Emoyeni, the "Place in the Air" in Zulu, perches dramatically on Parktown Ridge like an eagles eyrie, its red brick gentility in stark contrast to the tumbling cliffs and the spectacular view towards the Magaliesberg range, a blue smudge on the horizon. The grand staircase loggia on the south offers no clue of the spectacular vista that lies ahead. The house was built in 1905 for Hon. Henry Hull, who was to become Minister of Finance in the first Union Government. In view of his involvement in the Johannesburg business world, it is perhaps not surprising that he eschewed the fashionable Herbert Baker and turned instead to the architects Leck and Emley for a rather grander realization. This well-established practice was certainly the most eminent in local business circles. They had, after all, recently completed the Rand Club building as well as the impressive Corner House, at that time the tallest building in Johannesburg. But given Mr. Hulls financial predilections, it was their recently completed Stock Exchange that he perhaps admired most.