Werdmuller Centre

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. The building was sold to New Property Ventures by the mid-2010s, and the company has proposed redeveloping it. The building was used as a set for the film The Dark Tower in 2016 and for the Resident Evil television series in 2021. A redevelopment proposal was approved in 2023; the building will be partially demolished and become a mixed-use development named the Neo.

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