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Syfret's Trust Building
Cape Town, Western Cape

Date:1951
Type:Offices
Style:New Empiricism
Status:Extant but altered
Street:C/o Wale & Burg Streets

 


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Court Chambers (1977). Now Mandela Rhodes' Place Spa and Hotel (2018)

Conservative but stylish International style in the post-War formalist manner.


Books and articles that reference Syfret's Trust Building

Cole, DI. 2002. The building stones of Cape Town : a geological walking tour. Cape Town: Council for Geoscience. pg 59-60
Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 100
Rennie, John for CPIA. 1978. The Buildings of Central Cape Town 1978. Volume Two : Catalogue. Cape Town: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects. pg 155 item 56.42
Shorten, John R. 1963. Cape Town : A record of the Mother City from the earliest days to the present. Cape Town: JR Shorten in association with Shorten and Smith Publications. pg 318 txt & ill