KALLENBACH, KENNEDY and FURNER

Architect

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 EE AMSON, TN DUNCAN (around 1934); CR FRIDJHON (in Durban from around 1931), BS COOKE (part-time from 1928 to 1931), W WAGNER and Fritz BERGE. In about 1929 RD MARTIENSSEN worked there briefly and WB PABST in 1935. Waldemar LEERS was listed on their letter haead in 1941. 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
With notes

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 / Cinema / Theatre: 1931. Wynberg, Wynberg, Western Cape - Architect *

Catholic Cathedral: 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. 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

Books citing KALLENBACH, KENNEDY and FURNER

Cumming-George, L. 1933. Architecture in South Africa - Volume One. Cape Town: The Speciality Press of S.A. Ltd.. pp 45-46, 52

Cumming-George, L. 1934. Architecture in South Africa - Volume Two. Cape Town: The Speciality Press of S.A. Ltd.. pp 39, 66, 76

Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pp 147

Herbert, Gilbert. 1975. Martienssen & the international style: The modern movement in South African architecture. Cape Town - Rotterdam: AA Balkema. pp 34, 35, 36, 46, 47, 48, 76, 84, 85, 105, 109, 153