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From farm buildings, through mosques to high-rise cities, this collection of writings presents an examination of the architectural heritage of the Transvaal region. Twelve architectural critics have written on their own specialist areas, to offer knowledgeable accounts of the various schools of architecture that have influenced the area. Among other subjects, the writings cover the influence of Sir Herbert Baker, attitides towards the housing of black labour, the work of Helmut Stauch, and the technological and idealistic influences on modern architecture.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1998 Unisa Press hardcover edition plus reference card. Some reading wear else good condition. Contents: 1. Pre-Industrial Architecture: Historical Patterns of Distribution, 2. From Trekboer to Builder: Pioneer Builders: Materials, Techniques, Traditions, Types, 3. Kerkplaats and Capitalists: The First Architects in Context, 4. The Baker School: A Continuing Tradition 1902-1940, 5. The Transvaal Mosque: Towards a Theory of Precedent, 6. The Third Vernacular: Pretoria Regionalism - Aspects of an Emergence, 7. Preparing for Apartheid: Pretoria and Johannesburg, 8. Houses for Pretoria: An Appreciation of the Houses of the 1950s by Hellmut Stauch, 9. From Brazil to Pretoria: The Second Wave of the Modern Movement, 10. Revisions of the Modern: The End of the International Style in the Transvaal, 11. Erecting Capital Icons: High-Rise Buildings in the Transvaal, 12. Philadelphia - Pretoria: An Assessment of Louis Kahn's Influence. Seller Inventory # 88-3CFX-9P0M
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Architecture of the Transvaal (Miscellanea Specialia)
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 338 pages (complete). An elegant and good-looking book. The dustjacket is worn, torn and damp marked. The bodies of the dj covers are scuffed and marked. The dj spine has wear to the head foot. There is shelving and user wear to seams, corners and edges. The black board cover is very smart and tidy. It is healthy and secure. Inside, the front and end papers have mild rubbing marks from the dustjacket. The contents are bright, clear, well founded against the binding, very sure and confident, clean, confident. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # amzv
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