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Browsing Sir Herbert Baker Collection by Type "Article"
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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Christenson, Ellen
(SAJAAH, 1996-06)
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 ...
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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.
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Baker, Herbert, Sir, 1862-1946
(African architect, 1912-06-01)
An in-depth description of the Pretoria station as designed by Sir Herbert Baker.
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Unknown
(Architectural Review, 1911-10)
Photos of the Samuel Marks Building, Cape Town, designed by Sir Herbert Baker.
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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 ...
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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.
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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.
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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 ...