Cape Dutch architecture information

Cape Dutch architecture is an architectural style found mostly in the Western Cape of South Africa, but modern examples of the style have also been exported...

Dutch colonial architecture refers to the various style of Dutch architecture built across the Dutch Empire. Though most of the buildings were designed...

Dutch Colonial is a style of domestic architecture, primarily characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves along the length of the house. Modern...

but adjusted to the Western Cape region where the style became known as Cape Dutch architecture. The formation of Dutch gables requires careful detailing...

of them buildings of Cape Dutch architecture. Swellendam is situated on the N2, approximately 220 km (140 miles) from both Cape Town and George. Early...

Dutch architecture has played an important role in the international discourse on architecture in three eras. The first of these was during the 17th century...

while some such as the Dutch Cape Colony and Dutch East Indies expanded anyway (due to the pressure of independent-minded Dutch colonists), others remained...

in fleets. Cape Town is noted for its architectural heritage, with the highest density of Cape Dutch style buildings in the world. Cape Dutch style, which...

classical European architecture with colonial and African influences. It was mainly inspired by the Cape Dutch style, an architecture specific to the settlers...

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back to 1679), its many historic buildings that are typical of Cape Dutch architecture, its location in the centre of many famous wine farms, as well...

Afrikaans for "French Corner", Dutch spelling before 1947 Fransche Hoek, French: Le Coin Français) is a small town in the Western Cape Province and one of the...

hybrid of the Dutch style termed Anglo-Dutch colonial architecture. Usually the earliest portions of the houses are one room and built in Dutch style with...

also present in Cape Dutch architecture, in what was South Africa's Cape Province. Dutch gable Stepped gable Cape Dutch architecture "Klok"-gevel (facade)...

traditional music, dances, architectural styles and clothing, some of which are globally recognisable. Internationally, Dutch painters such as Rembrandt...

Sassoon commissioned Sir Herbert Baker to design the house in the Cape Dutch architecture style. It was built for him around 1913/4 "on a superb site looking...

(Afrikaans: [tœlbaχ]), previously named Roodezand, later named after Dutch Cape Colony Governor Ryk Tulbagh, is a town located in the "Land van Waveren"...

Cathedral in Cape Town, and St John's College in Johannesburg. Cape Dutch architecture was prominent in the early days (17th century) of the Cape Colony, and...

Witwatersrand ("white waters' ridge" in English, rand being the Afrikaans (and Dutch) word for 'ridge'), the ridge upon which Johannesburg is built and where...

Alexander Cook (4 August 1902 – 2 August 1981) was an expert on Cape Dutch architecture and a museum curator. Dr Mary Cook was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire...

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Polish monarchs when visiting Gdańsk. Cape Dutch architecture is an architectural style found in the Western Cape of South Africa. The style was prominent...

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the pillars of the slave bell is a distinctive feature of the Cape Dutch architectural style. In a 1937 interview for WPA Slave Narrative project Charley...

19th-century-and-later styles. Cape Dutch architecture is traditional Afrikaner architecture and is one of the most distinctive types of settler architecture in the world...