COMPETITION NEWS PROPOSED COMPETITION FOR HERNE
BAY MUNICIPAL OFFICES,
Professor A. E. Richardson, F. S. A., F. R. I. B. A., has been appointed assessor of this competition. Designs are invited for a composite building containing municipal offices, assembly hall for concerts, etc., and business premises, the whole to cost not more than £40, 000, exclusive of furniture. The conditions have been drawn up with very great care, and the competition should attract a large number of candidates.
Some indication of the size of the proposed building is given by the areas of its different departments. The surveyor and his staff occupy 1, 700 square feet of floor area, the Town Clerk and staff occupy 1, 100 square feet, while the assembly hall is to accommodate 600 persons, with stage. In addition to private offices, for which room may be found in the first and second floors, the comer portion of the site is to be occupied by a bank. The building is to be so planned that it can be carried out by sections, the municipal offices and business premises being capable of erection independently of the assembly hall.
The assessor has wisely insisted upon absolute uniformity in the technique of draughtsmanship and pictorial conventions by means of which the schemes are to be presented. Plans, elevations and sections must be in pen and ink, without shading or colouring of any kind, the walls on plans and sections must be shown black. No perspective is required. The drawings must be on sheets of plain paper without border. The competitors will welcome this last prohibition with special gratitude!
THE BRADFORD
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
COMPETITION
Mr. Arnold Mitchell had an easy task in choosing
the winner among the condidates in this competition. Messrs. Petch & Fermaud’s plan is of super-excellent quality and far surpasses that shown in the other premiated designs. They have utilised the slope of the ground to provide both a sub-ground floor and a semi-basement. In the latter are placed a gymnasium, with covered playground on each side (an ideal arrangement), while in immediate connection with each is the swimming-bath. The ground-floor plan shows a fine symmetrical arrangement, in which the assembly hall occupies a central position over the swimming-bath. This is approached directly from the main entrance hall, on either side of which are situated the administrative quarters. The assembly hall is lit from four internal courtyards, and has flanking corridors giving access to the class-rooms on the east side of the building and to the library and museum, especially quiet apartment set between the courtyards. The dining-room is on the north side, and is not only accessible from all parts of the building, but is in immediate communication with the kitchen offices on the same floor. The first-floor plan shows the upper part of the assembly hall, with gallery acting as communicating corridors through
the building, and an orderly array of lecture- and class-rooms all lit and ventilated from external walls.
The second premiated design, by Messrs. Stratton Davis, Yates, Dolman & Rowland V. Taylor, shows a good ground-floor plan, with class-rooms well situated in relation to the assembly hall and dining-rooms. This scheme, however, does not provide nearly such a convenient disposition of swimming-bath, gymnasium, library and museum as does the winning design, while there is no covered playground. Messrs. Cecil A. L. Sutton and George A. Bryan, the authors of the scheme placed third, have eschewed the courtyard formation and have spread out the class-rooms along two long corridors on either side of the assembly hall This arrangement does not conduce to the easy supervision of the work of the school. In both the lastmentioned designs the assembly hall is given very great architectural prominence, with the result that it somewhat dwarfs the remainder of the buildings.
BOGNOR COUNCIL
OFFICES
COMPETITION
Mr. Septimus Warwick, F. R. I. B. A., has awarded first place in this competition to Mr. Charles Cowles-Voysey. He has presented a straightforward solution of the ‘‘pro
gramme, ” and the simplicity of his plan is accompanied by orderly elevations. The entrance hall and broad corridor, lit at each end, give easy access to all the apartments on the ground floor, while a similar arrangement is repeated on the next floor, the staircase leading direct to the Council chamber.
The second premiated design, by Messrs. Clayton & Black, has also a very good plan which, while inferior in some respects to that placed first, has the advantage of providing separate access to the Magistrates’ Court on the ground floor, so that those engaged in legal business need not use the same entrance hall as the officials of the Council. The first floor plan somewhat resembles Mr. Cowles-Voysey’s. The elevations of both these designs, however, appear to be far too domestic in character, the buildings in each case being, on their street frontages, quite indistinguishable from country houses. A long, plain roof, a pleasant row of dormers, and two chimney stacks do not provide the appropriate crowning feature to a block of municipal offices, which also includes a magistrates’ court. Messrs. Adshead & Ramsey, authors of the third premiated design, have been far more successful in giving the right character to their building than have the authors of the first two schemes, inasmuch as they have placed a lantern on the roof, with clock underneath, and it is obvious at once that the building is in the tradition of the old English town hall. By this civic emblem the municipal offices assume an institutional air, and are no longer to be confused with a private dwelling-place. The plan of the municipal building itself, however, lacks the spaciousness and inevitability which marks the design of Mr. Cowles- Voysey.
MUNICIPAL OPPICES, HERNE BAY: BLOCK
PLAN.
BAY MUNICIPAL OFFICES,
Professor A. E. Richardson, F. S. A., F. R. I. B. A., has been appointed assessor of this competition. Designs are invited for a composite building containing municipal offices, assembly hall for concerts, etc., and business premises, the whole to cost not more than £40, 000, exclusive of furniture. The conditions have been drawn up with very great care, and the competition should attract a large number of candidates.
Some indication of the size of the proposed building is given by the areas of its different departments. The surveyor and his staff occupy 1, 700 square feet of floor area, the Town Clerk and staff occupy 1, 100 square feet, while the assembly hall is to accommodate 600 persons, with stage. In addition to private offices, for which room may be found in the first and second floors, the comer portion of the site is to be occupied by a bank. The building is to be so planned that it can be carried out by sections, the municipal offices and business premises being capable of erection independently of the assembly hall.
The assessor has wisely insisted upon absolute uniformity in the technique of draughtsmanship and pictorial conventions by means of which the schemes are to be presented. Plans, elevations and sections must be in pen and ink, without shading or colouring of any kind, the walls on plans and sections must be shown black. No perspective is required. The drawings must be on sheets of plain paper without border. The competitors will welcome this last prohibition with special gratitude!
THE BRADFORD
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
COMPETITION
Mr. Arnold Mitchell had an easy task in choosing
the winner among the condidates in this competition. Messrs. Petch & Fermaud’s plan is of super-excellent quality and far surpasses that shown in the other premiated designs. They have utilised the slope of the ground to provide both a sub-ground floor and a semi-basement. In the latter are placed a gymnasium, with covered playground on each side (an ideal arrangement), while in immediate connection with each is the swimming-bath. The ground-floor plan shows a fine symmetrical arrangement, in which the assembly hall occupies a central position over the swimming-bath. This is approached directly from the main entrance hall, on either side of which are situated the administrative quarters. The assembly hall is lit from four internal courtyards, and has flanking corridors giving access to the class-rooms on the east side of the building and to the library and museum, especially quiet apartment set between the courtyards. The dining-room is on the north side, and is not only accessible from all parts of the building, but is in immediate communication with the kitchen offices on the same floor. The first-floor plan shows the upper part of the assembly hall, with gallery acting as communicating corridors through
the building, and an orderly array of lecture- and class-rooms all lit and ventilated from external walls.
The second premiated design, by Messrs. Stratton Davis, Yates, Dolman & Rowland V. Taylor, shows a good ground-floor plan, with class-rooms well situated in relation to the assembly hall and dining-rooms. This scheme, however, does not provide nearly such a convenient disposition of swimming-bath, gymnasium, library and museum as does the winning design, while there is no covered playground. Messrs. Cecil A. L. Sutton and George A. Bryan, the authors of the scheme placed third, have eschewed the courtyard formation and have spread out the class-rooms along two long corridors on either side of the assembly hall This arrangement does not conduce to the easy supervision of the work of the school. In both the lastmentioned designs the assembly hall is given very great architectural prominence, with the result that it somewhat dwarfs the remainder of the buildings.
BOGNOR COUNCIL
OFFICES
COMPETITION
Mr. Septimus Warwick, F. R. I. B. A., has awarded first place in this competition to Mr. Charles Cowles-Voysey. He has presented a straightforward solution of the ‘‘pro
gramme, ” and the simplicity of his plan is accompanied by orderly elevations. The entrance hall and broad corridor, lit at each end, give easy access to all the apartments on the ground floor, while a similar arrangement is repeated on the next floor, the staircase leading direct to the Council chamber.
The second premiated design, by Messrs. Clayton & Black, has also a very good plan which, while inferior in some respects to that placed first, has the advantage of providing separate access to the Magistrates’ Court on the ground floor, so that those engaged in legal business need not use the same entrance hall as the officials of the Council. The first floor plan somewhat resembles Mr. Cowles-Voysey’s. The elevations of both these designs, however, appear to be far too domestic in character, the buildings in each case being, on their street frontages, quite indistinguishable from country houses. A long, plain roof, a pleasant row of dormers, and two chimney stacks do not provide the appropriate crowning feature to a block of municipal offices, which also includes a magistrates’ court. Messrs. Adshead & Ramsey, authors of the third premiated design, have been far more successful in giving the right character to their building than have the authors of the first two schemes, inasmuch as they have placed a lantern on the roof, with clock underneath, and it is obvious at once that the building is in the tradition of the old English town hall. By this civic emblem the municipal offices assume an institutional air, and are no longer to be confused with a private dwelling-place. The plan of the municipal building itself, however, lacks the spaciousness and inevitability which marks the design of Mr. Cowles- Voysey.
MUNICIPAL OPPICES, HERNE BAY: BLOCK
PLAN.