Werdmuller Centre: the context, the people and the possibilities
Cape Town’s Werdmuller Centre, an iconic modernist building designed by renowned architect, urbanist and teacher, Roelof Uytenbogaardt, is under threat of demolition.
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Demolition on the cards for Werdmuller Centre
What does the future hold for the iconic Werdmuller Centre? Uytenbogaardt’s 1967 aspiration for a democratic architecture was never realized; an architecture that sought to use a building to draw people together, by creating an inclusive space in what was and remains a disconnected Claremont.