Capital's history as told by its buildings
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Moerdyk, Gerard
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The Star
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Architect Gerard Moerdyk [Gerard Moerdijk] asserts that the history of Pretoria can be read in the style of its buildings, and that these buildings demonstrate the search for a characteristic South African architecture as opposed to imported building styles.
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Government House, Moerdijk, Gerard, Pretoria, South African architecture, Foreign building styles, Hartbeeshuisie, Kruger House, Church Street, Pretoria, Imported building materials, Transvaal, South African Republic, government buildings, Palace of Justice, Public buildings, Cape Dutch Style, Thibault, Louis Michel, Anreith, Anton, Anglo-Boer War, British occupation, Building regulations, Union Buildings, Baker, Sir Herbert, English Italian Renaissance, History