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University of Pretoria, Women Students' Hostel Sunnyside, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng Christiaan Strauss BRINK: Architect

Date: 1957 Client: University of Pretoria Type: Hostel Status: Extant

A 'large, rather mechanical looking block' ... on one of those sites that 'that do not lend themselves to ... imaginative layouts' such as those in for example residences for universities in England (Greig, 1971: 203). All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. References: Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 203