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Vernacular Architecture

  • Learn about hidden vernacular treasures with this book in hand
  • Two new books from conservation architect and artist Franco Frescura
  • This book will surely become a handbook of vernacular architecture

From our Archive

  • A Little Church in the Veld
  • The traveller in the map
  • Looking back at Johannesburg's Civic Spine controversy
  • The Railway that put the World on Track
  • Delight at discovering a hidden aspect of Johannesburg - imPRESSed Craft Bindery Letterpress and Studio
  • Memories of Rivonia in the 1960s
  • Beyers Naudé - From Pariah to National Hero
  • The Last Man to Walk out of Delville Wood ... was a Dundee Man!
  • Johannesburg's Early Markets
  • The Significance of Beacons and Boundaries
  • More gold comes from the southern half of Western Australia than from South Africa
  • Remembering Old Claremont Cape Town
  • The home of jailed activist Seth Mazibuko
  • Burgers Park - A Victorian Heritage (As portrayed in picture postcards from more than a century ago)
  • Going Inside the Kensington Castle

From the Directory

  • Talana Museum
  • Stephanie Victor
  • McGregor Heritage Society
  • Kensington Heritage Trust
  • ACO Associates
  • Peter Glendinning
  • Greenside Residents Association (GRA)
  • South African Athletics Heritage Group
  • Kensington Residents and Ratepayers Association (KRRA)
  • Brixton Community Forum (BCF)
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