Buildings on the Edge

Obituary

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Architect(s): Bruce Torr

Author(s) Tom Leach

Keywords: University of Natal, architectural heritage, St Dominic's Pavilion, Newcastle Streetscape, Cartoonist

136 Victoria Embankment

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Architect(s): Interarc

Author(s) Peter Schwerzel

Location(s) Victoria Embankment, Durban

Keywords: Le Corbusier, Financial Profitability, Nautical Concept, Bay Edge, High-Tech, post-modern, Monument

Victoria Maine

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Architect(s): McCaffery Wilkinson & Little

Author(s) Peter McCaffery

Location(s) Victoria Embankment, Durban

Keywords: Town Planning Restrictions, Granite, Precast Concrete Panels, Post Tensioned Floor Slabs, Durban Bay

Mediterranean Shipping Company

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Architect(s): Stafford Associate Architects

Author(s) Michael Legg

Location(s) Victoria Embankment, Durban

Keywords: Fringe of the CBD, corporate headquarters, Genius Loci, Flying Buttresses, Precast Panels, Reinforced Concrete Frame

Appraisal

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Architect(s): John Frost, Helmut Jahn, Issy Benjamin, Peter McCaffery, Bruce Strafford

Author(s) Prof. Walter Peters

Location(s) Victoria Embankment, Durban, 136 Victoria Embankment

Keywords: Waterfront Edge, Point, Frontal Planes, Domestic Buildings, Prow Shaped, Fenestration

Natal School of Architecture

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Architect(s): Errol Haarhoff, Brian Kearney

Keywords: Honorary Doctorate of Architecture

Letters

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Architect(s): WJ Beall, AE Dainton, EM Powers, GEG Leith, GLP Moerdyk, HW Spicer, RN Jackson, Leonard Stokes

Keywords: Public Works Department, Berea Style, Union Style, Local Materials, Vernacular

Professional News

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