Circle Court, Johannesburg

Circle Court
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Residence apartments
Location	Hillbrow, Johannesburg South Africa
Coordinates	26°12′16″S 28°02′32″E / 26.20452°S 28.04224°E / -26.20452; 28.04224
Completed	1936
Height
Roof	102 metres (335 ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Obel & Obel [1]

Circle Court is a residential building in Johannesburg, Hillbrow was designed by the company of brothers Luis Theodore Obel and Mark Obel in 1936. They both favoured the Art Deco style of design. During the time when the building was constructed, Clarendon circle was a famous landmark with a large traffic circle surrounding an island of grass and palm trees, this was replaced by traffic lights in 1959. Luis Theodore Obed lived in this building and died here in 1956 ^[2][3][4]

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