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BOOKINGS CLOSED The next Cape Town based OH will review the work of Andrews and Niegeman, focussing specifically on the architectural production of its founding partners  E.  Douglas  Andrews and Henk Th. O Niegeman.  The OH will include the Rex Trueform factories, Bertish factory (now House of Monatic) and SA Naval Staff College. Andrews and Niegeman are considered as Cape Town's pioneer modernist architects who produced innovative and creative work during the 1940s and 1950s. The work will be reviewed within the context of their time, taking stock of the kind of architectural space that was produced under the conditions of South African modernity such as racial segregation, industrialization and nationalism.  Prior to coming to Cape Town in 1936/7 Dutch born and trained architect Henk Niegeman travelled extensively working in Europe, Asia and Russia. He also worked in Belgian colonized Congo and is photographed here in a one-wheeled ri...

BOOKINGS By payment to: Open House Architecture cc Nebank Acc No:   123 21 35380 Branch code:    123 209 Ref: your name + 0805 Email proof of payment to tours@oharchitecture.com Bookings essential Spaces are limited Transport not provided MEET 17 Glen Avenue, Higgovale GPS LAT:         -33.940182 LONG:     18.402215 FEE R50 Students free CPD The event carries 0.3 Category one CPD points. Please send your SACAP no. with your proof of payment. LINKS http://www.studiomas.co.za/17-glen.php

In anticipation of tomorrow night's Open House Thursday, I would like to share some material that was sent to me by Antonio de Souza Santos. He designed the house together with Adèle Naudé Santos in the early 1970s. Enjoy!

In 2012, the house was included in a monograph OH tour in which the architects introduced the house with a story of its design. Click here to view a film of House Stekhoven with commentary by the architects. Here is an interview with Adèle Naudé Santos and Antonio De Souza Santos about their work in Cape Town between 1967 - 1972.  BOOKINGS By payment to: Open House Architecture cc Nebank Acc No:   123 21 35380 Branch code:    123 209 Ref: yourname + 2404 Email proof of payment to tours@oharchitecture.com Bookings essential Spaces are limited Transport not provided MEET 5 Ohlsson Way, Newlands GPS LAT:         -33°58’29.39 LONG:     18°27’29.41 FEE R50 Students free CPD The event carries 0.3 Category one CPD points. Please send your SACAP no. with your proof of payment.

More information about Die Es and the Fagans can be found here . As well as: VISI Artefacts01  Artefacts02 BOOKINGS By payment to: Open House Architecture cc Nebank Acc No:   123 21 35380 Branch code:    123 209 Ref: yourname + 2703 Email proof of payment to tours@oharchitecture.com Bookings essential Spaces are limited Transport not provided MEET 32 Woodford Avenue, Camps Bay GPS LAT:         -33.956456 LONG:        18.383862 FEE R50 Students free CPD The event carries 0.3 Category one CPD points Please send your SACAP no. with your proof of payment.