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Title: Signal Hill look-out station, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Military infrastructure, Environment, Tourism
Description: These ruins of the old look-out station on Signal Hill were the subject of a recent letter to The Argus by a visitor. One of the best panoramic views of Table Bay, the city and Table Mountain is obtained from this neglected site. Correspondents agree with 'Visitor' (Letters, July 12) that the site calls for development in keeping with Cape Town's traditional role of The Tavern of the Seven Seas.
Identifier: islandora:17181

Title: Dutch Reformed Church, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa, Apartheid, Architecture, Afrikaners, Religion
Description: One of the Dutch Reformed Churches at Bellville, Cape Town
Identifier: islandora:16813

Title: Hottentots Huisie Resort, Oudekraal
Subject: Social functions, Recreation areas--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans, Barbecues (Fireplaces)--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Hottentots Huisie Resort, Oudekraal, Cape Town. Public function area. Plan and four sections., Blueprint (ammonia copy) of original, hand-drawn, ink on paper, with colour rendering of a portion of the plan.
Identifier: islandora:28089

Title: Exterior of Tuynhuys, Company's Gardens, Cape Town, 1985
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Apartheid, Public buildings, Architecture
Description: The exterior of De Tuynhuys, Cape Town, official office of the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa and associated with the seat of the highest political authority in the land for almost two and a half centuries
Identifier: islandora:17269

Title: Cape Dutch farmhouse, Bellville, Cape Town
Subject: Bellville (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Apartheid, History, Cape Dutch architecture, Architecture, Farms
Description: Cape Dutch farm building at Lowenstein, Bellville, Cape Town,
Identifier: islandora:16804

Title: St George's Cathedral, Cape Town , 1859
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Church buildings, Christianity, Urban development, Architecture
Description: The old classical St George's Cathedral at the top od St George's Street in 1859.
Identifier: islandora:17361

Title: Groote Kerk, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Religion, City planning, Urban development, Architecture
Description: Groote Kerk on Church Square, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17154

Title: Cape Town City
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Cape Town (South Africa), Urban areas, Infrastructure, Architecture, Land, Urban development
Description: Foreshore
Identifier: islandora:15086

Title: Dutch Reformed Church, Three Anchor Bay, Cape Town, 1962
Subject: Three Anchor Bay (South Africa), Church buildings, Historic buildings, Architecture, Christianity
Description: The foundation stone of the Dutch Reformed Church at Three Anchor Bay was laid in 1878, and two years later the church was opened for worship. The handrails on the steps, a memorial to Dr. Fred Murray, were placed there by his family.
Identifier: islandora:17303

Title: Former church, Cape Town, 1984
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historical, Urban development, Commerce, Architecture
Description: Customers buy fruit and vegetables in what was a church.
Identifier: islandora:17311

Title: Capricorn Park
Subject: Capricorn Business and Technology Park (Cape Town, South Africa), Business parks--Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town--Designs and plans,
Description: Capricorn Park, Capricorn, Cape Town. Plant plan, phase 1. Technical drawings with tree positions, and shrub and groundcover setting-out rations and quantities., Computer base drawing on tracing paper, with hand-drawn additions and notes in ink., Plan: scale 1:500
Identifier: islandora:22373

Title: Boschendal Estate, Groot Drakenstein
Subject: Estates (agricultural), Pavilions (garden structures), Boschendal Estate (Western Cape, South Africa), Landscape architecture--South Africa--Western Cape--Designs and plans,
Description: Boschendal, Groot Drakenstein, Western Cape. Concept proposal for garden pavilion overlooking lily pond. Hand-drawn in ink on tracing paper., Plan: scale 1:100
Identifier: islandora:22356

Title: Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Castle of Good Hope, Colonialism, Architecture, Marching bands
Description: Military ceremony on De Kat balcony at the Castle, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17108

Title: Demolition of the old railway station, Cape Town, 1968
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Demolition, Architecture, Urban development, City planning
Description: [Rubble] covers the old concourse where commuters once ran for their trains.
Identifier: islandora:17418

Title: Lower Adderley street, Cape Town.
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Urban development, Commerce, Roads
Description: Lower Adderley Street as it appears today: excavation has been made to receive a combination of concrete tunnels that will convey the city's storm water to the new harbour.
Identifier: islandora:17364

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: The Cape Argus Buildings,Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Newspapers, Media, Journalism, Architecture,
Description: The Argus Building, c.1940s
Identifier: islandora:16683

Title: Glenhurst Wine Farm, Stellenbosch
Subject: Estates (agricultural), Glenhurst Wine Farm (Stellenbosch, South Africa), Quoin Rock Wine Farm (Stellenbosch, South Africa), Farms --Landscape architecture--South Africa--Stellenbosch,
Description: Glenhurst Wine Farm, Stellenbosch, Western Cape. Working drawing of landscaping for homestead and werf. Original drawing in ink on tracing paper., Base plan: scale 1:200(?)
Identifier: islandora:22429

Title: Kirstenbosch
Subject: South Africa ; Western Cape, Province of the ; Cape Town, Kirstenbosch (South Africa), National Botanic Gardens of South Africa, Botanical gardens--South Africa--Cape Town, Landscape architecture--South Africa--Cape Town, ianford_kirstenbosch_005.jpg
Description: Kirstenbosch building section for the proposed new Centre for Home Gardening, at the North Gate, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Rhodes Drive, Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa. This drawing formed the third of a series of posters submitted as a competition entry to SANBI. This was the winning entry. The initial proposal was for a green roof building, sunken into the embankment, so as to allow optimal mountain views unobstructed by buildings. However due to budget constraints, the Centre form home gardening was redesigned to suit a more conventional construction methodology., Scale 1:25 (orginal drawing for competition entry)
Identifier: islandora:22515

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