George G Lawson and David J
Parr (1887–?)
Entry 36
Pretoria, South Africa
Parr began work for an architect in Pretoria in 1904.
Lawson registered as an architect in 1927 with the Institute of South
African architects.
Entries 8 and 36 were obviously part of the same entry, and should
be considered together. We will never know who did what work
on these two
plans.
No. 8 is the stormwater scheme. It recognises the topography
of the site only as it imposes requirements for stormwater
drainage. The
Australian capital appears as a giant octagon. This is an
essentially mechanical
and over-rigid design. The full plan, No. 36, is preoccupied
with
geometry, with a small central circle from which radiate
eight avenues.
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