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Architecture

  • Review of 'Sandstone Houses of the Eastern Free State'
  • A Review of John Stewart’s Sir Herbert Baker
  • RSA 365 - This book makes a contribution to the documentation of South African buildings across the centuries
  • A book that celebrates the glorious heritage of Paarl
  • First comprehensive review of the architecture of early apartheid in Pretoria
  • Common Ground - A brilliant and welcome addition to architectural literature
  • Review of Durban Art Deco
  • I am now the delighted owner of the second edition of Early Architects of Cape Town
  • This book will surely become a handbook of vernacular architecture
  • Review of Johannesburg Architecture and Heritage
  • Review of Building Apartheid on Architecture and Order in Imperial Cape Town
  • Homes of the Golden City
  • Arnold Benjamin's Lost Johannesburg - A must have in a Johannesburg Collection of Books
  • Architectural Guides Then and Now
  • Battle of the Books - South African Church Architecture
  • The Early Architects of Johannesburg and their buildings (1886-1899)
  • The Early Architects of Cape Town and their buildings (1820-1926)
  • A Statement in Stone
  • Western Provincial versus Transvaal Republican
  • Early Johannesburg versus Magnates and Mansions

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From our Archive

  • The elevator gives the skyscraper a lift
  • Enigmatic pre-1875 South African Carte de Visite Hand-Colourists
  • Priceless heritage sites celebrated at Toppieshoek
  • They wanted to demolish the Durban Railway Station
  • Red Beret, Red Cross, Red Star - The remarkable story of Lippy Kessel
  • The Royal Navy in Hermanus in 1961
  • Hector Pieterson gets his memorial
  • The Story behind Outspan Road Morningside
  • Oscar Wilhelm Alric Forssman - Wealthy man who suffered devastating losses
  • Struben Monument Destroyed but not Forgotten
  • Cullinan Mine - Open Pit and Haulage
  • A Celebration of the Life of Robert Rupert Forsyth
  • Diamond Smugglers' Aircraft on a Deserted Beach - Unravelling the story around discarded crime scene photographs
  • The Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe - Something to chew on
  • British 'heroes' commemorated in Kensington street names

From the Directory

  • Ancestors Research South Africa
  • Parkview Residents Association (PRA)
  • Observatory Civic Association (OCA)
  • Pam McLaren - Female Ancestry British Kaffaria & Natal
  • Jenna Mervis - Author and Museum Storyteller
  • Genealogical Society of South Africa (GSSA)
  • Benoni Heritage Society
  • Graeme Addison
  • Heritage Association of South Africa (HASA)
  • Tulbagh Valley Heritage Foundation
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