Person

Mansergh, Brian George Lewis

1897-1977

Brian George Lewis Mansergh was born in Wynberg, Cape, on 30 May 1897 and died in Cape Town aged 80 on 18 July 1977. He was educated at Rondebosch Boys’ High School and at the South African College School. He studied Civil Engineering (1919-20) at the University of Cape Town. He joined the office of architects Kendall & Morris in December 1920, before leaving to study architecture at the Liverpool School of Architecture in 1922, taking the special war examination of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in July 1922, and receiving a certificate in Civic Design as well as Architecture.
Returning to Cape Town, it is likely that he resumed work in Kendall's office. In July 1927, he entered into partnership with FK Kendall, remaining in this firm until June 1932, when he became a lecturer in the Architecture Department at UCT.
He was an associate with CP Walgate on several buildings and was vice-president of the Cape Provincial Institute of Architects from 1932 until 1933 and president of the CPIA 1933-34.
Mansergh continued to practise on his own account in Cape Town. In 1938 he won the Cape Provincial Institute of Architects' Bronze Medal for the Land and Agricultural Bank of South Africa, Cape Town.

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