Good Hope Centre Cape Town, Western Cape Architect : Pierre Luigi NERVI

Oblique view from south east Photographer: Roger Fisher – 2014

Date: 1976 Type: Conference Centre Status: Extant

Coordinates: 33°55'35.00" S 18°25'51.99" E Alt: 10m

Notes: The building comprises a very large precast concrete groin vault. See Wikipedia for more information. Update: The building was auctioned off by the City of Cape Town for R135 million on 26 February 2026, allegedly to the Nigerian-born leader of a charismatic church called Spirit Revelation Ecclesia, which he appears to have established in Cape Town around 2010.

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Approach from east Photographer: Roger Fisher – 2014 Main entrance Photographer: Roger Fisher – 2014 South elevation with entrances Photographer: Roger Fisher – 2014 South elevation with DROMMEDARIS entrance Photographer: Roger Fisher – 2014 DROMMEDARIS entrance Photographer: Roger Fisher – 2014 Junction of vaults Photographer: Roger Fisher – 2014 Oblique view from west Photographer: Roger Fisher – 2014

The Good Hope Centre nearing completion, 1975 Source: Posted by Etienne du Plessis on Flickr Submitted by Lila Komnick Photographer: Unidentified