Browsing Archive (Architecture) by Author "Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946"

Browsing Archive (Architecture) by Author "Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946"

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  • The architectural needs of South Africa 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2009-06-01)
    Original document by Sir Herbert Baker on 'The architectural needs of South Africa', published in 'The State Ray', pp. 512-525, 1909.
  • 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 ...
  • Banhoek gable 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-09-26)
    Sketch by Sir Herbert Baker of the gable of a Cape Dutch building at Banhoek, architect and date unknown. The slightly unusual Baroque gable has convex elements.
  • Bloemfontein Preparatory Technical School 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-08-01)
    View of the Bloemfontein Preparatory Technical School, designed by Sir Herbert Baker. The brick building has a corrugated-iron hipped roof, sash and bull's eye windows, and arched entranceways.
  • Boksburg School 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-07-31)
    View from the south of the Boksburg school, designed by Sir Herbert Baker in the Edwardian style, with Arts & Crafts characteristics. The pitched roof of one of the buildings is topped by a ventilation tower, and another ...
  • Boksburg school 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-07-31)
    View from the street of Boksburg school, designed by Sir Herbert Baker in the Edwardian style, with Arts & Crafts characteristics. The building has a ventilation tower on the ridge of the pitched roof.
  • Booysens police barracks 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-07-31)
    View of the Booysens police barracks in Johannesburg, showing the entrance and the street in front of the barracks. Designed by Sir Herbert Baker in Arts & Crafts style, the building has a hipped roof, wood-framed windows ...
  • 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.
  • Building from corner of Visagie and Schubart Streets 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946; Yates, Alan (2008-07-18)
    View of South African Mint building in Pretoria, from corner of Visagie and Schubart Streets.
  • Building from main entrance gateway 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946; Yates, Alan (2008-07-18)
    View of South African Mint building in Pretoria from main entrance gateway.
  • Building work in progress 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946; Yates, Alan (2008-07-18)
    View of work in progress at the South African Mint building site in Pretoria, up to gound floor window level.
  • Cable about South Africa House 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-08-14)
    Cable from Sir Herbert Baker to J. S. Cleland at the Public Works Department, discussing the supply & cost of timber and marble for South Africa House in London.
  • 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.
  • Christiana High School 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-07-31)
    View of Christiana High School. Designed by Sir Herbert Baker, it has sash windows and quoining at the corners and around the arched entrances.
  • Commencement of work: excavation and foundations 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946; Yates, Alan (2008-07-17)
    Commencement of work on the building of the South African Mint in Pretoria, showing excavations and foundations.
  • Construction team of South African Mint building in Pretoria 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946; Yates, Alan (2008-07-18)
    Photograph showing construction team of the South African Mint building in Pretoria, including contractor P.W.D Clerk of Works and Building Foremen.
  • Court house and government offices 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-08-01)
    View from the street of the Potchefstroom courthouse and government offices. Use of bull's eye ventilators on the roof of the courthouse.
  • Delville Wood Memorial entrance from Queen Victoria Street 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-07-18)
    Entrance from Queen Victoria street to the Delville Wood memorial in Cape Town, including the bronze group and lay-out.
  • Delville Wood Memorial, Cape Town 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-08-01)
    General view of the Delville Wood Memorial from the Cape Town art gallery, showing the lay-out of the site. The memorial, surrounded by classical columns and surmounted by a statuary group in bronze, is placed in a formal ...
  • Delville Wood Memorial, Cape Town 
    Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946 (2008-08-01)
    View from the museum steps of the Delville Wood Memorial in Cape Town by Sir Herbert Baker. Placed in a formal garden, the round classical structure supports a sculpture.