The New Year of the Schools
We have received a number of Prospectuses from various Schools of Architecture and Building in the country which commence their new sessions within the next few weeks. It is impossible to give particulars of all the various courses at these Institutions, and those interested are recommended to apply direct for particulars.
Liverpool University School of Architecture. — Principal: Professor C. H. Reilly, O. B. E., M. A., F. R. I. B. A. Degree and Diploma Courses in Architecture. Degree and Diploma Classes in Civic Design under Professor Patrick Abercrombie, M. A., A. R. I. B. A. Particulars of the Secretary.
London University. Bartlett School of Architecture. — Degree Certificate and Diploma Classes in Architecture under Professor A. E. Richardson, F. R. I. B. A., F. S. A. Courses in Town Planning and Civic Architecture under Professor S. D. Adshead, M. A., M. Areh., F. R. I. B. A. Other courses in Municipal, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Painting and Sculpture, Archæology, Hygiene and Sanitation. Particulars of the Secretary, Gower Street, London, W. C. l.
Royal College of Art, South Kensington, London, S. W. 7. — Principal: Professor William
Rothenstein, M. A., A. R. C. A. Five main schools, devoted to Architecture, Design, Engraving, Drawing, Painting and Sculpture. Diploma and Post-Diploma Courses. School of Architecture under Professor J. Hubert Worthington, M. A., A. R. I. B. A., Hon. A. R. C. A. Architectural visitors: Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, R. A., F. R. I. B. A, and Mr. W. G. Newton, M. C, M. A, F. R. I. B. A. Inquiries to The Registrar at the College.
London County Council School of Building, Ferndale Road, Brixton, London, S. W. 4. — Principaldesignate: Mr. F. E. Drury, M. Sc., F. I. San. E. Director of Architectural Studies: Professor Beresford Pite, M. A, F. R. I. B. A. Evening Classes in Building Trade Crafts, Building Construction, Surveying, Structural Engineering applied to Building, and Architecture and Drawing. Commence September 26. Enrolment week, September 19 to 23. Communications to The Principal at the School.
Glasgow School of Architecture — Under a Joint Committee of the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, and the Glasgow School of Art. Degree, Diploma and Certificate Courses in Architecture. Director of Architectural Studies: Professor T. Harold Hughes, F. R. I. B. A, F. S. I, A. R. C. A. (Arch. ) Lond. Particulars from the Principal.
Royal Technical College, Glasgow. — Director: Mr. H F. Fitton, LL. D., F. R. S. E. Day Courses in various branches of Applied Science. Architecture and Building, as above, under Glasgow School of Architecture, but various courses in Engineering, Metallurgy, Chemistry, etc. Communications to the Chief Clerk.
City and Guilds of London Institute, Department of Technology, 29 Roland Gardens, South Kensington, S. W. 7. — We have received a copy of the Programme of the Institute’s Technological Department for the Session 1927-28. This body was founded for the registration of classes in over 80 technological subjects, and the holding of examination of the students, who usually enter from the various technological colleges and schools throughout the country. The Programme is published by John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, W. l.; price, 3s. 6d. net. Communications regarding the work of the Department to be addressed to the Superintendent as above.
Public Baths, Woodstock Street,
Birmingham
This design, by Mr. Arthur McKewan (illustrated on pages 528 and 529), marks a new development in the design of swimming-baths, inasmuch as special provision is made for spectators to witness polo matches and other athletic competitions in the water, and shows the increasing popularity of these water sports. Like every other type of building, the swimming-bath grows in complexity as its special character finds more exact expression. It is now discovered that the old-fashioned arrangement of a large bath surrounded by “stalls” or “boxes” for bathers is quite insufficient for modern
needs, especially where, in addition to the general public, the members of a swimming club need to be accommodated. In the present instance it was found necessary, in addition to the bath previously erected, to construct a “Gala Swimming Bath” with five
rows of tall steps on either flank, which provide seats for a considerable number of spectators. To anyone who has tried to witness a polo match in the ordinary swimming-bath, with a single narrow strip of horizontal platform round the water, the advantages of this new arrangement will immediately be apparent. Two entrances are provided. The principal entrance takes one into a top-lit hall with double staircase, presumably leading to a gallery, and this hall also gives access to a large clubroom, offices, and separate corridors by which men and women enter the swimming-baths. An establishment laundry, wash-house, and twenty slipper baths for the use of the public, are also provided. The spectators’ entrance has on its left cloakrooms for men and women, and on its right a staffroom with kitchen attached, while the corner block contains the boiler-house.
The interior of this Gala Swimming Bath, of which a view is here shown, is given a simple shape, the plain, rectangular plan being roofed by a series of elegant elliptical ferro-concrete trusses. The spaces between the arches are ceiled except at the top portion, which is left open in order to make provision for a top-light with vertical sides and gable roof with its ridge extending the whole length of the bath. While this arrangement, however, may have been convenient from the practical point of view, one cannot help feeling that this skylight has now the characteristic of an after-thought, for the ellipse is æsthetically complete without this formal interruption at their crowns, by which an arbitrary length of their periphery is given different treatment from the rest. The curves now sweep past the skylight as if this feature were of no importance whatever.
Externally, the main entrance to the baths, set between two wings with parapets, rusticated quoins, and steep-hipped roof, is well expressed, but the side elevation appears to fall to pieces, and has the neglige air which one associates with a factory building. It was not, of course, an easy problem to contrive the laundry and boiler-house into an harmonious façade, but considering that the fenestration of both these buildings is not just “utilitarian, ” but obviously arranged in an “architectural” manner, it
would surely have been possible to give them a little more homogeneity than at present they possess. The group of low buildings between the boiler-house and garage appears needlessly insignificant, and the ˮspectators’ entrance, ’’ a not unimportant feature of the building, receives insufficient formal expression. One naturally expects a high standard of design in the elevation of a building which is so admirably planned and equipped.
We have received a number of Prospectuses from various Schools of Architecture and Building in the country which commence their new sessions within the next few weeks. It is impossible to give particulars of all the various courses at these Institutions, and those interested are recommended to apply direct for particulars.
Liverpool University School of Architecture. — Principal: Professor C. H. Reilly, O. B. E., M. A., F. R. I. B. A. Degree and Diploma Courses in Architecture. Degree and Diploma Classes in Civic Design under Professor Patrick Abercrombie, M. A., A. R. I. B. A. Particulars of the Secretary.
London University. Bartlett School of Architecture. — Degree Certificate and Diploma Classes in Architecture under Professor A. E. Richardson, F. R. I. B. A., F. S. A. Courses in Town Planning and Civic Architecture under Professor S. D. Adshead, M. A., M. Areh., F. R. I. B. A. Other courses in Municipal, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Painting and Sculpture, Archæology, Hygiene and Sanitation. Particulars of the Secretary, Gower Street, London, W. C. l.
Royal College of Art, South Kensington, London, S. W. 7. — Principal: Professor William
Rothenstein, M. A., A. R. C. A. Five main schools, devoted to Architecture, Design, Engraving, Drawing, Painting and Sculpture. Diploma and Post-Diploma Courses. School of Architecture under Professor J. Hubert Worthington, M. A., A. R. I. B. A., Hon. A. R. C. A. Architectural visitors: Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, R. A., F. R. I. B. A, and Mr. W. G. Newton, M. C, M. A, F. R. I. B. A. Inquiries to The Registrar at the College.
London County Council School of Building, Ferndale Road, Brixton, London, S. W. 4. — Principaldesignate: Mr. F. E. Drury, M. Sc., F. I. San. E. Director of Architectural Studies: Professor Beresford Pite, M. A, F. R. I. B. A. Evening Classes in Building Trade Crafts, Building Construction, Surveying, Structural Engineering applied to Building, and Architecture and Drawing. Commence September 26. Enrolment week, September 19 to 23. Communications to The Principal at the School.
Glasgow School of Architecture — Under a Joint Committee of the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, and the Glasgow School of Art. Degree, Diploma and Certificate Courses in Architecture. Director of Architectural Studies: Professor T. Harold Hughes, F. R. I. B. A, F. S. I, A. R. C. A. (Arch. ) Lond. Particulars from the Principal.
Royal Technical College, Glasgow. — Director: Mr. H F. Fitton, LL. D., F. R. S. E. Day Courses in various branches of Applied Science. Architecture and Building, as above, under Glasgow School of Architecture, but various courses in Engineering, Metallurgy, Chemistry, etc. Communications to the Chief Clerk.
City and Guilds of London Institute, Department of Technology, 29 Roland Gardens, South Kensington, S. W. 7. — We have received a copy of the Programme of the Institute’s Technological Department for the Session 1927-28. This body was founded for the registration of classes in over 80 technological subjects, and the holding of examination of the students, who usually enter from the various technological colleges and schools throughout the country. The Programme is published by John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, W. l.; price, 3s. 6d. net. Communications regarding the work of the Department to be addressed to the Superintendent as above.
Public Baths, Woodstock Street,
Birmingham
This design, by Mr. Arthur McKewan (illustrated on pages 528 and 529), marks a new development in the design of swimming-baths, inasmuch as special provision is made for spectators to witness polo matches and other athletic competitions in the water, and shows the increasing popularity of these water sports. Like every other type of building, the swimming-bath grows in complexity as its special character finds more exact expression. It is now discovered that the old-fashioned arrangement of a large bath surrounded by “stalls” or “boxes” for bathers is quite insufficient for modern
needs, especially where, in addition to the general public, the members of a swimming club need to be accommodated. In the present instance it was found necessary, in addition to the bath previously erected, to construct a “Gala Swimming Bath” with five
rows of tall steps on either flank, which provide seats for a considerable number of spectators. To anyone who has tried to witness a polo match in the ordinary swimming-bath, with a single narrow strip of horizontal platform round the water, the advantages of this new arrangement will immediately be apparent. Two entrances are provided. The principal entrance takes one into a top-lit hall with double staircase, presumably leading to a gallery, and this hall also gives access to a large clubroom, offices, and separate corridors by which men and women enter the swimming-baths. An establishment laundry, wash-house, and twenty slipper baths for the use of the public, are also provided. The spectators’ entrance has on its left cloakrooms for men and women, and on its right a staffroom with kitchen attached, while the corner block contains the boiler-house.
The interior of this Gala Swimming Bath, of which a view is here shown, is given a simple shape, the plain, rectangular plan being roofed by a series of elegant elliptical ferro-concrete trusses. The spaces between the arches are ceiled except at the top portion, which is left open in order to make provision for a top-light with vertical sides and gable roof with its ridge extending the whole length of the bath. While this arrangement, however, may have been convenient from the practical point of view, one cannot help feeling that this skylight has now the characteristic of an after-thought, for the ellipse is æsthetically complete without this formal interruption at their crowns, by which an arbitrary length of their periphery is given different treatment from the rest. The curves now sweep past the skylight as if this feature were of no importance whatever.
Externally, the main entrance to the baths, set between two wings with parapets, rusticated quoins, and steep-hipped roof, is well expressed, but the side elevation appears to fall to pieces, and has the neglige air which one associates with a factory building. It was not, of course, an easy problem to contrive the laundry and boiler-house into an harmonious façade, but considering that the fenestration of both these buildings is not just “utilitarian, ” but obviously arranged in an “architectural” manner, it
would surely have been possible to give them a little more homogeneity than at present they possess. The group of low buildings between the boiler-house and garage appears needlessly insignificant, and the ˮspectators’ entrance, ’’ a not unimportant feature of the building, receives insufficient formal expression. One naturally expects a high standard of design in the elevation of a building which is so admirably planned and equipped.