STANDARD BANK CENTRE JOHANNESBURG / AESTHETICS CONTEMPORARY STUDIES IN AESTHETICS / THE WORKS OF PIER LUIGI NERVI

1. STANDARD BANK CENTRE JOHANNESBURG
96pp. 4to. Standard Bank Investment Corp. Publisher's original deep blue cloth boards with black building outline. Retains its rare, original clear acetate plastic outer dust jacket with the title typography printed directly onto the spine, though a small piece (approx. 1cm) is missing from the bottom front cover. Some age browning to the fep, else a clean and solid copy.

Tucked within the endpapers is the original Standard Bank Senior General Manager’s official compliment slip.

2. AESTHETICS CONTEMPORARY STUDIES IN AESTHETICS
457pp. Hardcover, black cloth with olive titles to front and spine; missing the dust jacket.a good copy.J.B. Lippincott Co.

Features a magnificent, full-page presentation flyleaf inscribed simply "with best wishes." The page serves as a collaborative workplace parting gift presented to John Stegmann by his close colleagues at Revel Fox & Partners to mark his departure from the studio in 1970. The leaf offers a historic snapshot of Cape Modernism, capturing an elite circle of design theorists and project leaders working side-by-side under one roof before ascending to the peak of South African architectural practice and academia.

* Comprehensive Signature & Biographical Analysis (Volume 2 Presentation Leaf):
- PAUL FOX: Key partner and director within Revel Fox & Partners, instrumental in executing complex municipal, residential, and institutional structural builds across the Western Cape.
- BILL RITCHIE: A core modernist project architect at the firm who went on to serve as Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), fundamentally shaping post-war architectural training.
- IAN MACASKILL: A distinguished historic preservation expert within the studio network who later became Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture at the University of Port Elizabeth (UPE), directing major regional vernacular studies.
- ALAN RICE: A senior structural architect and urban planner who transitioned into a titanic academic role as the long-standing Head of the School of Architecture at the University of Natal, transforming mid-century curriculum design and civic structural development frameworks.
- BRUCE MILNE: An influential regional practitioner and core studio partner recognized for executing massive, complex public works and commercial developments across the Cape.
- GUNNAR SIGURDSSON: Highly specialized international modernist architect, designer, and design consultant whose technical expertise contributed significantly to institutional engineering partnerships across Southern Africa.

- IAN MACARTHUR: Noted regional architect and technical consultant celebrated for his role in executing large-scale civic developments and commercial frameworks across mid-century urban centers.

3. THE WORKS OF PIER LUIGI NERVI
144 pp.The Architectural Press. Oblong 4to. Illustrated in b/w throughout with photographs and design drawings .Hardcover with cream cloth boards with red building design on front. The original dust jacket is worn with some closed tears. Mild foxing to fep.

Includes a highly important, original 1972 lecture program/ invitation for "Aesthetics and Technology of Concrete Structures" presented at the University of the Witwatersrand Great Hall.

An important three-volume architectural association archive sourced directly from the working library of celebrated South African modernist architect, designer, and urban trail pioneer John Stegmann (Cape Town Cycle Tour co-founder). This lot comprehensively documents the structural elite, design theory, and corporate backing behind the construction of mid-century Johannesburg’s iconic high-rise skyline, tracking the top-down suspension engineering of the 78 Fox Street tower and concrete masterpieces by Nervi.