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Title: New Residence for J.D. Fitzgerald Trust, Somerset West
Subject: Dwellings -- Landscape architecture--South Africa--Somerset West--Designs and plans,
Description: House Fitzgerald, Erinvale, Somerset West, Western Cape. Preliminary landscape sketch-plan., CAD base plan, printed onto tracing paper, with original hand-drawn ink detail, texture, labelling and hatching., Plan: scale 1:100
Identifier: islandora:22686

Title: Franschhoek Manor
Subject: Planting plans, Franschhoek Manor (Hotel : Franschhoek, South Africa), Hotels--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Franschhoek--Designs and plans,
Description: Franschhoek Manor, Franschhoek, Western Cape. Master landscape plan, dimension plan and plant plan., Paper copy of hand-drawn, ink on tracing paper original.
Identifier: islandora:28016

Title: Old Supreme Court, Cape Town 1938
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Slavery, Courts
Description: The old Supreme Court at the top of Adderley Street, then housed in a building designed by Louis Michel Thibault and completed in 1679, and originally used to house the slaves of the Dutch East India Company. Converted to Government offices in 1811.
Identifier: islandora:17216

Title: Residence, Robben Island, Cape Town
Subject: Western Cape (South Africa), Robben Island (South Africa), Political prisoners, Historic sites, Monuments, Architecture, Residential buildings
Description: A residence on Robben Island, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:16513

Title: House Camerer, Newlands
Subject: Dwellings--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: House Camerer, Newlands, Cape Town. Landscape architecture sketch-plan 03., Original hand-drawn in ink on tracing paper., Plan: scale 1:50
Identifier: islandora:22468

Title: Baxter Theatre, Cape Town
Subject: Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Theater, Apartheid, University of Cape Town, Education, Architecture,
Description: Aerial view of UCT's Lower Campus in the early 1980s, including the Baxter Theatre
Identifier: islandora:16732

Title: Groot Constantia: general restoration
Subject: South Africa ; Western Cape, Province of the ; Cape Town, Wine estates, Groot Constantia (Cape Town, South Africa), Historic farms--South Africa--Cape Town--Design and plans, Historic farms--Conservation and restoration--South Africa--Cape Town, Wineries--South Africa--Cape Town--Design and plans, Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Sloot Details: hand-drawn pen and ink detail drawings on tracing paper, showing the hard landscaping construction details of the new stone-pitched sloots (reflection pools) running through the courtyard between the historic manor house and cellar buildings of the old farm werf at the historic Groot Constantia Wine Estate, Groot Constantia Road, Cape Town, South Africa. The details indicate the plan, sectional elevation, and detailed cross section of the sloot, giving dimensions and annotations specifying materials, finishes and fixings., Scale 1:50 on A1 Drawing number 301/WD/11 . Details No, 1 & 2 (Cross reference Dwg. No. 301/WD/01)
Identifier: islandora:22460

Title: The Saambou National Building Society's new building in Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Business, Apartheid, Architecture, Building, Afrikaners
Description: An example of the office building accommodation available in Bellville's growing central business district district is this modern building society block. The Saambou National Building Society's new building in Bellville was officially opened this week by Dr C.F. Albertyn. In addition to the shopping space on the ground floor, there are seven floors of office space and the banking hall also provides for art exhibitions. Saambou now owns buildings in Bellville valued at more than R1 500 000. With office accommodation in big demand in the rapidly developing Tygeberg area, office blocks are going up all over. One of the latest and largest blocks is the Saambou National Building, opened towards the end of last year. This building offers shopping space on the ground floor and seven floors of office space.
Identifier: islandora:16830

Title: Dreyer Street, Claremont: pedestrianisation
Subject: Urban beautification, Pedestrian streets, Claremont (Cape Town, South Africa), Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town, Pedestrian facilities design--South Africa--Cape Town,
Description: Dreyer Street, Claremont, Cape Town. Landscape proposal, phase 1. Includes tree planting plan and paving layout., Copy printed on tracing paper., Plan: scale 1:200
Identifier: islandora:22387

Title: Bellville railway station, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, Railways, Architecture, South Africa. Separate Amenities Act, 1953, Transport
Description: Entrance to the Bellville Station, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16811

Title: Malay Quarter, Cape Town, 1968
Subject: Bo-Kaap (Cape Town, South Africa), Apartheid, South Africa. Group Areas Act, 1950, Housing, Architecture
Description: Boarded up and derelict house in the Malay Quarter, Cape Town, in the late 1960s
Identifier: islandora:17239

Title: Stalplein, Parliamentary Precinct
Subject: South Africa ; Western Cape, Province of the ; Cape Town, Stalplein (Cape Town, South Africa), Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town
Description: Stalplein, Cape Town, Western Cape. View of Stalplein from above. Plan "perspective" drawing (one point perspective) of Stalplein. Partially colour-rendered copy of constructed one-point perspective drawing. The original is hand-drawn pen and ink with hatched rendering and shadow projection.
Identifier: islandora:22721

Title: Pinelands Methodist Church, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Pinelands (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: Where people pray - Methodist Church (Pinelands) - The modern-styled Methodist Church at Pinelands is guarded by two pine trees and fronted by a garden and a crazy-paved path. Wide teak doors, surmounted by high wooden caves, lead from Union Avenue into the porch of the church, which superseded the old church next door in 1952. The church buildings include a hall, opened in 1940, and a manse.
Identifier: islandora:17278

Title: Parliamentary Precinct
Subject: South Africa ; Western Cape, Province of the ; Cape Town, Gates and gate components, Gates--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans, Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town, Tuynhuys (Cape Town, South Africa)
Description: Tuynhuys, Cape Town, Western Cape. Tuynhuys entrance gates: wheel and rail detail drawings. Hand-drawn, pen and ink on tracing paper, at full size, dimensioned and annotated. Elevation and section., Scale 1:1
Identifier: islandora:22692

Title: Greek Orthodox Church, Woodstock, Cape Town, 1961
Subject: Woodstock (Cape Town, South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: The Greek Orthodox Church in Mountain Road Woodstock, was built in 1901 by a congregation of less than 80 people. To-day there are about 1, 100 people in the congregation.
Identifier: islandora:17307

Title: South African Railways Building, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Railroads, Transport, Infrastructure, Architecture, Interior decoration
Description: The upper picture of a new SA Railways building on the foreshore, suggests how clean architectural lines and space can be used to ensure character and dignity for the Cape Town of the future. This photograph is from the "Cape Town - Your City" exhibition reviewed today
Identifier: islandora:16155

Title: Garden, Atholl, Johannesburg
Subject: Dwellings--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Johannesburg--Designs and plans,
Description: House, Atholl, Johannesburg. Renovation of domestic garden: sketch plan and two sections., Photographic copy of ammonia print of hand-drawn original (extract from portfolio).
Identifier: islandora:28137

Title: Exterior, Baxter Theatre, Cape Town
Subject: Rondebosch (Cape Town, South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Theater, Apartheid, University of Cape Town, Education, Architecture,
Description: Exterior of the University of Cape Town's Baxter Theatre, Rondebosch, Cape Town, designed by architect Jack Barnett in a modernist style inspired by the Scandinavian National Romantic Movement.
Identifier: islandora:16735

Title: House Edey, Erinvale
Subject: Planting plans, Dwellings--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Somerset West--Designs and plans,
Description: Fouse Edey, Erinvale, Somerset West, Western Cape. Planting plan, with plant species list., Original hand-drawn on CAD base, ink on tracing paper., Plan: scale 1:50
Identifier: islandora:22474

Title: Garden, Bishopscourt
Subject: Swimming pools, Terraces (landscaped-site elements), Dwellings--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: House, Bishopscourt, Cape Town. Final sketch plan of new swimming pool and terrace. There are three sections., Blueprint (ammonia copy) of hand-drawn original, with pencil and pen annotations and amendments.
Identifier: islandora:28102

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