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Sir Herbert Baker Collection: Recent submissions

  • St John's College, Johannesburg 
    Unknown (2006-09-21)
    Five photos of St John's College, Johannesburg, designed by Sir Herbert Baker.
  • Brenthurst 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2006-09-04)
    Photograph of the House for Drummond Chaplin in Parktown, Johannesburg. The house displays Cape Dutch influences, with some Gothic stonework at the windows. The garden consists of stone terraces, with a pergola and grotto.
  • EDNAM 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (Country Life in S[outh] A[frica] Vol. 1, no. 2. p. 14, 1915-05)
    Site plan/garden design for Walter Webber's house in Parktown, Johannesburg.
  • Architects at Delhi 1919 
    Unknown (2006-08-30)
    Back row: Walgate, George ; Greaves, Hall (secretary) ; Brandon, Aman Valh (P. W. D.) Front row: Baker, Herbert; Curtis, Lionel ; Lutyens, Edwin
  • Letter about South Africa House 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2006-08-17)
    Letter written by sir Herbert Baker on 11 September 1930 to J. W. Cleland of the Public Works Department, about issues concerning South Africa House.
  • Copy of letter concerning South Africa House (1) 
    Faber, Oscar, 1886-1956 (1930-09-11)
    A copy of the letter written on 11 September 1930 by Oscar Faber to sir Herbert Baker in response the preliminary plans provided by the architect for South Africa House. In it he gives reasons for requesting the provision ...
  • Architectural needs of South Africa 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (State, 1909-01-01)
    The purpose of this paper is to plead for the revival in the laying out and designing of our cities and buildings of those principles of largeness of conception, restraint, and subordination of detail to a central idea ...
  • Copy of letter concerning South Africa House (2) 
    Faber, Oscar, 1886-1956 (1930-09-09)
    A copy of a letter written on 9 September 1930 by Mr. Oscar Faber to the High Commissioner for the Union of South Africa, concerning the discussion with Mr. Helbing of Sir Herbert Baker's preliminary plans for South Africa House.
  • The Union Buildings: reflections on Herbert Baker's design intentions and unrealised designs 
    Fisher, Roger C.; Avital, Tsion; Glatigny, Pascal Dubourg; Mcquillan, James; Olivier, Bert; Shaw, Rayford; Schmidt, Leoni; Allen, N.P.L. (Nicholas P.L.); Mare, Estelle Alma; Unknown (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2004)
    When assessing the architectural merits of the Union Buildings the design thinking of Herbert Baker should be considered. He expressed himself on these matters in various texts throughout his productive years. Not all ...
  • Cable to Cleland 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (1932-03-04)
    Copy of a cable sent to [J.W.] Cleland by Sir Herbert Baker, 4 March 1932, concerning costs of building materials for South Africa House, London, UK.
  • Letter : South Africa House paintings 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (1932-07-21)
    Copy of a letter written by Sir Herbert Baker, 21st July 1932, to [J.W.] Cleland concerning the paintings, South Africa House.
  • Union Buildings Pretoria : the administrative seat of the Union of South Africa 
    Unknown (A. & C. Black, Ltd, 1926-04)
  • Flying over Pretoria 
    Unknown (A. & C Black, Ltd, 1926-04)
    Aerial view of the Union Buildings.
  • Unrealised designs : Meinjes [i.e. Meintjes] Kop 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (1900)
    Memorandum in which sir Herbert Baker discusses the choice of site and the design of the Union Buildings on Meinjes Kop [Meintjes Kop], as well as the unrealised Via Sacra and South African War Memorial which was to have ...
  • Two unrealized visions: Sir Herbert Baker recounts story of Union Buildings 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (Pretoria News, 1941-11-07)
    In this article, sir Herbert Baker recounts the background and the design of the Union Buildings.
  • Plea for English Gothic 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (African Architect, 1911-07-01)
    In response to letters discussing the merits of English Gothic Architecture, Herbert Baker stated his opinion on the question of using this architectural style in South Africa.
  • Union Buildings and their architect 
    Solomon, J.M. (State of South Africa, 1910-07-01)
    The natural semicircle created by Meintjes Kop was used by architect sir Herbert Baker in the design of the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Discussion of the design includes perspectives, site plan, and portrait of the architect.
  • Herbert Baker, F.R.I.B.A. 
    Unknown (African Architect, 1911-08-01)
    Article about Mr. Herbert Baker, whose work and influence in South African architecture have marked him as one of the masters of his profession in the country in which he has lived for nearly twenty years. Includes discussion ...
  • Government buildings of Pretoria 
    Cleland, John S. (1925)
    J. S. Cleland's general discussion of completed and proposed government buildings in Pretoria includes a discussion of the Union Buildings, designed by sir Herbert Baker.
  • Town Planning: Beauty, a human document; The "Grand Manner" for South Africa 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (African Architect, 1914-07-01)
    In this article the author apologises to the Congress for the somewhat discursive and sketchy nature. He attempts to deal with town-planning less from the scientific and hygienic, and more from the idealistic and artistic ...