Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.	Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon		University of Pretoria, Botany Building Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng MOERDYK and WATSON: Architect 1940 Joffre MASUREIK: Architect 1959

Date: 1940 : 1959 Type: University Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 25°45'06.17" S 28°13'46.49" E Alt: 1367m

See more photographs This attractive face brick building with elements of Dutch Brick Modernism was designed by architects Gerhard Moerdyk and H Watson in conjunction with Prof B Elbrecht of the Department of Botany. The cornerstone was laid on 10 April 1940 and construction was finished later that same year. Increasing student numbers made it necessary for the building to be extended in 1959 and resulted in an additional wing designed by J Mazureik. The building accommodates the Plant Science Department. The Manie van der Schiff Botanical Garden surrounds the building. The garden is approximately three and a half hectare in extent and contains more than 3 000 plant species, including a complete African cycad collection. A large greenhouse was added in 1956. (Campus Building Guide, accessed 2020 06 10)