:Commissioner Street

Had a girder of reinforced concrete spanning 22,6 m with a depth of 2,3 m – the limit of possibilities for the material - probably designed by ALL BAKER for, and engineered by the REINFORCING STEEL CO.

(SAB Nov 1935:51; SAB Sep 1936:42)

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:

Chipkin, Clive M. 1993. Johannesburg Style - Architecture & Society 1880s - 1960s. Cape Town: David Phillip. pg 99, 104
van der Waal, Gerhard-Mark. 1987. From Mining Camp to Metropolis - The buildings of Johannesburg 1886-1940. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. pg 191