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Maynard House Cape Town, Western Cape

Date: 1956 Type: Offices Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°55'17.17" S 18°25'08.30" E

Built as head offices for Maynard (Pty) Ltd Office Equipment Specialists with ground floor and basement as showrooms and first floor as office machine workshop. The building is re-inforced concrete-framed with aluminum and glass with vitreous enamel spandrels. The shopfronts are of marble, terrazzo, chrome and bronze. Writings about this entry Rennie, John for CPIA. 1978. The Buildings of Central Cape Town 1978. Volume Two : Catalogue. Cape Town: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects. pg 73 item 49.20 Shorten, John R. 1963. Cape Town : A record of the Mother City from the earliest days to the present. Cape Town: JR Shorten in association with Shorten and Smith Publications. pg 596 ill, 598