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Book Author: Cumming-George, L Year: 1933 Title: Architecture in South Africa - Volume One Place: Cape Town Publisher: The Speciality Press of S.A. Ltd. Forward "ARCHITECTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA" is the outcome of six years' experience as a student and writer on architectural subjects in South Africa; contributed to various papers and magazines, not only throughout the Union, but also overseas. In the past, two notable and valuable works have been issued on historical architecture. Mrs. A. F. Trotter: "Old Cape Colony", and Dorothea Fairbridge: "Historic Houses", but no attempt has been made to gather into a volume, any record of modern architecture as represented in our big city buildings and the many beautiful homes all over the Union. This, "ARCHITECTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA'' endeavours to do. Cape Dutch architecture, particularly domestic, is one of our most artistic and national assets, but side by side with it, have grown up our English styles in domestic work, together with the modernism which is at once an expression of our age and a new art. It is perhaps, for those who love this land, a significant fact that this volume which unites both South African and English architecture, should be given to the public at a time when the two races are at last beginning to understand and trust each other. It endeavours to give a faithful and unbiased record of modern buildings, domestic and otherwise, throughout the country, and to give it in such a form as to make it attractive to the layman as well as the expert. It has been found impossible to use all the material available, and in some cases the selection has perforce been somewhat arbitrary. But the fact that it is being published at all during one of the greatest periods of depression the world has ever known, speaks much for the urge that existed for its compilation. It is intended to publish a further volume on similar lines next year, when many beautiful buildings and houses, now in course of erection, will be completed. Thanks are due to the many architects who have so ably assisted in its compilation, to the "Cape Argus", to the "Architect Builder & Engineer", to the "South African Architectural Record", and to Mr. H. McQueen, architect, whose artistic design on the cover is a valuable contribution. L. C. G. Link to WorldCat - find this book in a library near you Buildings linked to this book Addington Children's Hospital - KZN Children's Hospital, 1931, Addington, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. pp 151-153 Albert Park Mansions, 1930, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. pp 156 Astor Mansions, 1931, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 50-51 Barclays Bank, 1930, Komani (Queenstown), Eastern Cape. pp 136 Brook House, 1925, Brooklyn, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 75, 76 ill Campanile, 1922 : c2017, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape. pp 138 Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin, 1825 : 1895 : 1932, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape. pp 141-142 Central Fire Station, 1931, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 47-49 Commercial Union Building - Market House, 1930, Central, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 97 ill CTC Bazaars, 1931, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. pp 154 CW Champion Building, c1930, Bloemfontein, Free State. pp 148-149 Downing Mansions, 1932, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 41, 42 ill English Church House, 1926, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 84-84, 86 ill Exchange Building, 1927, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 98 Ford Motor Co (SA) Ltd,, 1928, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape. pp 142 Fort Drury Mansions, c1930, Bloemfontein, Free State. pp 150 Gainsborough Mansions, 1925, Berea, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 53-54 General Motors South Africa Assembly Plant, 1928, North End, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape. pp 145 Heath's Buildings, 1931, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 52 House, 1930, Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 126 House AM Mostert - Welgelegen, 1913, Balfour, Mpumalanga. pp 82 House Capt. Elsworth - The Rafters, 1933, St James, Western Cape. pp 115 ill, 116 ill House Col CL de Villiers, 1930, Waterkloof, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 79 ill, 80 House Duffet, c1933, Retreat, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 102-104 House EC McConnell: Ontario, pre-1932, Kenilworth, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 105-107 House Everard, 1929?, Waterkloof, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 73 House for Mr Sherlock, pre-1933, Newlands, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 132 House Forster, c1933, Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 110-111 House G Leith, 1932?, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 60-61 House Garlick, n.d., Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 117-118 House Hart, c1930, Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 122-123 House HD Evans, 1930, Dunkeld, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 64, 65 House Hillman - Ridge Heights, n.d., Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 62 ill, 63 House J Kirkness, Muckleneuk, c1929, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 76 House John Perry, c1930, Kenilworth, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 112-113 House K Ray, 1930?, Houghton, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 66 House Lady Smith, 1927, Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 121 House Lawrie, 'Tigablas', c1928, Muckleneuk, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 77-78 ill House Leo Kramer, 1930, Bloemfontein, Free State. pp 147 House Man - Andros, 1928, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 127-128 House Miss AM Buchanan, 1932, Newlands, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 108-109 House Mr Hartford, pre-1933, Paarl, Western Cape. pp 128-129 House Mr Stekhoven, 1930, Kenilworth, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 119-120 House Sir David Graaff - Zonnekus, 1929, Milnerton, Western Cape. pp 130-131 House White, n.d., Kenilworth, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 114 Metro Theatre, 1932, Central, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 55-56 Namaqua House, 1930, Central, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 100 Natal Mercury Bldg, 1923, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. pp 157 Netherlands Bank, c1930, East London, Eastern Cape. pp 134 Netherlands Bank - Second, 1926, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 83 ill North British & Mercantile Ins Co, 1927, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 40 ill, 41 Ottawa House, c1932, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 99 Plaza Kinema, 1931, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 45-46 Radio Transmitting Station, 1933, Milnerton, Western Cape. pp 101 Reid Bros Building, 1921, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 39 Reserve Bank, 1926-1929, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 90-92 Reserve Bank, 1927 - 1930, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 67-68 Richardson Building, 1923, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape. pp 139, 140 ill Ridge Heights, c1932, Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 62-63 Roedean School - Additions, 1926, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 36 ill, 37 SA Institute for Medical Research, 1912, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 35 SA Mutual Life Assurance Building, 1927, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 71-72 SA Permanent Building Society, 1927, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. pp 155-156 SANTAM - SANLAM Building - Waalburg, 1930, Central, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 93-94 Shell House, 1931, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 43 ill, 44 ill St Mary's Cathedral, 1922 : 1926, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 37, 38 ill Standard Bank, 1931, Central, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 96 Standard Bank, 1931, Nxuba (Cradock), Eastern Cape. pp 137 Sun Assurance Co Building - Protea Assurance Building, 1928 : c1965 : 1990, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 95 Table Mountain Restaurant - Gift Shop, 1931, Cape Town, Western Cape. pp 87 ill, 88, 89 ill Town Hall, 1923, Brakpan, Gauteng. pp 81 Trinity Wesleyan Church, 1927, Bloemfontein, Free State. pp 146 Union House, 1928, Johannesburg, Gauteng. pp 57 United Building, 1934, Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape. pp 143 ill, 144 Voortrekkers' Gedenksaal - Memorial Hall, c1930, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng. pp 69-70 War Memorial, 1921, East London, Eastern Cape. pp 135 People or firms linked to this book BAKER and FLEMING. pp 35, 37 CHAPMAN, Simon. pp 99 COWIN, POWERS and ELLIS. pp 40-41, 55-56 FLEMING, Francis (Frank) Leonard Hodgson. pp 37 GLENNIE, Frederick McIntosh. pp 98 GRANT, William Hood (Billy). pp 97, 101 ING and JACKSON. pp 155, 156, 157 JONES and ADAMS. pp 95 JONES and McWILLIAMS. pp 138, 140 KALLENBACH, KENNEDY and FURNER. pp 45-46, 52 LAMB, Thomas W. pp 55-56 LAWRIE, Alexander Fraser. pp 77 LEITH, George Esslemont Gordon. pp 39, 42, 60 LOUW and LOUW. pp 93-94 MANSERGH, Brian George Lewis. pp 108-109 McCONNELL, Leonard Forbes. pp 105-106 McQUEEN, Hugh Alexander. pp 102 MORRIS, James. pp 90 OBEL and GRANT. pp 154 OBEL and OBEL. pp 50-51 PERRY, John. pp 112-113 REES-POOLE, Vivian Sydney. pp 76 REID and GARDINER. pp 43-44, 62-63 ROBERTS and SMALL. pp 100 SCHUURMANS STEKHOVEN, Jan Zeger. pp 119-120 SHERLOCK, Cedric Melbourne. pp 132 SIEMERINK and WALKER. pp 134, 145 SMALL, Charles McRobbie. pp 47-49, 53-54 STUCKE and HARRISON. pp 52 WALGATE and ELSWORTH. pp 115