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Famous Architects

  • 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
  • Louis Michel Thibault - Ex-Mercenary whose Heritage Enriched the Cape
  • Blue Plaque celebrates Freemasons Hall, Parktown
  • The Ponte Saga
  • Lessons from my mentor, Steffen Ahrends
  • Steffen Ahrends and Ponden House, Bryanston
  • Herbert Baker’s Stonehouse captures his spirit
  • Blue Plaques celebrate Hermann Kallenbach, renowned architect and friend of Gandhi
  • Blue Plaque commemorates landmark home on the Linksfield Ridge
  • Rediscovering a Herbert Baker House in the heart of Yeoville
  • Rosendal - A townhouse complex in the Highveld vernacular
  • 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

From our Archive

  • Joburg gets a new online heritage system!
  • Who was the Douglas in Douglasdale?
  • Some ordinary and extraordinary events from Johannesburg in 1904
  • The Colosseum - From a Cinema Fantasy of the Thirties to Modern apartment living in Johannesburg
  • The Poswohl Synagogue - A Memorial to a Community that No Longer Exists
  • Memories of Rivonia in the 1960s
  • Pilgrim's Rust - Tracing the Tramway
  • The Buildings of C. H. Thrupp and Company over the Decades
  • Visiting the Historic Victoria West Cemetery
  • The Henry Charles Hull Story: Law, Politics and Mining in Early Johannesburg
  • The Destruction of the Bezuidenhout Valley War Memorial
  • To Okavango and Chobe on foot in 1884 - A Dundonian Odyssey
  • Early Ethno-Photography and the Picture Postcard - A South African perspective
  • William Roe (1827-1916) - Long serving Graaff-Reinet based photographer
  • Old Images of South Africa's Town Halls

From the Directory

  • SDKS-Architects
  • Ruth Muller Archivist / Researcher
  • Tsimba Archaeological Footprints
  • Rod Kruger - Gold Mining Talks and Tours
  • Digital Rail Images of South Africa (DRISA)
  • Heritage Chronicle SA
  • Francois Johannes Cleophas - Sport Historian
  • ARCON Conservation Architects & Spatial Heritage Consultants
  • Lower Albany Historical Society (LAHS)
  • DK Conservators
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