The partnership between H KALLENBACH, AM KENNEDY and AS FURNER in Johannesburg from 1928. Late in 1928 Furner resigned his post as lecturer at the School of Architecture at the University of the Witwatersrand and joined Kallenbach and Kennedy as a junior partner. The firm built up an extensive practice throughout South Africa. According to Herbert (1975:48), 'the predominant influence in ... the office was undoubtedly Teutonic' which Herbert attributes to both Kallenbach's origins and Furner's admiration of German and Austrian architects. There were also two Austrian draughtsmen in the office, Fritz BERGE and Werner WAGNER, who assisted in the design of the Plaza Cinema and who surely added to this influence. According to Wagner (1990), Kallenbach was the head of the office and saw that work came in; Kennedy was the technical man and Furner the architect. The 1930s were a productive era for the partnership, the boom in the economy coinciding with Furner's arrival; Furner has been credited with the new and more modern image of the firm. In the Rand Daily Mail Exhibition (1934) the firm was responsible for transforming the Hall of Transport into an 'Ideal Village.'
Many South African architects worked at one time or other in the office of Kallenbach, Kennedy & Furner. Among these were:
ALBERT, GG who joined the firm in 1936, becoming Chief Assistant in September of that year.
AMSON, EE
BERGE, Fritz
CAMERON, John worked for the firm in 1936
COOKE, BS part-time from 1928 to 1931
D'ANOS, EJ worked for the firm in 1935
DE BRUYN, J worked there for seven months in 1935
DUNCAN, TN (around 1934)
LEEB, I worked there in his student years in the late 1930s
FRIDJHON, CR in Durban from around 1931
LEERS, Waldemar was listed on their letter-head in 1941
MARTIENSSEN, Rex worked there briefly in about 1929
PABST, WB worked there in 1935
SICHEL, KH was working there in 1937
TOLL, ER worked there in about 1929
WAGNER, W
The early records of the office of Kallenbach, Kennedy & Furner have not been kept. (Int Arch 1924-34, ub no 72:66; Lennard 1984; Rennie 1978b:16; SAAR Feb 1934; Wagner 1990)
Publ: The Plaza kinema, Johannesburg, SAAR Dec 1931:117-9 (no author). 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
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Ackerman's store: 1938. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| Adelphi Kinema: 1930. Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect
| Albemarle Court: 1935. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| Arop House: 1932 : 1935-1936. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Arundel Court: 1934. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Astoria Kinema : 1930. Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Eastern Cape - Architect
| Block of Flats, for D Hughes: 1933. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Bridgeman Memorial Hospital: 1928-1934. Brixton, Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Building for DDA Investment Pty, stands 1875/1877: 1936. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Building for Detail Props: 1935. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Building for Far Eastern props, stand 171: 1936. Nigel, Gauteng - Architect
| Building for Jhb Lands Dev Corp: 1934. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Building for Medical Assn of SA, stand 2388: 1936. Hospital Hill, Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Building for Messrs E and D Pty Ltd: 1935. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Building T Katakuzinos: 1936. Germiston, Gauteng - Architect
| Building, Estate Harry Linder: 1938. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| Buildings for Germiston Props: 1936. Germiston, Gauteng - Architect
| Capitol Kinema: 1931. Wynberg, Wynberg, Western Cape - Architect *
| Cathedral of the Sacred Heart: 1932. Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng - Associate Architects
| Central Agencies and Import Co Ltd: 1933. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Challinor's Court, remodelled: 1937. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| Chatham Court: 1934. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Cinema Scala: n.d.. Maputo, Mozambique - Architect
| City Park Mansions: 1931. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Club House for Jhb Aeronautical Assn: 1934. Baragwanath, Gauteng - Architect
| Constantia Court: 1935. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Corner House: 1935. Nigel, Gauteng - Architect
| Dadoo Ltd: 1939. Krugersdorp, Gauteng - Architect
| Durban Confectionary Works factory: 1937. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| Durban Jewish Club, native quarters: 1939. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| Estromin House: 1936. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Excelsior Building: 1935. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Fairhaven: 1939. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| Flats for Messrs Pillay: 1939. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| Flats for Mr Jacobson: 1934. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| Flats for Rennie & Nestadt: 1934. Springs, Gauteng - Architect
| Flats, for L Jacobson: 1933. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| German Club, Pretoria Deutscher Verein Ltd: 1933. Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng - Architect
| Grosvenor Court: 1936. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| Harwarden Court: 1934. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Heath's Buildings: 1931. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Hindu Tamil Institute School: 1939. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| Hotel Commodore, for JL Powell: 1936. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| House Dr AD Thomas: 1934. Gezina, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng - Architect
| House F Gordon: 1936. Parkview, Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| House J Saddington: 1933. Dunkeld West, Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| House Kallenbach: 1932. Linksfield Ridge, Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| House RS Confutes: 1933. Benoni, Gauteng - Architect
| Imperial Building: 1934. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Johannesburg Building Society (JBS) Building: 1931. Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng - Architect
| Kangelani - Golden Sands: n.d.. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| Kensington Community Hall: 1939. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Kings Court: 1935. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Lewis and Marks Building - Second: 1935. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Library Bldgs: 1932. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Lintons Hotel - Duncan House: 1930. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Mayfair Mansions,: 1933. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| Model Native Township: 1931. Klipspruit, Gauteng - Architect
| Nagington Motor Co: 1936. Springs, Gauteng - Architect
| Newclare Smelting Works: 1934. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| OK Bazaars: 1935. Benoni, Gauteng - Architect
| OK Bazaars, alt: 1934. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| Patidar Hall for Messrs Tvl United Patidar Soc Ltd: 1933. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Plaza Cinema: 1927 : 1930-1931. Kimberley, Northern Cape - Architect
| Plaza Kinema: 1931. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Plaza Kinema: 1931. Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng - Architect
| Plaza Kinema - Metro Cinema: 1934. Central, Cape Town, Western Cape - Architect *
| Plesam Building: 1934. Nigel, Gauteng - Architect
| Polliack's Corner: 1934. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Proposed block of flats: 1933. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| Protea Mansions: 1935. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Provident Bldgs: 1935. Germiston, Gauteng - Architect
| Prudential Buildings: 1936. Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng - Architect
| Randjeslaagte Estate - Jubilee Memorial: c1936. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Reckitts (Afr) Ltd: 1935. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Red Cross House: 1935. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Roberne Court: 1938. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| Royal Hotel: 1934. Vereeniging, Gauteng - Architect
| Shops for Arcades Ltd,: 1932. Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng - Architect
| Synagogue - Second: 1932. Benoni, Gauteng - Architect
| Temple Israel: 1936. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Transvaal Co-op Egg Circle Bldg: 1930. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Transvaal Drug Co: 1930. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Transvaal Hindu Seva Samaj: 1939. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
| Westgard House - Trust Buildings: 1939. Durban, KwaZulu-Natal - Architect
| Winchester House: 1896 : 1932. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect 1932
| Woolworths Building: 1934. Johannesburg, Gauteng - Architect
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