Ivan Flint will be speaking on the work that his practice, Flint Associate Architects has undertaken at the historic farm, Fleurbaix (Previously known as Fleurbaai) on the outskirts of Stellenbosch. Ivan is a member of the Vernacs. He graduated with the degree of B Arch from the University of Cape Town in 1975. He and became a registered architect with the South African Council for Architects in 1977 and in 1986 he was admitted to the Royal Institute of British Architects. He first worked for and then became the first junior partner of Munnik, Visser Black & Fish in 1984, where he was responsible for several restoration projects, working with Dirk Visser. In 1995 he founded the practice of Flint Associates Architects. Over the years Ivan has been responsible for a wide range of projects including banks, hotels, factories, wine cellars, commercial developments, restorations and renovation of historic buildings,  recycling and refurbishment, and many private and group houses. Among the many significant historic buildings that he has worked on are: St, George’s Cathedral, Hawthorden and Casa Labia for the Labia family, Glenara at UCT, Le Bonheur at Klapmuts, Uitkijk at Stellenbosch,  Land-en-Zeezicht in Somerset West and Watergate - the former Garlick family residence at Muizenberg.

The farm Fleurbaix, which adjoins Libertas, was granted in 1694 to the Huguenot, Pierre Le Fèbre, who was employed by the Dutch East India Company as a surgeon. He had arrived at the Cape in 1683. He named the farm after his birthplace, Fleurbaix, a town in the Artois district near Lille in northern France. The name was Dutchified to Fleurbaai but has now returned to its original form.

In 1800 the farm was owned by Paul Roux, who added the front gable and possibly built the outbuildings. The farmhouse is a freestanding H-shaped house with concavo-convex pediments. To the right of the house is a long wine cellar with concavo-convex end gables. To the left of the house is a long building that matches the wine cellar and was originally a planned longhouse. Adjoining the house is a fowl-run and there is also an early sheep kraal a distance behind the wine cellar.

FEBRUARY 2016 -TALK 
TOPIC:  Restoring Fleurbaix
SPEAKER:  Ivan Flint
DATE:  Tuesday, 16 February 2016
TIME: 19h45 for 20h00                                                    
VENUE: The Athenaeum, Boundary Terraces, Newlands, at the intersection of Mariendahl and Campground Roads