Chassidic Synagogue, New

Yeoville, Johannesburg,
Gauteng

Architect: MORGENSTERN and MORGENSTERN

Date:1963
Client:Chassidic Jewish Community
Type:Synagogue
Status:Extant

 

Coordinates:
26°10'58.77" S 28°03'28.97" E Alt: 1794m

Notes:

'A beautiful little building', 'vigorous' and 'sculptured' with heavy V-shaped shell concrete roof. Facade is of modelled grilles and facings in terazzo by Eduardo Villa (Greig, 1971: 154).


References:

Greig, Doreen. 1971. A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. pg 154