MEADLEY, Alan R

Architect

AA Dipl (Lond), ARIBA.

Alan R Meadley was born in Pretoria and died in 1983 in Johannesburg. His last address was The Donga, Maple Drive, Sandton. He trained at the Architectural Association (AA) in London and become a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) (FRIBA) [a title no longer awarded]. One of his last major commissions was the Traduna Building in Jorissen Street in Johannesburg. During the Second World War he had a distinguished career as a captain engineer (Sapper) with the South African Army and was decorated by the Americans for valour with the Bronze Star.

At some point he must have formed a partnership with EWN MALLOWS styled as MALLOWS and MEADLEY. In 1959 he is recorded as of address 74 Norwich Union Building, Commissioner Street, Johannesburg, and in 1969 of address 201 Europa House, 32 Plein Street, Johannesburg.

He never married.

Information supplied by Richard Meadley, nephew of Alan Meadley.

(Transvaal Inst. practicing. ISAA Yearbook, 1959)

List of projects

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Traduna Building: c. 1950s. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect

Books citing MEADLEY

Herbert, Gilbert. 1975. Martienssen & the international style: The modern movement in South African architecture. Cape Town - Rotterdam: AA Balkema. pp 163

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 94, 188

ISAA. 1969. The Yearbook of the Institute of South African Architects and Chapter of SA Quantity Surveyors 1968-1969 : Die Jaarboek van die Instituut van Suid-Afrikaanse Argitekte en Tak van Suid-Afrikaanse Bourekenaars 1968-1969. Johannesburg: ISAA. pp 97, 125