Special Issues
VASSA 50th Anniversary Souvenir Brochure (2014) – A Look Back
A Look Back at VASSA’s 50 years of ”Vernacking”.
Contents include
- Can vernacular be restored?:Hans Fransen
- Reading the structure of old Cape buildings: Dirk Visser
- Recording on the Northern Frontier: Nigel Amschwand & the Bokkeveld Team
Matjiesfontein: Guido Lugtenburg
Soutpan: David Glennie
Lokenburg: André Pretorius
Little Karoo: Pat & John Kramer, Judy Maguire - Different approaches
Upper Table Valley: Dennis Verschoyle
Stormsvlei: André Pretorius
Gains & Losses:
Scotschekloof, Bo-Kaap: Jim Hislop
Kalbaskraal, Malmsbury: André van Graan
Klaarefontein, Verlorenvlei: James Walton et al
Coenradenberg, Hopefield: Hans Fransen et al
Doornboom, Heidelberg: André Pretorius - Mills… and more!
Cape Folk Architecture Exhibition – 40th Anniversary Souvenir Brochure (2004)
As a celebration of VASSAs 40th anniversary, the society mounted an exhibition to trace the vernacular architecture tradition of the Western Cape, through the links that exist between need, available materials and indigenous building knowledge.
The exhibition was displayed at the University of Cape Town’s Irma Stern Museum.
The curators, contributors and organisers were all members of the Vernacular Architecture Society.
The exhibition looked at buildings within the landscape, both natural and man-made, to demonstrate the remarkable synergy that exists between form, materials and location.
Cape Folk Architecture Exhibition (English edition)
Kaapse Volk Architektur Tentoonstelling (Afrikaans edition)
Studies & Debates in Vernacular Architecture in the Western Cape
Workshop Proceedings: Studies & Debates in Vernacular Architecture in the Western Cape,
Nov 2004, convened by Antonia Malan and assisted by Sally Titlestad.
Contributers: Andrew Berman, Melanie Attwell, Tariq Toffa, Hans Fransen, Fabio Todeschini, Sally Titlestad, Marthinus van Bart, Len Raymond, Yvonne Brink, Antonia Malan, Andre van Graan, Joanna Marx, Wendy Arendse, Sarah Winter, Nicolas Baumann, Henry Aikman, Stephen Townsend
Session 1: Views of Vernacular Architecture & Landscapes
Andrew Berman, Melanie Attwell, Tariq Toffa, Hans Fransen, Fabio Todeschini
Session 2: Approaches & Applications – Resources & Recording
Sally Titlestad, Marthinus van Bart, Len Raymond, Yvonne Brink, Antonia Malan
Session 3: Approaches & Applications – Heritage Conservation
Andre van Graan, Joanna Marx, Wendy Arendse, Sarah Winter, Nicolas Baumann, Henry Aikman, Stephen Townsend
In Honour of Gawie Fagan – A Special Edition (2005)
A Special Edition in celebration of Gawie Fagan’s 80th birthday (15 Novenber 2005)
Tributes and pictures by:
Andre van Graan,
John Rennie,
Len Raymond,
Ashley Lillie,
Heinrich Wolff,
Hans Fransen,
Oskar Kreft,
Henry & Helena Fagan
Price R20
A Tribute to the Donkey: James Walton
A Tribute to the Donkey:
James Walton
Reviews the role of the donkey in South African culture and built environment.
A brief history of the donkey and its assistance to man, including donkey carts, karretjie people of the Karoo and horse-mills.
Privately published by James Walton in 1999.
Price – R40
Coenradenberg – A Survey
A valuable record of material gathered on Coenradenburg, an old Cape farm near Hopefield in 1975/6 by VASSA team members:
Margaret Cairns,
Willem Malherbe,
John Rennie,
Phillip Erskine,
Maureen Archer,
Gwen Vaughan-Williams
With photos by Sue Henderson & Helen Binckes
And illustration & design by Mickey Munro
Price – R20
Eensaamheid – Lange Kloof – by James Walton
Eensaamheid – Lange Kloof – by James Walton
Published 1961