- Hardcover: 285 pages
- Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. (31 Mar 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0789203065
- ISBN-13: 978-0789203069
- Product Dimensions: 30.7 x 23.9 x 3.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,950,308 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Graham Viney sheds light on his country's history with this comprehensive exploration of South Africa's architectural legacy. The houses featured on this book a timeline, charting not only the evolution of South Africa's architectural and interior design styles but also its culture and society in the two centuries leading up to its independence.
Whether its an eighteenth-century Cape Dutch farmhouse, a Regency villa, or the Victorian mansions favored by the wealthy nineteenth-century sugar barons and diamond magnates, specially commissioned full-color photographs, capture the spirit of each house. The authoritative text provides a lively examination of the architecture and interior design of these houses along with colorful portraits of their builders and occupants, including the merchants of the Dutch East India Company; the English aristocrats who tried to recreate England on foreign soil; and visionary architects like the Englishman Herbert Baker, who resurrected the Cape Dutch tradition and, in the process, established it as one of South Africa's most important architectural and decorative motifs.
Historic Houses of South Africa is an indispensable resource for anyone who is a student of colonial architecture and design. It also serves as an excellent primer for people traveling to South Africa -- several of the houses are open to the public -- or for those who are simply interested in enriching their understanding of this unique country.
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Format:Hardcover
With the discovery of the sea route to the East, and later gold and diamonds, European settlers in South Africa embarked upon a prolonged development of grand homes and estates stretching from the 17th to the early 20th centuries. As this book illustrates, South Africa's domestic heritage architecture is unequalled outside the US and Europe and is a breathtaking inspiration to both architects and interior designers.
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SOUTH AFRICA
6 Feb 2007
Format:Hardcover
I have always had a fascination with South Africa, it seems so beautiful and exotic; the Horn of Africa. This is a gorgeous book and the estates are amazing. The text is highly informative and the images just jump off the page. I love the way the Europeans take their native architecture, then comform it to the elements of Africa. Looking at these houses, it's easy to forget the injustices inflicted on the indigenous people, this breathtaking country is God willing on the way to healing, thank you Mandela.
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