Changes
Keywords: Partnerships, practices, Addresses, membership, class, new members, Resignation, deceased
Editorial
Page 2
Author(s): Danie Theron
Keywords: Award of Merit, worst recession periods in the building industry
Extracts from an address by the State President Mr. Marais Viljoen, DMS, on the occasion of the presentation of the Institute of South African Architects’ Gold Medal awards in Johannesburg on 30th August 1980 at 20h00
Page 2
Location(s): Johannesburg
Keywords: gold medals, mineral wealth, concern for the environment, value of a building, Council of Seventeen, Castle at the Cape, Union Government, Union Buildings in Pretoria, tug-of-war, historical, short-term costs, professionalism, material values, housing, ideals, framework of the prevailing social and economic conditions
Farmhouse Cooper
Page 3
Architect(s): Building Design Group, Colin Savage
Location(s): Ixopo
Keywords: site stone, gumpoles
House Lazerus
Page 4
Architect(s): Building Design Group
Location(s): Villa Road, Durban, Berea
Keywords: couple, doctor, commercial artist, Municipal Park, visually extend, living space, park and view, open plan home, core, image, good neighbour, general surroundings, lean-to structure, RSJs, load bearing brickwork, facebrick, slate
Teambuild Masionettes
Page 5
Architect(s): Kevin MacGarry, Paul Mikula, Paddy Hollingsworth, Roy Cloete, Paul Molle, George Kondilis
Location(s): Somme Road, Durban
Keywords: clients, design decision, sun and air, heart of the house, internal courtyards, sliding roofs, living areas into verandahs, sensation
Havenside Branch Library
Page 6
Architect(s): Maurice Dibb
Location(s): Chatsworth
Keywords: Indian community, sunny north-facing entrance, minimum maintenance, vandalproof, easy supervision, fan-shaped plan, facebrick, concrete, steel grilles, multipurpose group activity, draft ventilation, film shows, melamine, mastic asphalt roof, terracotta tiles, comfort, skylights, natural illumination
Low Cost Housing
Page 6
Architect(s): Maurice Dibb
Location(s): Wentworth, Durban
Keywords: austere, mass-produced housing, little maintenance, monotony of low-cost housing, Department of Community Development, core, TV services
Treasury Branch Office
Page 7
Architect(s): Maurice Dibb
Location(s): Chatsworth
Keywords: Civic Centre, Indian, sculptural, built quickly, precast concrete structural members, maintenance free, anodised aluminium windows, thermal movement, black piers, heat gain, strengthened glass, enamelled security panels, James O. Hall, mural, melamine
Port Natal Administration Board Headquarters
Page 8
Architect(s): Franklin, Garland & Gibson
Location(s): Durban, Waterval Park, Durban C.B.D.
Keywords: consolidate, departments, Board Room, avoid, lifts, internal courtyard, subtropical planting, quarry, dump, piling, waffle slab, off-shutter concrete, serrated profile, rustic facebrick, anodised aluminium windows
KwaZulu Shopping Centre
Page 8
Architect(s): Franklin, Garland & Gibson
Location(s): Ezikhaweni, Richards Bay
Keywords: Zulu entrepreneurs, Zulu Development Corporation, Blacks, Gatsha Buthelezi, Chief Minister of KwaZulu, culture, design of the complex, security, vandal proofing, minimal maintenance, superette, outfitters, open central mall, peripheral walls, sand-coloured rough textured facebrick, inset patterns, Zulu beadwork
V.I.P. Lodge
Page 9
Architect(s): Franklin, Garland & Gibson
Location(s): Giant’s Castle, Natal, Drakensberg
Keywords: Lodge, magnificent landscape, curve, walls of stone, braai, weathered sandstone, veld grass and flowers, grass slopes, Norwegian specification, waterproof membrane, fine stone
Anglican Church
Page 10
Architect(s): Hallen, Theron & Partners
Location(s): Amanzimtoti
Keywords: replaces, existing church, Umbogintwini, parishioners, community activities, priests, choir vestries, sanctuary, insitu concrete coffer slab, single central column, uninterrupted space, facebrick, polyurethane painted timber
Bluff Catholic Church
Page 11
Architect(s): Hallen, Theron & Partners
Location(s): Durban, Bluff
Keywords: Catholic Mission Church, unobstructed views of the sea, community, arcs, raked sealing, semicircular form, colonade, presbytery, glazed, large cross, altar, brickwork, textured plaster, concrete roof beams, bell tower, steel trusses
Administrative Headquarters and Reception for Natal Parks Board
Page 12
Architect(s): Interarc
Location(s): St. Lucia
Keywords: coastal vegetation, rangers’ accommodation, Warden, spine walkway, prevailing winds, indigenous planting, concrete blocks, on site, Canalit roof sheeting
Library Facility
Page 12
Architect(s): John A. Lowis & Associates
Location(s): Howick
Keywords: additions, group activities room, Director, clerestory south lights, 19th-century stone, 1895, brickwork, natural calcium rock face, sawtooth
Northdale Swimming Pool
Page 13
Architect(s): John A. Lowis & Associates
Location(s): Pietermaritzburg, Newholme Way, Stella Road, Olive Crescent, Eden Place
Keywords: Olympic, ablution block, kiddies’ pool, spectator, vandal-proof, canalite roofing, fibreglass, cross ventilation, brickwork
Royal Hotel Redevelopment
Page 14
Architect(s): Paton Taylor Willies & Bennet
Location(s): Durban, Ulundi Place
Keywords: increase, earning potential, dilapidated building, prejudicing, four-star grading, public, function room, Royal Garage, five-star grading, natural materials, easy maintenance, banquet room, one-off, gimmicky
Daily News Redevelopment
Page 15
Architect(s): Paton Taylor Willies & Bennet
Location(s): Durban
Keywords: Editorial and Management, Sunday Tribune, maximum PAR, finishes, long life, maintenance-free, facades, remodeled, settlement, vibration, minimum, hanging building, core, cantilever
News Round Up
Page 15
Keywords: National Congress – Architecture: Man: Environment, Elangeni Hotel, National Board, Congress, Steering Committee, E. Tollman, M. G. Dibb, E. Haarhoff, M. R. Hamlin, R. R. Harber, D. A. Sherlock, S. Grobler, Harry Seidler, Australia, Louis deMoll, President of the UIA, Peter Melvin, United Kingdom, Warsaw, Dr. Derek Linstrum, Alfred Wood, Annual General Meeting, Commission of Inquiry into Architectural Education, Government Gazette, far-reaching, Council for Architects, Recipients of the Gold Medal of Honour 1979, Prof. Guedes, Mr. Hans Hallen of Durban
Changes
Keywords: Partnerships, practices, Addresses, membership, class, new members, Resignation, deceased
Editorial
Page 2
Author(s): Danie Theron
Keywords: Award of Merit, worst recession periods in the building industry
Extracts from an address by the State President Mr. Marais Viljoen, DMS, on the occasion of the presentation of the Institute of South African Architects’ Gold Medal awards in Johannesburg on 30th August 1980 at 20h00
Page 2
Location(s): Johannesburg
Keywords: gold medals, mineral wealth, concern for the environment, value of a building, Council of Seventeen, Castle at the Cape, Union Government, Union Buildings in Pretoria, tug-of-war, historical, short-term costs, professionalism, material values, housing, ideals, framework of the prevailing social and economic conditions
Farmhouse Cooper
Page 3
Architect(s): Building Design Group, Colin Savage
Location(s): Ixopo
Keywords: site stone, gumpoles
House Lazerus
Page 4
Architect(s): Building Design Group
Location(s): Villa Road, Durban, Berea
Keywords: couple, doctor, commercial artist, Municipal Park, visually extend, living space, park and view, open plan home, core, image, good neighbour, general surroundings, lean-to structure, RSJs, load bearing brickwork, facebrick, slate
Teambuild Masionettes
Page 5
Architect(s): Kevin MacGarry, Paul Mikula, Paddy Hollingsworth, Roy Cloete, Paul Molle, George Kondilis
Location(s): Somme Road, Durban
Keywords: clients, design decision, sun and air, heart of the house, internal courtyards, sliding roofs, living areas into verandahs, sensation
Havenside Branch Library
Page 6
Architect(s): Maurice Dibb
Location(s): Chatsworth
Keywords: Indian community, sunny north-facing entrance, minimum maintenance, vandalproof, easy supervision, fan-shaped plan, facebrick, concrete, steel grilles, multipurpose group activity, draft ventilation, film shows, melamine, mastic asphalt roof, terracotta tiles, comfort, skylights, natural illumination
Low Cost Housing
Page 6
Architect(s): Maurice Dibb
Location(s): Wentworth, Durban
Keywords: austere, mass-produced housing, little maintenance, monotony of low-cost housing, Department of Community Development, core, TV services
Treasury Branch Office
Page 7
Architect(s): Maurice Dibb
Location(s): Chatsworth
Keywords: Civic Centre, Indian, sculptural, built quickly, precast concrete structural members, maintenance free, anodised aluminium windows, thermal movement, black piers, heat gain, strengthened glass, enamelled security panels, James O. Hall, mural, melamine
Port Natal Administration Board Headquarters
Page 8
Architect(s): Franklin, Garland & Gibson
Location(s): Durban, Waterval Park, Durban C.B.D.
Keywords: consolidate, departments, Board Room, avoid, lifts, internal courtyard, subtropical planting, quarry, dump, piling, waffle slab, off-shutter concrete, serrated profile, rustic facebrick, anodised aluminium windows
KwaZulu Shopping Centre
Page 8
Architect(s): Franklin, Garland & Gibson
Location(s): Ezikhaweni, Richards Bay
Keywords: Zulu entrepreneurs, Zulu Development Corporation, Blacks, Gatsha Buthelezi, Chief Minister of KwaZulu, culture, design of the complex, security, vandal proofing, minimal maintenance, superette, outfitters, open central mall, peripheral walls, sand-coloured rough textured facebrick, inset patterns, Zulu beadwork
V.I.P. Lodge
Page 9
Architect(s): Franklin, Garland & Gibson
Location(s): Giant’s Castle, Natal, Drakensberg
Keywords: Lodge, magnificent landscape, curve, walls of stone, braai, weathered sandstone, veld grass and flowers, grass slopes, Norwegian specification, waterproof membrane, fine stone
Anglican Church
Page 10
Architect(s): Hallen, Theron & Partners
Location(s): Amanzimtoti
Keywords: replaces, existing church, Umbogintwini, parishioners, community activities, priests, choir vestries, sanctuary, insitu concrete coffer slab, single central column, uninterrupted space, facebrick, polyurethane painted timber
Bluff Catholic Church
Page 11
Architect(s): Hallen, Theron & Partners
Location(s): Durban, Bluff
Keywords: Catholic Mission Church, unobstructed views of the sea, community, arcs, raked sealing, semicircular form, colonade, presbytery, glazed, large cross, altar, brickwork, textured plaster, concrete roof beams, bell tower, steel trusses
Administrative Headquarters and Reception for Natal Parks Board
Page 12
Architect(s): Interarc
Location(s): St. Lucia
Keywords: coastal vegetation, rangers’ accommodation, Warden, spine walkway, prevailing winds, indigenous planting, concrete blocks, on site, Canalit roof sheeting
Library Facility
Page 12
Architect(s): John A. Lowis & Associates
Location(s): Howick
Keywords: additions, group activities room, Director, clerestory south lights, 19th-century stone, 1895, brickwork, natural calcium rock face, sawtooth
Northdale Swimming Pool
Page 13
Architect(s): John A. Lowis & Associates
Location(s): Pietermaritzburg, Newholme Way, Stella Road, Olive Crescent, Eden Place
Keywords: Olympic, ablution block, kiddies’ pool, spectator, vandal-proof, canalite roofing, fibreglass, cross ventilation, brickwork
Royal Hotel Redevelopment
Page 14
Architect(s): Paton Taylor Willies & Bennet
Location(s): Durban, Ulundi Place
Keywords: increase, earning potential, dilapidated building, prejudicing, four-star grading, public, function room, Royal Garage, five-star grading, natural materials, easy maintenance, banquet room, one-off, gimmicky
Daily News Redevelopment
Page 15
Architect(s): Paton Taylor Willies & Bennet
Location(s): Durban
Keywords: Editorial and Management, Sunday Tribune, maximum PAR, finishes, long life, maintenance-free, facades, remodeled, settlement, vibration, minimum, hanging building, core, cantilever
News Round Up
Page 15
Keywords: National Congress – Architecture: Man: Environment, Elangeni Hotel, National Board, Congress, Steering Committee, E. Tollman, M. G. Dibb, E. Haarhoff, M. R. Hamlin, R. R. Harber, D. A. Sherlock, S. Grobler, Harry Seidler, Australia, Louis deMoll, President of the UIA, Peter Melvin, United Kingdom, Warsaw, Dr. Derek Linstrum, Alfred Wood, Annual General Meeting, Commission of Inquiry into Architectural Education, Government Gazette, far-reaching, Council for Architects, Recipients of the Gold Medal of Honour 1979, Prof. Guedes, Mr. Hans Hallen of Durban
