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Single pen, single cell, or Hall house: a one-room house [2] Wealden hall house: a type of vernacular medieval timber-framed yeoman 's hall house traditional in the south east of England. Double pen or double cell: a two-room house [3] Saddlebag: a two-room house with a central chimney and one or two front doors [4]
The main house of the Groot Constantia vineyard near Cape Town. 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 as far afield as Western Australia and New Zealand, typically on wine estates. The style was prominent in the early days ...
Ndebele women standing in front of a painted rondavel. An Ndebele artist (Esther Mahlangu) signs her work on a finished wall. Ndebele house painting is a style of African art practiced by the Southern Ndebele people of South Africa and the Northern Ndebele people in Zimbabwe in Matobo. [1] It is predominantly practiced by the Ndebele women.
Herbert Baker. Sir Herbert Baker (9 June 1862 – 4 February 1946) was an English architect remembered as the dominant force in South African architecture for two decades, and a major designer of some of New Delhi 's most notable government structures. He was born and died at Owletts in Cobham, Kent.
The rondavel is usually round or oval in shape and is traditionally made with materials that can be locally found in raw form. [3] Its walls are often constructed from stones. The mortar may consist of sand, soil, or combinations of these, mixed with cow dung. The floor of a traditional rondavel is finished with a dung mixture to make it hard ...
Mahlamba Ndlopfu (formerly known as Libertas) is the chief official residence of the President of the Republic of South Africa. The head of government has made it their official home since 1940 and it is located in the Bryntirion Estate in Pretoria. The building was built in 1940 and was designed by Gerard Moerdijk, a South African architect ...
The Owl House is a museum in Nieu-Bethesda, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The owner, Helen Martins, turned her house and the area around it into a visionary environment , elaborately decorated with ground glass and containing more than 300 concrete sculptures including owls , camels , peacocks , pyramids , and people.
GMP per capita (2011) US$19,656 [9] Website. capetown.gov.za. Cape Town[a] is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. [12] It is the country's second-largest city, after Johannesburg, and the largest in the Western Cape. [13]