"The title of this book might suggest an academic discourse, but [the book] consists instead of a few hundred photographs with notes, taken at random between 1959 and 1964.
"As resident architect for Volkskas Bank in the late 1950s, I travelled extensively across South Africa, mostly in my Piper Tripacer aeroplane [see image], to supervise new work or renovations. Dr Barrie Biermann, writer of the gem Boukuns in Suid-Afrika, in which our unpretentious rural architecture is described, encourage me to use the opportunity to look at this priceless heritage, and particularly at the fla-roofed builddings innate to our dry regions . . . " (From the Introduction)
Gabriel Fagan goes on to say that in 2007 he "submitted a dozen photographs taken almost fifty years before . . . [and these] enjoyed a wide interest, suggesting this publication" [dedicated to Barrie Biermann].
The Fagans came into public notice for many achievements, not least of them the restoration of the Cape Town Castle (Gabriel) and its rose garden (Gwen), about which they have written.
Glazed photographic endpapers, terracotta cloth-boards, white-lettered to the front and spine, plain endpapers, and [x] +217 pp of b/w and colour illustrated text printed on heavy matt art paper. In format and presentation, this is a coffee-table book; but one with a compelling message - to conserve our precious and dwindling vernacular architectural heritage.
This is an as-new copy in every respect, which we have conservatively rated as "Fine".
- Jacket Condition: Fine
- Binding Condition: Fine
- Overall Condition: Fine
- Size: 275 x 275; 1.3 kg
- Sold By: Fontein Books
- Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
- Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
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