Johannesburg Style - Architecture & Society 1880s - 1960s

335pp, index, numerous black & white and colour photographs. Hardcover and dustcover in excellent, clean condition.  

Clive Chipkin (who sadly died two weeks ago) does not simply succeed in furnishing a fascinating and passionate history of South African architecture, his masterly work, amongst other things, reveals the ambivalence of the modern movement when deployed in a colonial context. This is one of the most important texts to have appeared in the last few years. A must have for anyone interested in Architecture and Design or in Johannesburg’s evolution from mining shanty town to Metropolis.

CONTENTS:

PART ONE: Victorian Johannesburg

PART TWO: Edwardian Age

PART THREE: 1920s Johannesburg

PART FOUR: 1930s Johannesburg

PART FIVE: Johannesburg - Paris

PART SIX: Township Johanesburg

PART SEVEN: Post-war Johannesburg