Herbert Baker, the Union Buildings, and the politics of architectural patronage

Christenson, Ellen

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dc.contributor.author	Christenson, Ellen
dc.date.accessioned	2006-07-20T10:00:38Z
dc.date.available	2006-07-20T10:00:38Z
dc.date.issued	1996-06
dc.description.abstract	ARTICLE ABSTRACT: In this article, the author argues that the patrons of the Union Buildings, Jan Christian Smuts and Louis Botha, commissioned this complex of buildings as part of a specific political agenda during the process of the unification of South Africa: the project was intended as a means of bolstering political support for Botha's bid to head the first Union Government. This analysis provides a framework for a consideration of how the patrons' political agenda conditioned Baker's initial work on the project.	en
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dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/546
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	SAJAAH	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	ar001bk_dvd001	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	2260262	en
dc.rights	Complies with rights as specified by Collection Administrator	en
dc.subject	Union Buildings	en
dc.subject	Merriman, John Xavier, 1841-1926.	en
dc.subject	Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946	en
dc.subject	Smuts, Jan Christiaan, 1870-1950	en
dc.subject	Botha, Louis, 1862-1919	en
dc.subject	Transvaal Colonial Government	en
dc.subject	Rhodes, Cecil, 1853-1902	en
dc.subject	Milner Kindergarten	en
dc.subject	Public Works Department	en
dc.subject	Solomon, E. P.	en
dc.subject	Rissik, J. F. B.	en
dc.subject	Eagle, Piercy	en
dc.subject	Hely-Hutchinson, Sir W.	en
dc.subject	Moor, F.R.	en
dc.subject	Fischer, Abraham	en
dc.subject	Eagle and De Zwaan	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Milner, Alfred Milner, Viscount, 1854-1925
dc.title	Herbert Baker, the Union Buildings, and the politics of architectural patronage	en
dc.type	Article	en