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Schlesinger Building

Schlesinger Building is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Schlesinger Building rather than just read about it. In short: The Schlesinger Building, also known as Wesbank Centre or Sanlam Centre, is a skyscraper in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa. It was built in 1965 to a height of 110 metres (360 ft).

Key takeaways

Schlesinger Building belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Schlesinger Building to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Schlesinger Building from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Schlesinger Building, also known as Wesbank Centre or Sanlam Centre, is a skyscraper in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa. It was built in 1965 to a height of 110 metres (360 ft). It has 21 floors. The building is named for John Schlesinger, a Johannesburg businessman who was also one of the first major art collectors in the city. Doreen E. Greig, who was the first female president-in-chief of the South African Institute of Architects, described the building in her book as 'an immense building' with a 'sombre and monumental' aspect, which derived from the reflection of grey-green glass sheathing. Its facade are swollen and its vertical aluminium mullions are balanced by the horizontal glass spandrels, which also less obscure than the fenestration.

See also List of tallest buildings in Africa List of tallest buildings in South Africa

References

Citations

Books Greig, Doreen Edith (1971). A Guide to Architecture in South Africa. Cape Town: Howard Timmins. OCLC 216335.

External links Amethyst: Johannesburg Landmarks. Retrieved 11 February 2008.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Schlesinger Building

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Schlesinger Building claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Schlesinger Building before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Schlesinger Building ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Schlesinger Building

In research: Schlesinger Building appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Schlesinger Building in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Schlesinger Building is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 20th-century architecture in South Africa, Buildings and structures completed in 1965, Office buildings completed in 1965, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Schlesinger Building outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Schlesinger Building in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Schlesinger Building means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Schlesinger Building out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Schlesinger Building in simple terms?

The Schlesinger Building, also known as Wesbank Centre or Sanlam Centre, is a skyscraper in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa. It was built in 1965 to a height of 110 metres (360 ft).

Why does Schlesinger Building matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Schlesinger Building?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Schlesinger Building.