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Lauriston Court

Lauriston Court Blue Plaque - Brett McDougall - 2017
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Lauriston Court was designed in 1934 by the celebrated practice of Emley and Willaimson. It is an imposing steamship of an apartment block located on the fashionable north facing slopes of the Upper Houghton Ridge replete with semi-circular bay windows that soak up northern light and views to the Magaliesberg.

Plaque Location:
Gauteng
Johannesburg
Houghton Estate
Plaque Address:

186 Louis Botha Avenue, Upper Houghton

Plaque Category:
Apartment Blocks
Architects
Art Deco
Plaque Organisation:
City of Johannesburg

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