A Guide to Architecture in South Africa |
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19th century administrative arcades arches archi architects Baker and Masey Bank beautiful block British building built Burg Cape Dutch Cape Gothic Cape Town carved Cathedral central Centre chancel chapel Church of St Civic classical colour columns courtyard curtain wall D.R. church decorated designed dome Durban Dutch Reformed Church early England English entrance example expression façade fanlights fashion flat forms gables garden glass Gothic Revival Graaff-Reinet Grahamstown Greek Revival Herbert Baker houses industrial interior Internally iron Johannesburg Karroo Masey materials modern architecture monumental mouldings Natal nave offices openings Orange Free original ornamental panels Partners pattern Paul Kruger pediment Pietermaritzburg pilasters plaster portico Pretoria projecting Raadsaal red brick reinforced concrete Renaissance roof round sculpture Settlers shapes side South African spire square stone Street structure style Summerley surroundings tall tecture thatched Thibault timber tower tradition Transvaal vaulted verandahs vernacular vertical Victorian Wierda