In the article below, journalist Lucille Davie profiles architect Peter Rich, whose decade of research into Ndebele place-making shaped a career of museums, community centres and homes across Africa and beyond. From the Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre to the Alexandra Heritage Centre, she traces how his buildings grow out of the communities they
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Johannesburg from the Riverbanks: Navigating the Jukskei is an ambitious and timely contribution to Johannesburg studies. Bringing together twenty-one chapters by twenty-six contributors, the volume emerged largely from the 2023 Riparian Urbanism project and seeks to reposition the Jukskei River
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This home was designed by Baker, Masey and Sloper in 1906 for Attorney Walter Webber and his wife, Margaret Ross, both keen gardeners. Their home was called Ednam. Webber came to Johannesburg in 1902 and established the firm Webber-Wentzel. He was a member of the Transvaal Legislative Assembly and represented Troyeville.