Contact Artefacts please if you have any comments or more information regarding this record.	Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon		House van der Merwe Riviera, Tshwane (Pretoria), Gauteng Johan DE RIDDER: Architect 1958

Date: 1958 Type: Homestead Style: Modern Status: Extant but altered Street: 279 Union St   Click to view large map Coordinates: 25°43'42"S 28°12'25"E Alt: 1351m

See more photographs House van der Merwe, designed by Johan de Ridder (1958), is situated in Riviera, Pretoria. The curved natural stone walls of the ground floor level anchors the residence to the koppie overlooking the northern suburbs of Pretoria. The upper floor rests on slender columns and cantilevers over the ground floor. A white frame wraps around the glass and steel facade offering uninterrupted views of the tree-lined landscape. In 2012 Inge Wilkinson of SOLOarchitect was appointed as architect for the restoration work on the residence.  In 2013 the project received an Award of Merit from the PIA.