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- The Mutual Building (Afrikaans: Mutual Gebou), in Cape Town, South Africa, was built as the headquarters of the South African Mutual Life Assurance Society, now the "Old Mutual" insurance and financial services company. It was opened in 1940, but before the end of the 1950s—less than 20 years later—business operations were already moving to another new office at Mutual Park in Pinelands (north east of the city centre); since then Old Mutual has become an international business and their present head office is in Johannesburg. The building is a fine example of art deco architecture and design, and it has many interesting internal features such as the banking hall, assembly room, directors' board room; external features include a dramatic ziggurat structure, prismoid (triangular) windows, and one of the longest carved stone friezes in the world. It has been said that it provides evidence of the colonial attitudes of the time, and the "ideals of colonial government promulgated by Rhodes in the late nineteenth century". The Mutual Building is now converted to residential use, although some parts of the building are used commercially. For example, the Banking Hall (which is now an events venue) and the retail shops that operate outside on the ground level. (en)
- Mutual Building (Mutual Gebou en afrikaans) est un bâtiment à usage d'habitation situé au centre-ville du Cap en Afrique du Sud. Édifié au 14 Darling Street en 1939 pour être le siège social de la société d'assurance Old Mutual, le bâtiment art déco a été inauguré en 1940. À la suite du déménagement du siège social de Old Mutual dans le quartier de pinelands (nord-est du Cap) à la fin des années 1950, le bâtiment a été reconverti en immeuble d'habitations privées de haute gamme. Ce bâtiment de 85 m de hauteur présente notamment l'une des plus longues frises en pierre sculptée au monde. (fr)
- Il Mutual Building (Mutual Gebou in afrikaans), chiamato anche Mutual Heights è un grattacielo di Città del Capo in Sudafrica. L'edificio è un perfetto esempio di architettura art déco. (it)
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- Mutual Building (Mutual Gebou en afrikaans) est un bâtiment à usage d'habitation situé au centre-ville du Cap en Afrique du Sud. Édifié au 14 Darling Street en 1939 pour être le siège social de la société d'assurance Old Mutual, le bâtiment art déco a été inauguré en 1940. À la suite du déménagement du siège social de Old Mutual dans le quartier de pinelands (nord-est du Cap) à la fin des années 1950, le bâtiment a été reconverti en immeuble d'habitations privées de haute gamme. Ce bâtiment de 85 m de hauteur présente notamment l'une des plus longues frises en pierre sculptée au monde. (fr)
- Il Mutual Building (Mutual Gebou in afrikaans), chiamato anche Mutual Heights è un grattacielo di Città del Capo in Sudafrica. L'edificio è un perfetto esempio di architettura art déco. (it)
- The Mutual Building (Afrikaans: Mutual Gebou), in Cape Town, South Africa, was built as the headquarters of the South African Mutual Life Assurance Society, now the "Old Mutual" insurance and financial services company. It was opened in 1940, but before the end of the 1950s—less than 20 years later—business operations were already moving to another new office at Mutual Park in Pinelands (north east of the city centre); since then Old Mutual has become an international business and their present head office is in Johannesburg. (en)
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