I had the privilege of attending a memorial gathering for Gawie Fagan at his world-famous house DIE ES, designed by Gawie and built by the family. When the Drakenstein Heritage Foundation visited their house last year we were treated to a humorous and eloquent account of the circumstances and details of the building of Die Es by his daughter Helena. There Tom Robertson, a junior architect in Gawie’s practice in the 70’s, paid moving tribute to this great Architect on our behalf.
Gawie Fagan (Freunde von Freunden)
At the memorial ceremony the merits of the house and other buildings designed by Gawie were highlighted by the various speakers. Scant mention was made of Gawie’s fantastic contribution to conservation both as an architect and as a heritage and nature conservationist.
Gawie’s role in the preservation of the historical Cape Town Waterfront was mentioned as well as his role in the preservation of the Sandy Bay nature area. These contributions were before my time so I can add little to them other than to state that as time rolls on history has proved his foresight while the role that he played in making the peninsula the sought after place that it is has not been publicly acknowledged.
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