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Marine Research Aquarium
Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape

Jan Zeger SCHUURMANS STEKHOVEN: Architect

Date:1938
Type:Aquarium
Status:Extant

 


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Coordinates:
Alt: 11m

This aquarium replaced the Marine Research Aquarium in St James.

The building has been substantially modernised and the original Art Deco styling removed. (2012)

(PWSA Oct 1938:25-7 ill; SA Archt Jun 1939:83; SA Archt Sep 1940:203, 222-4 ill; Pryce-Lewis list)

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:

Fisher, Roger & Clarke, Nicholas. 2014. Architectural Guide : South Africa. Berlin: DOM Publishers. pg 33