House Bertie-Roberts

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dc.contributor.author Fagan, Gabriel Theron (Gawie)
dc.contributor.illustrator Barker, Arthur Adrian Johnson
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-03T12:16:45Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-03T12:16:45Z
dc.date.created 2009-05
dc.date.issued 2013-10-03
dc.description Working drawings. Fagan archive. Drawing nos. 9302 02A. Ink on tracing paper. en
dc.description 9 digital colour photos of House Bertie-Roberts, Camps Bay, created during May 2009 by Arthur Barker using a Canon EOS 400D Digital camera. en
dc.description.abstract House Bertie-Roberts (1966) is located in Camps Bay, on an exposed rocky corner site. The entrance route from below is guided by the sides of garden retaining walls that lead under a cantilevered edge of the house above. Here ground and house meet in an open riser staircase slung along the side of a concrete retaining wall. The house literally hovers between earth and sky as the box form, carried on two concrete u-shaped channels, cantilevers over stone and concrete retaining walls. The building is grounded by its walled connection to the earth. Structural and functional efficiency is expressed by the cantilevered concrete beams supporting the building while acting as service ducts. The position of the chimney visually assists in a supporting role. In this house the first evidence of Fagan’s creation of private spaces outside bedrooms can be seen, where the cupboard areas are extended externally to create private recesses. en
dc.description.librarian ai2013 en
dc.format.extent Fagan archive. Drawing nos. 9302 02A. Ink on tracing paper. en
dc.format.extent 9 digital colour photos, 300 dpi, presented in PDF format. en
dc.format.medium PDF en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31889
dc.language.iso en en
dc.rights University of Pretoria en
dc.rights.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18601
dc.subject Private homes en
dc.subject Influence of vernacular architecture en
dc.subject.lcsh Architecture, Domestic -- South Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Architects -- South Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Seaside architecture -- South Africa -- Western Cape en
dc.subject.lcsh Hillside architecture -- South Africa -- Western Cape en
dc.subject.lcsh Wooden ceilings -- South Africa -- Design and construction en
dc.title House Bertie-Roberts en
dc.type Image en
dc.type Plan or blueprint en


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