Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.			Anglo American Building Central, Johannesburg, Gauteng BURNET, TAIT and LORNE: Architect Kenneth Edward Frederick GARDINER: Resident Architect

Date: 1937 Type: Offices Status: Extant Street: 44 Main St   Click to view map Coordinates: 26°12'28.20" S 28°02'10.44" E Alt: 1756m

In 1935 BURNET TAIT & LORNE were commissioned by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer to design the giant headquarters of the Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa building at 44 Main Street, Johannesburg. (SAB May 1940:33 ill) These notes were last edited on 2020 08 13 All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. Writings about this entry Chipkin, Clive M. 1993. Johannesburg Style - Architecture & Society 1880s - 1960s. Cape Town: David Phillip. pg 127-129 Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 146-147