Schlesinger Building
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The Schlesinger Building, also known as Wesbank Centre or Sanlam Centre, is a skyscraper in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa. It was built in 1965 to a height of Script error: No such module "convert".. It has 21 floors.[1] The building is named for John Schlesinger, a Johannesburg businessman who was also one of the first major art collectors in the city.[2]
Doreen E. Greig, who was the first female president-in-chief of the South African Institute of Architects,[3] described the building in her book as 'an immense building' with a 'sombre and monumental' aspect, which derived from the reflection of grey-green glass sheathing.Template:Sfn Its facade are swollen and its vertical aluminium mullions are balanced by the horizontal glass spandrels, which also less obscure than the fenestration.[4]
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- Amethyst: Johannesburg Landmarks. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
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