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VASSA Journal No. 23 – June 2010

VASSA Journal No. 23 – June 2010

West Coast buildings: the architecture of a coastal frontier: Antonia Malan & Lita Webley
Extracts from ‘Die kultuur-historiese belang van die “hardebieshuise” van Hopefield’ (1985): C. Wessels
Survey of buildings at Oudekraal Fontein, Hopefield (October 1979): VASSA

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VASSA Journal No. 22 – Dec 2009

VASSA Journal No. 22 – Dec 2009

The Roodezand passes to the Tulbagh valley: Joanna Marx
The European origin of Cape vernacular architecture: Andre van Graan
Regional differences in Cape vernacular architecture: Hans Fransen

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VASSA Journal Vol. 21

VASSA Journal Vol. 21

Rietfontein: a farm in the North Onder-Bokkeveld: Nigel Amschwand
The Liesbeeck River: its importance and its problems: Yvonne Brink
Doornboom in Heidelberg, saved at last: Hans Fransen
The Namaqualand stockpost: Lita Webley

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VASSA Journal Vol. 20

VASSA Journal Vol. 20

This issue is the second in a series dedicated towards recording the corbelled buildings of South Africa (see no.17 June 2007)
Buildings in the Karoo and Onder-Bokkeveld are described

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VASSA Journal Vol. 19

VASSA Journal Vol. 19

Mike Visser: a sociable loner : Joanna Marx
Mike Visser: how I remember him: David van den Heever
What is a vernacular building?: David Glennie
Building in stone in the Karoo: possible explanations for the
restricted distribution of corbelled houses: Judy Maguire

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VASSA Journal Vol. 18

VASSA Journal Vol. 18

Soutpan – a farm on the edge: Nigel Amschwand
The form and layout of early Cape Town households, 1660-1740: Antonia Malan

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VASSA Journal Vol. 17

VASSA Journal Vol. 17

Corbelled buildings – an overview: Pat Kramer
VASSA excursion to Loxton, September 2006
Corbelled buildings in Europe
Corbelled buildings in South Africa: James Walton
Nieuweveld farms that tell a story: Judy Maguire

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VASSA Journal Vol. 16

VASSA Journal Vol. 16

André Pretorius: great loss to VASSA / Gevoelige verlies vir Kaapse bewaringwêreld: Hans Fransen
André Pretorius: Skrywer, fotograaf, bewaringsman: Martiens van Bart
The Three Musketeers: Philippina Oberholster
Preface to André Pretorius’s self-published book, Our Threatened Heritage (1997): André Pretorius
Tierhoek, Calvinia: André Pretorius … & more

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VASSA Journal Vol. 15

VASSA Journal Vol. 15

Driefontein Farmhouse, Berg River Valley:an example of a late 18 th century longhouse: Mary Patrick & Harriet Clift
Donkerhoek homestead: Farm 956, Stellenbosch: Emmylou Rabe
An investigation of a colonial era farm graveyard in the Northern Cape:Nigel Amschwand

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VASSA Journal Vol. 14

VASSA Journal Vol. 14

The vernacular architecture of Swellendam and its surroundings : Eureka Barnard
A tribute to our Octogenarian Vernackers: Helen Binckes, Shirley Chapman, Marion Ellis, Mary Floyd & Joy Saxon
Coenradenberg: Pat Kramer

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