Check out this South African Music image: Werdmuller Center – African Caribbean Restaurant Image by mallix A restaurant leading off from the center of the building. It is still in operation and has some pretty retro styling from another era altogether inside, although unfortunately we were not allowed to take any pictures.. Barguide: African Caribbean …
A nice South African Music image: Werdmuller Center – Ramp Image by mallix Looking out from a ramp that leads over the entrance to the parking lot. This was my daily route to school from 1983 to 1986. Note the pink and black strip stuck onto the building. Seriously doubt if this was part of …
A nice South African Music image: Werdmuller Center – East elevation Image by mallix Looking down the road at what seem to be "fins". This whole area is undergoing a major revamp. A tribute to the Werdmuller Center on Main Road, Claremont, designed by Roelof Uytenbogaardt and completed in 1974. Uytenbogaardt was an award-winning architect …
A nice South African Music image: Werdmuller Center – Cafda Book Shop Image by mallix What seems to be a storage area of the CAFDA book shop. Rather surreal. Try to picture some more trees growing from the round holes there. Here you can see the buildings current state of disrepair. A tribute to the …
A cool South African Music image: Werdmuller Center – Upper Offices Image by mallix The upper areas of the center are definitely more interesting – there are roof top gardens a stairways leading everywhere, and a "bowl section", used for drainage, that a friend of mine used to skate. A tribute to the Werdmuller Center …
A nice South African Music image: Werdmuller Center – Staircase to the Roof Image by mallix This is taken from the north side of the building, of the offices on the right. A elevator tower can be seen in the middle. My dad worked in the same offices, that also had the same glass bricks …
Check out this Miss South Africa image: Werdmuller Center – Front Façade Image by mallix This section faces the Main Road in Claremont, and is most recognisable to commuters. The missing WERMULLER CENTER text here has left a Helvetica ghost on the wall. I’m hoping to return here for another amble around the locked upper …
A cool South African Music image: Werdmuller Center – Spirals and Circles Image by mallix Another view of the east side staircase, showing off the complex design of the center. CAFDA book store is on the right. A tribute to the Werdmuller Center on Main Road, Claremont, designed by Roelof Uytenbogaardt and completed in 1974. …
Check out this South African Music image: Werdmuller Center – Green and Grey Image by mallix Organic meets concrete. Round curves everywhere. A tribute to the Werdmuller Center on Main Road, Claremont, designed by Roelof Uytenbogaardt and completed in 1974. Uytenbogaardt was an award-winning architect and professor of urban and regional planning based at the …
Check out this South African Music image: Werdmuller Center – Shop Interior Image by mallix 1980’s still alive and well inside one of the few remaining business here. A tribute to the Werdmuller Center on Main Road, Claremont, designed by Roelof Uytenbogaardt and completed in 1974. Uytenbogaardt was an award-winning architect and professor of urban …
A nice South African Music image: Werdmuller Center – View of the Ramp Image by mallix This is the most popular and photogenic point of view of the Werdmuller Center. Here you can see the complex design and multi-level structure that has made it so famous. It is comparable it to Frank Lloyd Wright¹s Guggenheim …