House Lindsay Falck

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Location: 22 Thistle St, Newlands, Cape Town

Architect: Lindsay Falck

Date: 1956-58

Status: Extant

Style: Modernist

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Notes

"Before Lindsay reached age 25, he had married, had three children (two of whom were conceived before he completed his thesis), and built – to his design and largely by his own labor – a modern house located at 22 Thistle Street in Newlands, Cape Town (1956-58). More than a few contractors involved in the construction of the Centlivres Building at UCT found themselves working on the Falck House. “We had wonderful times in that house,” Lindsay recalled in 2013, “always with a lot of the neighborhood children in and out. Cars and go-carts were built and rebuilt, and surfboards were made in the basement workshop…” (William Whitaker)


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Source: Cape Institute for Architecture

Source: DocomomoSA Fiche by Jean Nuttal

Source: DocomomoSA Fiche by Jean Nuttal

Source: DocomomoSA Fiche by Jean Nuttal

Source: DocomomoSA Fiche by Jean Nuttal

Source: DocomomoSA Fiche by Jean Nuttal

Source: DocomomoSA Fiche by Jean Nuttal

Source: DocomomoSA Fiche by Jean Nuttal

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  • Lindsay Falck - A tribute (William Whitaker)

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