THE BUILDER
A Journal for the Architect & Constructor
OCTOBER 25, 1929.
No. 4525
LEADING CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PLATES.
Extension of British Medical Association Building, Tavistock Square, W.C. Mr. C. Wontner Smith, F.R.I.B.A., Architect. _______
PAGE
Northcliffe House, Bristol. Messrs. Herbert 0. Ellis and Clarke,
FE.R.I.B.A., Architects.
Plans ............................................ 686 Extei ior ...................................... 687 Extension of British Medical Associa
tion Building, Tavistock Square, W.C. Mr. Ç. Wontner Smith, F.R.I.B.A., Architect.
Exterior ....................................... 688 Interior ......................................... 689 View in Courtyard ....................... 690 The Junior King’s School, Canterbury
(Milner Court, Sturry, Kent). Messrs. Sydney Tatchell and Geoffrey C. Wilson, FF.R.I.B.A., Architects.
View from Mansion House ......... 678 View from the East .................... 678 Sixteenth-century Brick Gateway 681 South Entrance Doorway............. 684 North Elevation ........................... 691 Mansion House .......................,.. 692 East Front, and Entrance ......... 693 South Front .................................. 693 Dormitory .................................... 694 Classrooms ................. 694 Plans ............................................ 695 Washing Room ........................... 700 Studies by Alfred Stevens... 680, 681 & 683 Laylight at Premises in Streatham High
Road, S.W. Designed by Mr.
Roland Morris .................................. 701
ARTICLES.
PAGE
Leader : The Powers of Water Undertakings .............................................. 679 Notes ....:....................................... 680 & 681 General News ......................................... 682 Competition News ................................. 682 “ The Builder ” Debate : XXIII.
“ The Public Taste ” .................... 683 Correspondence ...................................... 683 The New Session of the R.I.B.A.......... 683 The Architecture Club : The Modern
Note in House Decoration ............. 684 St. Edmund King and Martyr, Lom
bard-street ....................................... 684 Meetings ................................................. 684 Notes on Illustrations ............................ 685 The Modern Provincial Newspaper
Building. By L. W. Thornton
White ............................................... 696 Societies and Institutions ..................... 697 Legal Section .......................................... 698 Tombs of the Kings .............................. 698 Replanning Old and Historic
Towns .................................... 699 & 700 Architects’ and Builders’ Inquiry Bureau 700 Herts Rural Industries ......................... 701 Housing in London ................................. 701 Recurring Defects : Their Cause, Pre
vention, and Cure—XVII. By
J. R. Taylor..................................... 702 The Marking of Tools ........................... 702 Trades Training Schools. Distribution
of Prizes ......................................... 703 New Buildings in London .................... 704 Plumbing Trades’ National Apprentice
ship Council ..................................... 705 New Cinemas ......................................... 705 Contracts Placed .................................... 705 Rates of Wages in the Building Trade 706 Contracts. Competitions, etc............. 707-710 Building News ....................................... 710 Proposed New Buildings and Other
Works ......................................... 710-712 Tirade News ........................ 712 Tenders ............................................. 716-718
Published every Friday
THE BUILDER LIMITED
CATHERINE STREET AND YORK STREET, ALDWYCH, LONDON, W.C.2 Telephone • Temple Bar 6251 (3 lines).
87th YEAR
A Journal for the Architect & Constructor
OCTOBER 25, 1929.
No. 4525
LEADING CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PLATES.
Extension of British Medical Association Building, Tavistock Square, W.C. Mr. C. Wontner Smith, F.R.I.B.A., Architect. _______
PAGE
Northcliffe House, Bristol. Messrs. Herbert 0. Ellis and Clarke,
FE.R.I.B.A., Architects.
Plans ............................................ 686 Extei ior ...................................... 687 Extension of British Medical Associa
tion Building, Tavistock Square, W.C. Mr. Ç. Wontner Smith, F.R.I.B.A., Architect.
Exterior ....................................... 688 Interior ......................................... 689 View in Courtyard ....................... 690 The Junior King’s School, Canterbury
(Milner Court, Sturry, Kent). Messrs. Sydney Tatchell and Geoffrey C. Wilson, FF.R.I.B.A., Architects.
View from Mansion House ......... 678 View from the East .................... 678 Sixteenth-century Brick Gateway 681 South Entrance Doorway............. 684 North Elevation ........................... 691 Mansion House .......................,.. 692 East Front, and Entrance ......... 693 South Front .................................. 693 Dormitory .................................... 694 Classrooms ................. 694 Plans ............................................ 695 Washing Room ........................... 700 Studies by Alfred Stevens... 680, 681 & 683 Laylight at Premises in Streatham High
Road, S.W. Designed by Mr.
Roland Morris .................................. 701
ARTICLES.
PAGE
Leader : The Powers of Water Undertakings .............................................. 679 Notes ....:....................................... 680 & 681 General News ......................................... 682 Competition News ................................. 682 “ The Builder ” Debate : XXIII.
“ The Public Taste ” .................... 683 Correspondence ...................................... 683 The New Session of the R.I.B.A.......... 683 The Architecture Club : The Modern
Note in House Decoration ............. 684 St. Edmund King and Martyr, Lom
bard-street ....................................... 684 Meetings ................................................. 684 Notes on Illustrations ............................ 685 The Modern Provincial Newspaper
Building. By L. W. Thornton
White ............................................... 696 Societies and Institutions ..................... 697 Legal Section .......................................... 698 Tombs of the Kings .............................. 698 Replanning Old and Historic
Towns .................................... 699 & 700 Architects’ and Builders’ Inquiry Bureau 700 Herts Rural Industries ......................... 701 Housing in London ................................. 701 Recurring Defects : Their Cause, Pre
vention, and Cure—XVII. By
J. R. Taylor..................................... 702 The Marking of Tools ........................... 702 Trades Training Schools. Distribution
of Prizes ......................................... 703 New Buildings in London .................... 704 Plumbing Trades’ National Apprentice
ship Council ..................................... 705 New Cinemas ......................................... 705 Contracts Placed .................................... 705 Rates of Wages in the Building Trade 706 Contracts. Competitions, etc............. 707-710 Building News ....................................... 710 Proposed New Buildings and Other
Works ......................................... 710-712 Tirade News ........................ 712 Tenders ............................................. 716-718
Published every Friday
THE BUILDER LIMITED
CATHERINE STREET AND YORK STREET, ALDWYCH, LONDON, W.C.2 Telephone • Temple Bar 6251 (3 lines).
87th YEAR