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Electric House, SA Lighting Central Cape Town, Western Cape

Date: n.d. Type: Offices with shops to street Status: Extant Street: 30 Waterkant, corner Loop Street   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°55'09.27" S 18°25'16.52" E Alt: 30m

Basement and Ground and 8 floors, concrete framed. Ground : marble, plate glass, bronze trimmings, terrazzo. Upper floors : golden brown facebrick surrounds and spandrels, plastered concrete vertical fins, and framing, steel windows. Lift 1954. (Rennie 1978 : 35) 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: Rennie, John for CPIA. 1978. The Buildings of Central Cape Town 1978. Volume Two : Catalogue. Cape Town: Cape Provincial Institute of Architects. pg 35 item 43.7