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Saipal Bakery
Maputo, Mozambique

Amancio d’Alpoim Miranda (Pancho) GUEDES: Architect

Date:1952
Type:Bakery
Status:Extant
Street:1283 Av. Filipe Samuel Magaia

 


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Coordinates:
25°57'38.06" S 32°34'29.34" E

[An insert in the catalogue of the exhibition "Pancho Guedes- a aventura da arquitectura, o desafio ao formalismo (the adventure of architecture, the challenge to formalism)" held in the Portuguese consulate in Maputo in March 2010]

Avenida Filipe Samuel Magaia opposite the cemetery, closest cross street Avenida Emillia Dausse.

The roof is a double curve of formed reinforced concrete. The building is in very good condition and being occupied and maintained by the Fipag water company.

Information and photographs submitted by Mike BELL, October 2010.

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.