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		University of Cape Town, Centlivres Building Cape Town, Western Cape Leonard William Thornton WHITE: Architect

Date: 1952? Type: University Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: -33°57'35.39" S 18°27'38.94" E

The building was intended to provide accommodation for the Faculties of Sociology and of Architecture. It was named after Albert van der Sandt Centlivres (1887 – 1966), Chief Justice of South Africa from 1950 to 1957 and Chancellor of UCT from 1951 until his death in 1966. The building has two entrances on University Avenue, called the North West and South West Entrance, respectively. References: Fisher, Roger & Clarke, Nicholas. 2014. Architectural Guide : South Africa. Berlin: DOM Publishers. pg 46-47