Johannesburg art gallery
Johannesburg
King George Street
Transvaal, South Africa
The entrance front and north-facing wings of Lutyens’s Johannesburg Art Gallery were built as planned, but the north range and corner wings, central east–west loggias, St Paul’s–derived entrance portico and bridging of the adjacent railway cutting were never realised, later south‑east and south‑west wings being added broadly to his design in 1940–44.
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Description
The entrance front, facing South, was built first, along with the wings facing north. But the Northeast and Northwest corner wings were never built, nor the north range completing the central courtyard. The Southeast and Southwest wings were added, in 1940-1944, by Robert Howden, a local architect, who had superintended the construction of the original building. These are more or less to Lutyens’s design, plus odd pergolas. The loggias which Lutyens designed in the centre of the East and West fronts, between the wings, were never done. Also the entrance portico, a version of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, was not meant to be confronted by a railway cutting as it is today; Lutyens designed a wide bridge to cover this area. The moving spirit behind the commission was Mrs Lionel Philips, assisted by Hugh Lane. (Amery et al, 1981, cat no.182)
Bibliography
Amery, C., Richardson, M. and Stamp, G., (1981) Lutyens, the Work of the English Architect Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944): Hayward Gallery London, 18 November 1981 – 31 January 1982. London: Arts Council of Great Britain., Weaver, L. (1913) Houses and Gardens by E L Lutyens. London: Country Life.
Butler, A., 1950. The architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens: the Lutyens memorial series. Vol III: Town and Public Buildings: Memorials: The Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool, Country Life: London and Scribners: New York.