Warehouse for Rabkin & Hoffman
Location: Albertus St, Cape Town Architects: Hendrick & Stander (based in Parow in c1949) Date: 1949 (date on drawings) - 1957 Status: Extant Map Notes There was originally a garage on the site. The location formed part of District Six which suffered forced removals in 1968. The neighbouring Victorian leather harness manufacturing building (1910) to the north-west burnt down in 2020 and was subsequently demolished. The warehouse facade was eventually designed to compliment the facade of the 1910 Victorian building (unlike the 1949 drawings). There were factories to the south-east that were demolished during the forced removals. Both vacant areas are currently used for parking. Drawings Plans Elevations Street view (2022). Source: Katie Thomas Warehouse with matching facade on the right, with the burnt-down factory on the left. Source: Katie Thomas Sources Luana Mae de Sousa Teixeira Manhiça. 2022. Architecture for Performance. (UCT thesis) Tho...