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Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon VAN ROUENDAL, Laurentius (Larry) Born: Architect BArch (Pret) 1966. ''Ek [Pieter J MATHEWS] was bevriend met die seun van Laurentius, beter bekend as Larry van Rouendal, die bekende argitek op die dorp, [Lichtenberg] wat die taalmonument ontwerp het. By sy huis en kantoor het ek die gesprekke en konseptualisering aandagtig gevolg, eintlik afgeluister. Ek het grootoog gekyk hoe die monument vorm aanneem en die skepping daarvan konkreet uitgevoer word,'' onthou Pieter. ''I [Pieter J MATHEWS] was a friend of the son of Laurentius, commonly known as Larry van Rouendal, the well-known architect in town [Lichtenburg] who designed a monument to the Afrikaans language. I listened, actually eavesdropped, to the discussions and its conceptualisation. I watched wide-eyed as the monument began to take shape its design was realised,'' recalls Pieter. Source: Fourie, P. 2025. Klein taalmonument van groot waarde. 9 Maart. maroela media. [Online}. Available: Maroela Media. [Extract and translation sent by Basil BRINK per email 2025 03 27]. Notes: 1. My [Basil BRINK's] grandfather Willem Frederik Schoon stayed in Lichtenburg and regularly played golf on its golf course. In the early 1960s he died tragically when he was struck by lightning while sheltering under a tree on the golf course. The other players sustained minor injuries. 2. Van Rouendal was a member of the Afrikaner Broederbond: ''Van Rouendal L, 35, Wouterweg 7 Retiefpark Lichtenburg, Argitek, 1977, Pretoria'' (A124, Wilkins & Strydom. 1978. The Super-Afrikaners. Johannesburg. Jonathan Ball Publishers). 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.