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Union Buildings: Exterior · East tower of the Union Buildings, Pretoria, South Africa
1/6 · Exterior · East tower of the Union Buildings, Pretoria, South AfricaPhoto: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Union Buildings: Exterior · View over Pretoria with the Union Buildings in the distance
2/6 · Exterior · View over Pretoria with the Union Buildings in the distancePhoto: Leo za1 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Union Buildings: Exterior · Zebras in Pretoria with Union Buildings in the background, taken from Johann Rissik Drive, Groenkloof
3/6 · Exterior · Zebras in Pretoria with Union Buildings in the background, taken from Johann Rissik Drive, GroenkloofPhoto: Friedmut Abel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Union Buildings: Exterior · Veduta Union Buildings
4/6 · Exterior · Veduta Union BuildingsPhoto: Pmk58 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Union Buildings: Interior · Union Buildings, Meintjieskop, Pretoria
5/6 · Interior · Union Buildings, Meintjieskop, PretoriaPhoto: Leo za1 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Union Buildings: Context · Union Buildings, Meintjieskop, Pretoria
6/6 · Context · Union Buildings, Meintjieskop, PretoriaPhoto: Leo za1 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · East tower of the Union Buildings, Pretoria, South AfricaPhoto 2: Exterior · View over Pretoria with the Union Buildings in the distancePhoto 3: Exterior · Zebras in Pretoria with Union Buildings in the background, taken from Johann Rissik Drive, GroenkloofPhoto 4: Exterior · Veduta Union BuildingsPhoto 5: Interior · Union Buildings, Meintjieskop, PretoriaPhoto 6: Context · Union Buildings, Meintjieskop, Pretoria

Civic · Historic precedent

Union Buildings

Herbert Baker · Pretoria, South Africa · 1913

Key featuresTwo office wings joined by a semicircular colonnade framing an amphitheatre above terraced gardens.

Architect
Herbert Baker
Place
Pretoria, South Africa
Year
1913
Typology
Civic
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
Africa
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