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Date: 1970s [?] Type: Entertainment Complex Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 29°50'39.62" S 31°01'58.83" E Alt: 4m

See more photographs Originally named the Ice Drome. Later converted into a cinema. The need for a space free of structural supports led to a roof suspended from a series of clearly expressed steel curved lattice trusses supported by canted piers and buttresses. Such experiments are a considerable enrichment of our contemporary scene' (Greig, 1971: 111). References: Fisher, Roger & Clarke, Nicholas. 2014. Architectural Guide : South Africa. Berlin: DOM Publishers. pg 67 Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 111