RIBA (Probationer, 1905; Student 1906); CPIA (1927); ISAA (1927); Mem Board of Dir of Nas Pers & VOBI; Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (Honorary Treasurer, 1940).
Wynand LOUW is generally identified as being one of the first Afrikaans architects in South Africa, Gerard MOERDYK being the other. He and MOERDYK were in partnership for five years and the two are considered to have played an important part in establishing an identity for Afrikaners in architecture in South Africa, their own careers coinciding with the rise of Afrikaaner Nationalism in 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. LOUW was born on the farm Labori et Picardi, Suider Paarl, the fourth of eleven sons. He was educated at the Boys' High School, Paarl and at the Normal College, Cape Town (1897-1898.) He spent two years at the Victoria College, Stellenbosch, before being apprenticed to JCE SEELIGER from 1901 to 1905 in Cape Town. In 1905 he went to study at the Architectural Association, London, returning to South Africa in 1906/1907 and setting up practice on his own account in Paarl. It was a difficult time to begin, the depression throughout the country was at its height and by 1908 LOUW had moved to Pretoria to work for the PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT until he returned to Cape Town in about 1912. LOUW travelled overseas several times, his several visits to America were important, Roodt (DSAB IV:324) remarks that 'his trip to the United States of America in 1913 strongly influenced his concept of the interiors of church buildings, while on a tour of the same country in 1930 had more effect on his high-rise projects in Cape Town in the early thirties.' From about 1924 to about 1927 he was in partnership with GLP MOERDYK (cf LOUW & MOERDYK) and, although living in Pretoria and Paarl respectively, they shared out work for the Dutch Reformed churches between them. The partnership was dissolved by mutual consent. LOUW entered into partnership with his brother HJ LOUW (cf LOUW & LOUW) around 1930 when commissioned to design the SANLAM Building in Cape Town (on the site of the former Ons Land-gebou), setting up an office which became popular with students. He had another brother GM LOUW who was an architect in Bloemfontein.
WJ attended the International Congress of Architects in Budapest in 1930 and visited America with FM GLENNIE in 1937 as co-architects of the Old Mutual Building, Cape Town. In 1940 WJ was awarded the Medal of Honour for Architecture by the Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns. LOUW died at Paarl, leaving his brother HJ LOUW to continue the practice. WH LOUW is best known as a designer of churches amongst which the Dutch Reformed Church at Reitz is often singled out for its arresting design; he undertook many other types of building throughout the country and was particularly interested in the arts and in the preservation of the Afrikaner heritage.
He married Maria, daughter of JC Norval at Norvalspont and they had two sons and two daughters. In 1942 his address was listed as 'Die Hoogte', Suider-Paarl. His one son, Tobias Johannes Wynand LOUW was also an architect in Paarl in later years.
Was a recipient of the Medal of Honour for Architecture by the SA Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns in 1940.
See also Wikipedia
(Boonzaaier 1963:18-20; Die Afr-Persrg:942; Du Toit 1953:22-23; Louw 1969; SAAR Dec 1928:130; SAAR Oct 1967:40-41 obit; SAB Nov 1928:67; Van Niekerk 1950:474; Die Afrikaner Persone Register 1942, Voortrekker Pers, Johannesburg, 1942:147)
Wellington: Town hall, proposed conversion of Boys' High School into town hall (CAD M2/1045) 1926; Britstown: Town hall, proposed (CAD M3/880) 1926 All truncated references not fully cited in 'References' are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. List of projects With photographs
 With notes
Conradie Hospital, home for the chronically sick: 1930 : 1935 : 1939. Pinelands, Western Cape - Design Architect
| De Nederlandsche Club: n.d.. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect
| Empire Exhibition: Union & Western Province Pavilions: 1936. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Design Architect
| Gereformeerde Kerk: 1950. Clanwilliam, Western Cape - Design Architect
| Gereformeerde Kerk: 1925. De Aar, Northern Cape - Architect
| Gereformeerde Kerk: 1926. Vryburg, North West - Architect
| House Wynand Louw - Die Hoogte: 1914-1918. Paarl, Western Cape - Architect
| KWV Head Offices: 1955. Paarl, Western Cape - Design Architect
| Land Bank: 1926. Bloemfontein, Free State - Architect
| Mauritz Uys (Edms) Bpk: n.d. : 1930 : 1935. Paarl, Western Cape - Architect
| Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk Saal - Hall: 1911-1912. Cradock, Eastern Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1920. Amersfoort, Mpumalanga - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1911. Boksburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1910. Calitzdorp, Western Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1926. Observatory, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1948. Epping, Cape Town, Western Cape - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1938. Darling, Western Cape - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1923. De Aar, Northern Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1950. De Doorns, Western Cape - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1883 : 1930. Dordrecht, Eastern Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1924. Dordrecht, Eastern Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1923. Bellair, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1921. Arcadia, East London, Eastern Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1935. Elsiesrivier, Western Cape - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1920. Emalahleni (Witbank), Mpumalanga - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1924. Excelsior, Free State - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1956. Outeniqualand, George, Western Cape - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1933. Goodwood, Western Cape - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1909. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1929. Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1926. Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1920. Hankey, Eastern Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1920. Heilbron, Free State - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1926. Hermanus, Western Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1920. Indwe, Eastern Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1878 : 1930. Jacobsdal, Free State - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1920. Kakamas, Northern Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: c1927. Kamieskroon, Northern Cape - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1949. Kanoneiland, Northern Cape - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1927. Kariega (Uitenhage), Eastern Cape - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1950. Keimoes, Northern Cape - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1925. Komani (Queenstown), Eastern Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1928. Lindley, Free State - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1923-1924 : 1947 : 1960. Loeriesfontein, Northern Cape - Architect 1923 : 1947
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1924-1925. Loxton, Northern Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1908. Makhado (Louis Trichardt), Limpopo - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1926. Makhado (Louis Trichardt), Limpopo - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1928. Napier, Western Cape - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1923. Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1923. Paterson, Eastern Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1923. Pofadder, Northern Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1917. Polokwane (Pietersburg), Limpopo - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1925. Porterville, Western Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1920. Qonce (King William's Town), Eastern Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1911-1914. Reitz, Free State - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1923. Reivilo, North West - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1940. Somerset West, Western Cape - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1927. Stanford, Western Cape - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1926. Stellenbosch, Western Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1930. Strand, Western Cape - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1921. Swartruggens, North West - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1931. Touws River, Western Cape - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1927. Tulbagh, Western Cape - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1912. Ventersdorp, North West - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1920. Vereeniging, Gauteng - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1928. Verkeerdevlei, Free State - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1846-1850 : 1922. Victoria West, Northern Cape - Architect 1922
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1920-1921 : 1930. Volksrust, Mpumalanga - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1922. Warrenton, Northern Cape - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1927. Weenen, KwaZulu-Natal - Design Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk: 1922. Winterton, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk - Gamka-Oos: c1950. Beaufort West, Western Cape - Design Architect
| NG Kerksaal, Strooidakkerk: 1908. Paarl, Western Cape - Architect
| NGK Vallei Pastorie - Parsonage: 1921. Paarl, Western Cape - Architect
| North-West University, Laboratories: 1928. Potchefstroom, North West - Design Architect
| SA Mutual Life Assurance Society Building - Mutual Heights: 1934-1936 : 2004-2005. Cape Town, Western Cape - Design Architect 1934-1936
| SANLAM Building: n.d.. Bloemfontein, Free State - Architect
| SANLAM Building: n.d.. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| SANTAM - SANLAM Building - Waalburg: 1930. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape - Design Architect
| School: c1926. Barrydale, Western Cape - Design Architect
| School: 1924. Colesberg, Northern Cape - Architect
| School: 1930. De Aar, Northern Cape - Design Architect
| School: 1923. Swellendam, Western Cape - Architect
| Teachers' College: c1910. Heidelberg, Gauteng - Design Architect
| Town Hall: 1927. Paarl, Western Cape - Project Architect
| University of Stellenbosch Agriculture Building: n.d.. Stellenbosch, Western Cape - Architect
| University of Stellenbosch Chemistry Building: n.d.. Stellenbosch, Western Cape - Architect
| University of Stellenbosch hostels, including Dagbreek: 1926. Stellenbosch, Western Cape - Architect
| University of Stellenbosch Library Building: n.d.. Stellenbosch, Western Cape - Architect
| University of Stellenbosch, Coetzenburg swimming bath: n.d.. Stellenbosch, Western Cape - Architect
| Volkshospitaal: 1928. Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape - Design Architect
| Voortrekkers Press Bldg: n.d.. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Western Province Bldg: n.d.. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| White Star Flour Mill: n.d.. Paarl, Western Cape - Architect
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Books citing LOUW Breedt, JMN. 1947. Gedenkboek by die Jubileumfees van die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk Nieuwoudtville 1897-1947. Nieuwoudtville: Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerkraad. pp
| Brown, SM. 1969. Architects and others: an annotated list of people of South African interest appearing in the RIBA Journal 1880-1925. Johannesburg: Unpublished dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand. pp
| Coetzee, Abel. 1960. Die Afrikaanse Volkskultuur. Cape Town: Balkema. pp 117
| Fisher, Roger & Clarke, Nicholas. 2014. Architectural Guide : South Africa. Berlin: DOM Publishers. pp 29
| Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pp
| HSRC. 1981. Dictionary of South African Biography Volume IV. Pretoria: Butterworth & Co (SA) for Human Sciences Research Council. pp 325-325
| ISAA. 1959. The Yearbook of the Institute of South African Architects and Chapter of SA Quantity Surveyors 1958-1959 : Die Jaarboek van die Instituut van Suid-Afrikaanse Argitekte en Tak van Suid-Afrikaanse Bourekenaars 1958-1959. Johannesburg: ISAA. pp 93, 208
| ISAA. 1927. Register of Members the Institute of South African Architects. Johannesburg: ISAA (Unpublished Record). pp L16b
| Kesting, DP. 1978. Afrikaans Protestantse kerkbou : erfenis en uitdaging. Port Elizabeth: Unpublished PhD. pp
| Menache, Philippe & David, Darryl Earl. 2012. A Platteland Pilgrimage : 102 country churches of South Africa
. South Africa: Booktown Richmond Press. pp 13
| Menache, Philippe & David, Darryl Earl. 2015. Church tourism in South Africa : a travel odyssey. South Africa: Self-published by Philippe Menache and Darryl Earl David. pp 139-153
| Menache, Philippe & Wolff, Helmut. 2021. die NG Kerk, ons erfenis : 'n fotoversameling van die argitektoniese skatte van 139 NG kerke in SA. Not identified: Not identified. pp 8, 13, 15, 16, 25, 29, 44, 59, 60, 63, 75, 81, 84, 86, 91, 92, 99, 103, 110, 126
| Picton-Seymour, Désirée. 1989. Historical Buildings in South Africa. Cape Town: Struikhof Publishers. pp 162
| Potgieter, DJ (Editor-in-chief). 1972. Standard Encyclopaedia of South Africa [SESA] Volume 7 Lit-Mus. Cape Town: Nasou. pp 43
| Rennie, John for CPIA. 1978. The Buildings of Central Cape Town 1978. Volume Two : Catalogue. Cape Town: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects. pp 196
| SAWW & Wooten & Gibson. 1963. Who's Who of Southern Africa 1963. Johannesburg: Wooten & Gibson (Pty) Ltd. pp 486
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