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Architectural History

  • NWU Main Building – The Icon of Potchefstroom
  • Re-imagining the Planetarium as the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome
  • Designing 1 Merchant Place Sandton
  • Michael Sutton is the reason that I chose to study Architecture
  • Michael Sutton - Brilliant architect who designed masterpieces in South Africa and Greece
  • Scott Brebnor House Midrand - A remarkable reunion between architect and client
  • The Ponte Saga
  • Herbert Baker’s Stonehouse captures his spirit
  • All the winners from the Herbert Prins Colosseum Awards
  • Blue Plaques celebrate Hermann Kallenbach, renowned architect and friend of Gandhi
  • Blue Plaque commemorates landmark home on the Linksfield Ridge
  • Herbert Baker honoured in Muizenberg
  • The only known 'Herbert Baker' house in Kensington
  • Rediscovering a Herbert Baker House in the heart of Yeoville
  • Mourning the loss of a Lower Houghton landmark
  • Brass Plaque reveals a history of a distinguished man and his architectural firm
  • Farewell to one of South Africa's great architects
  • Durban architectural gem under threat
  • Clive Chipkin - ‘No coherence!’
  • The History and Restoration of Boschendal

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From our Archive

  • Where, when, what or who was Hardy Cross?
  • Delight at discovering a hidden aspect of Johannesburg - imPRESSed Craft Bindery Letterpress and Studio
  • The Fall of Pretoria, June 1900
  • The Buildings of C. H. Thrupp and Company over the Decades
  • Kirti Menon and Gandhi’s legacy
  • Kenneth Stanley Birch – born in 1914, Johannesburg memorialist
  • New Year’s Eve murder in Potchefstroom
  • Blood Sweat and Beers - The Story of the Railway Navvy
  • The man behind one of South Africa's largest private photographic collections - Q&A with Carol Hardijzer
  • No other building materials have advanced the built environment as much as steel and concrete
  • The birth certificate of the Yeoville Water Tower
  • That secret Johannesburg canal and stream
  • The Epic March of 7 000 Zulu Workers
  • When did Johannesburg first appear on a map?
  • Johannesburg at 140: A City Still Becoming

From the Directory

  • Jim Hislop - Property Historian: Cape Town Property Histories
  • Cannon Association of South Africa (CAOSA)
  • Cape Institute for Architecture
  • Pinelands Ratepayers and Residents Associations (PRRA)
  • Westcliff Residents Association (WRA)
  • Save our Berea
  • Shaw Badenhorst - Researcher
  • Norwood Orchards Residents Association (NORA)
  • Kommetjie Heritage Society
  • Hearth Heritage
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