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Union Buildings: Uniegebou in Pretoria, Suid Afrika c1925
Union Buildings: Uniegebou in Pretoria, Suid-Afrika c1925

Photo: South Africa. Dept. of Agriculture · No restrictions · via Wikimedia Commons

Government building · Pretoria, South Africa

Union BuildingsSuspected

On the globe
Dated
Dated 1910–13
Declared purpose
Seat of government
Today
Survives, still the seat
Build time
About 3 years
Region
Africa
Architect of record
Herbert Baker, architect: about 47 when credited (1909, born 1862). Build time on record: about 3 years.All architects of record →
On the list as
Suspected

Why it's on the list

Long sandstone wings and towers finished in about three years.

Hidden history

Found, Not Built

Herbert Baker's sandstone government buildings on a hill, built in about three years.

  1. Why researchers flag it

    Long sandstone wings and towers finished in about three years.

  2. Three years

    Two long wings and towers of sandstone in about three years.

  3. An amphitheatre

    The wings frame an amphitheatre on the hill.

  4. Baker again

    Herbert Baker also worked on New Delhi with Lutyens.

Questions worth asking

  • How was so much stone dressed so fast?

Possible original uses

  • Government

What the photos show

Sources

Further viewing

Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.

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