Frank Emley (1861,
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- 1938,
Bedford
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) was an English architect, who played an important part in designing several buildings in early Johannesburg in the practices of
Leck and Emley and
Emley and Williamson.
Early life
Emley worked as an assistant in his father's firm which specialised in church fittings. He is only known to have designed one building in England,
Corbridge Town Hall.
Style
During his time in Johannesburg, Emley designed masterpieces in a variety of styles, ranging from the Victorian Eclecticism of Hohenheim, to the grand Edwardian Baroque of the Rand Club, The Neo-Classicism of The university of the Witwatersrand to his
Art Deco
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sky scrapers of the 1930s.
List of important buildings
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Hohenheim
Hohenheim () is one of 18 outer quarters of the city of Stuttgart in the borough of Plieningen that sits on the Filder in central Baden-Württemberg. It was founded in 1782.
Geography
Hohenheim sits on the Filder, a large and fertile plateau i ...
/House
Lionel Phillips
Sir Lionel Phillips, 1st Baronet (6 August 1855 – 2 July 1936) was a British people, British-born South African financier, Mining Magnate, mining magnate and politician.
Early life
Phillips was born in London on 6 August 1855 to Phillip Phi ...
- 1892
* The First Chamber of Mines Building - 1894 (Emley and Scott)
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Sunnyside/House Hennen Jennings - 1895
* The Third
Corner House building - 1903 (Leck and Emley)
* The Third
Rand Club
The Rand Club is a private members' club in Johannesburg, South Africa, founded in October 1887. The current (third) clubhouse was designed by architects Leck & Emley in 1902 and its construction completed in 1904. Cecil John Rhodes helped to se ...
Building - 1905 (Leck and Emley)
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Savernake - 1904 (Leck and Emley)
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Emoyeni/House Henry Hull - 1905 (Leck and Emley)
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University of the Witwatersrand
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Central Block - 1922 (Emley and Williamson)
* Union House - 1933 (Emley and Williamson)
* Castle Mansions - 1935 (Emley and Williamson)
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Lauriston Court - 1934 (Emley and Williamson)
* The Aegis building - 1934 (Emley and Williamson)
* The Third
Anstey's Building - 1937 (Emley and Williamson)
* Manner's Mansions - 1939 (Emley and Williamson)
References
External links
Emley, FrankLeck and EmleyEmley and Williamson
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1861 births
1938 deaths
Architects from County Durham
People from Durham, England