Benmore Gardens is a suburb of
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alon ...
in the
Sandton
Sandton is a financial, commercial and residential area, located in the northern part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Formerly an independent municipality, Sandton's name came from the combination of two of its suburbs, Sa ...
area. It is located in
Region 3 and is in a South African region - some 29 mi (or 46 km) South-West of Pretoria, the country's capital city.
History
In 1964, architect
Harold Le Roith
Harold "Harry" Hirsch Le Roith (24 March 1905 – 4 July 1995) was a
South African architect. He was a key figure in modern architecture in South Africa in the twentieth century. He is mostly known for designing residential buildings and synagog ...
purchased one hundred acres in what became Benmore Gardens. He was to work with the architect
Richard Neutra
Richard Joseph Neutra ( ; 8 April 1892 – 16 April 1970) was an Austrian-American architect. Living and building for most of his career in Southern California, he came to be considered a prominent and important modernist architect. His most ...
on realising a project to build a self-contained village centre with apartments, shops and offices. The project was inspired by Le Roith's visit to
Tapiola
Tapiola (; ) is a district of the municipality of Espoo on the south coast of Finland, and is one of the major urban centres of Espoo. It is located in the western part of Helsinki capital region. The name ''Tapiola'' is derived from ''Tapio (spi ...
, a newly constructed town in
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
. Le Roith pulled out of the project after the completion of two apartment blocks.
Benmore Gardens
''Artefacts''. Retrieved on 3 February 2025
References
Johannesburg Region E
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