Werdmuller Centre
Former shopping centre in Cape Town
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The Werdmuller Centre was a mixed-use shopping centre and notable modernist building located in Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa. Named after former Old Mutual chairman George Werdmuller, the centre was designed in a brutalist architectural style by Cape Town-based architect Roelof Uytenbogaardt in 1969. It began construction in 1970 and was completed around 1975.
The centre struggled commercially for years, and the then-owners of the building, Old Mutual Properties, applied for a demolition permit in 2006. The proposed demolition received opposition from the architectural and heritage communities. The centre's final tenant vacated in 2012, and the centre subsequently closed.
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