Print Email Facebook Twitter Wilhelmiens in peril: Use, value and relevance of the eclectic legacy Title Wilhelmiens in peril: Use, value and relevance of the eclectic legacy Author Clarke, N.J. Faculty Architecture and The Built Environment Department Architectural Engineering +Technology Date 2014-09-01 Abstract The remnant built fabric of the Eclectic ZA Wilhelmiens era in the geographic area that encompasses the former ZAR has its source in three categories of endeavour: (1) the Department of Public Works of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (DPW), (2) the rail and ancillary development of the NZASM, and (3) those architects and draughtsmen of Dutch birth and training engaged in private practice. The sheer number of structures that have survived from this era has astounded the researchers of this project; testimony to the ability, skill and hard work of architects, contractors and labourers. Some of these were engaged in a personally profitable manner: white architects, contractors and craftsmen, while others, black labourers, were often forced through vicarious means to contribute their energies (See Chapter 4, The ‘Departement Publieke Werken’). A full inventory of Eclectic ZA Wilhelmiens structures has not yet been compiled and would be a mammoth task to undertake. This is one of the factors that threaten these valuable assets. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a1e61271-9972-4de7-aa5b-b8c3c2be9a03 Publisher Department of Architecture at the University of Pretoria / Visual Books ISBN 978-0-620-61972-1 Source Eclectic ZA Wilhelmiens: A shared Dutch built heritage in South Africa Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type book chapter Rights (c) 2014 Clarke, N.J. Files PDF 314123.pdf 2.72 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:a1e61271-9972-4de7-aa5b-b8c3c2be9a03/datastream/OBJ/view