Sea Point Library is one of my favourite buildings in Cape Town, not least for the spectacular concrete brise-soleil surrounding the building! Friday was the first time I’ve actually stopped the car to take some photos and to go inside the building, where I was totally charmed by the old-school style and profusion of potted …
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Out and About: Sea Point Library
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Pier Luigi Nervi and the Good Hope Centre
Near the end of last year, Paul and I went to the Good Hope Centre to see the Pet Shop Boys, who were touring as part of the Sonar 2014 festival. What a great show it was, but for me, the big discovery of the night was all to do with the venue. Just about every Capetonian …
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OH Tours: Hans Niehaus Gallery
On Thursday last week, thanks to OH Thursdays, I was lucky enough to snoop inside a building that has always intrigued me – the decades-long work in progress that is Hans Niehaus Gallery on Vineyard Road in Claremont. Apologies for some of the poor photos (I only had my phone camera with me). The Cape …
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OH Tours: House Stekhoven
Last evening, I went on the next in the series of the Open House Thursdays series of architecture tours organised by OH Architecture, this time in Newlands. (If you missed last month’s tour of Gawie and Gwen Fagan’s Camp’s Bay home, click here). I’ve actually visited this home, just off Kildare Rd before, on the …
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OH Tours: Fagan Residence
On Thursday last week, Paul and I were lucky enough (along with 120 others) to get onto the OH tour of Gawie and Gwen Fagan’s iconic home. These are the photos I took. Gawie Fagan has been in private practice in Cape Town as an architect since 1964, and his buildings have contributed substantially to the …
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