PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
R. I. B. A.
Fixtures for 1927.
November 21.—General Meeting : The Government Offices of Pretoria and the New Delhi,” by Sir Herbert Baker, A.R.A.
December 5.—Business Meeting : Election of Members.
December 19.—General Meeting : ‘ ‘ Some Medical Aspects of Damp in Dwellings,” by Dr. Reginald Miller, F.R.C.P., in conjunction with J. Ernest Franck, F.R.I.B.A.
1928.
January 9.—General Meeting : Award of Prizes and Studentships; Criticism by L. Sylvester Sullivan, F.R.I.B.A.., on work submitted.
January 23.—General Meeting: President’s Address to Students at 8.30. Presentation of Prizes.
February 6.—Business Meeting : Election of Members.
February 20.—General Meeting: “ Stone Preservation and Decay,” by Professor A. P. Laurie, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.E.
March 5.—General Meeting : “ Ancient Bridges,” by G. H. Jack, M.Inst.C.E., F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A.
March 19.—Special and Business Meetings : Election of Royal Gold Medallist; Election of Members.
April 2.—General Meeting : 11 Modern German Architecture,” by Dr. Hermann Muthesius, H.C.M.
April 23.—General Meeting: “The Work of Temple Moore,” by H. S. Goodhart-Rendel, F.R.I.B.A.
May 7.—Ninety-fourth Annual General Meeting.
May 21.—General Meeting: “English Hospital Planning,” by H. Percy Adams, F.R.I.B.A.
june 4.—Business Meeting : Election of Council and Standing Committees; Election of Members.
June 18.—General Meeting : Presentation of the Royal Gold Medal at 8.30.
The Board of Architectural Education will hold an informal lecture on Architecture for Workers in the Building Trades on Wednesday, November 23, 1927, at 8 p.m. The subject will be “ The Architect ” and the lecturer will be Mr. Martin S. Briggs, F.R.I.B.A. All men employed in the work of building are cordially invited, admission being free. Arrangements are being made for five more lectures to take place between December, 1927, and March, 1928.
Attention is drawn to the fact that at the office of the R.I.B.A. two registers are kept, (1) containing the names of advanced students of Recognised Schools, and (2) containing the names of architects willing to take such students. The intention is in this way to assist advanced students up to the stage of the completion of their qualifications for exemption from the Final Examination; one of the qualifications for exemption from the Final Examination being twelve months’ experience in an office during the fourth and fifth years of the School course.
The Northern Architectural Association
The new president of this association is Mr. J. H. Martindale, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. The lectures for the present session are of a very practical character. Mr. T. N. Byce, on November 16, reads a paper on “ Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Mr. B. Cayley deals with “ Modern Paint and Painting ” on December 14; Mr. Wm. Milburn, junr., with “ Modern Hospitals ”
on January 18, 1928; and Mr. H. L. Hicks with “ Modern Church Building ” on February 22. On March 14 Mr. Harold Oswald will speak on “ Light and Air,” and on April 18 Mr. A. K. Tasker lectures on “ Modern Schools.” The annual dinner will be held on Friday, February 3.
South Wales Institute of Architects
Under the auspices of the South Wales Institute of Architects (Central Branch) and the Institute of Builders (South Wales Branch), a lecture was given at the Engineers’ Institute, Cardiff, recently by Professor C. IT. Reilly, M.A., F.R.I.B.A., Professor of Architecture at the University of Liverpool, Mr. Percy Thomas, Vice-President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, acting as chairman.
Professor Reilly chose as his subject “ Liverpool Cathedral,” and his lecture, which was illustrated by lantern slides, aroused considerable enthusiasm from a large and representative gathering of architects and builders and others interested in architecture. Professor Reilly dealt ably with both the physical and the spiritual side of the programme, drawing attention to the special requirements of the modern cathedral, the particular case of Liverpool, and the necessity for making the structure a symbol of religion for an enormous community. The site on which the Cathedral is erected, the treatment of the materials of which it is built, and its architectural composition were also dealt with in turn.
A vote of thanks to the lecturer was proposed by Mr. J. E. Turner, J.P., F.I.O.B., and seconded by Mr. T. ABvyn Lloyd, F.R.I.B.A. It is particularly noteworthy that the policy of opening these lectures to the public was amply justified.
Cardiff Teeheiea! College
A scholarship, covering tuition fees and a maintenance grant of £40 per annum for three years at the Department of Architecture, Technical College, Cardiff, has been awarded to Mr. W. J. Davies, of Nantymoel, Glamorgan.
These scholarships, which are open to residents and non-residents of Cardiff, are awarded annually on the results of an examination of about the same standard as matriculation in the following subjects: English, mathematics, a modern language, physics with mechanics or chemistry, higher mathematics and history or geography or elementary architectural drawing. Candidates must satisfy the Head of the Department of Architecture as to their ability in elementary drawing.
Further particulars concerning these scholarships will be supplied on application to Mr. W. S. Purchon, M.A., A.R.I.B.A. (Head of Department of Architecture), The Technical College, Cardiff.
Rome Scholarships
On the recommendation of the respective faculties of Painting and Sculpture of the British School of Rome, the 1927 Rome Scholarship in Decorative Painting has been awarded to Mr. Reginald C. Brill (St. Martin’s School of Art and the Slade. School), and the 1927 Rome Scholarship in Sculpture to Mr. Harold W. Parker (St. Martin’s School of Art, L.C.C. Central School of Arts and Crafts and the Royal College of Art).
R. I. B. A.
Fixtures for 1927.
November 21.—General Meeting : The Government Offices of Pretoria and the New Delhi,” by Sir Herbert Baker, A.R.A.
December 5.—Business Meeting : Election of Members.
December 19.—General Meeting : ‘ ‘ Some Medical Aspects of Damp in Dwellings,” by Dr. Reginald Miller, F.R.C.P., in conjunction with J. Ernest Franck, F.R.I.B.A.
1928.
January 9.—General Meeting : Award of Prizes and Studentships; Criticism by L. Sylvester Sullivan, F.R.I.B.A.., on work submitted.
January 23.—General Meeting: President’s Address to Students at 8.30. Presentation of Prizes.
February 6.—Business Meeting : Election of Members.
February 20.—General Meeting: “ Stone Preservation and Decay,” by Professor A. P. Laurie, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.E.
March 5.—General Meeting : “ Ancient Bridges,” by G. H. Jack, M.Inst.C.E., F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A.
March 19.—Special and Business Meetings : Election of Royal Gold Medallist; Election of Members.
April 2.—General Meeting : 11 Modern German Architecture,” by Dr. Hermann Muthesius, H.C.M.
April 23.—General Meeting: “The Work of Temple Moore,” by H. S. Goodhart-Rendel, F.R.I.B.A.
May 7.—Ninety-fourth Annual General Meeting.
May 21.—General Meeting: “English Hospital Planning,” by H. Percy Adams, F.R.I.B.A.
june 4.—Business Meeting : Election of Council and Standing Committees; Election of Members.
June 18.—General Meeting : Presentation of the Royal Gold Medal at 8.30.
The Board of Architectural Education will hold an informal lecture on Architecture for Workers in the Building Trades on Wednesday, November 23, 1927, at 8 p.m. The subject will be “ The Architect ” and the lecturer will be Mr. Martin S. Briggs, F.R.I.B.A. All men employed in the work of building are cordially invited, admission being free. Arrangements are being made for five more lectures to take place between December, 1927, and March, 1928.
Attention is drawn to the fact that at the office of the R.I.B.A. two registers are kept, (1) containing the names of advanced students of Recognised Schools, and (2) containing the names of architects willing to take such students. The intention is in this way to assist advanced students up to the stage of the completion of their qualifications for exemption from the Final Examination; one of the qualifications for exemption from the Final Examination being twelve months’ experience in an office during the fourth and fifth years of the School course.
The Northern Architectural Association
The new president of this association is Mr. J. H. Martindale, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. The lectures for the present session are of a very practical character. Mr. T. N. Byce, on November 16, reads a paper on “ Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Mr. B. Cayley deals with “ Modern Paint and Painting ” on December 14; Mr. Wm. Milburn, junr., with “ Modern Hospitals ”
on January 18, 1928; and Mr. H. L. Hicks with “ Modern Church Building ” on February 22. On March 14 Mr. Harold Oswald will speak on “ Light and Air,” and on April 18 Mr. A. K. Tasker lectures on “ Modern Schools.” The annual dinner will be held on Friday, February 3.
South Wales Institute of Architects
Under the auspices of the South Wales Institute of Architects (Central Branch) and the Institute of Builders (South Wales Branch), a lecture was given at the Engineers’ Institute, Cardiff, recently by Professor C. IT. Reilly, M.A., F.R.I.B.A., Professor of Architecture at the University of Liverpool, Mr. Percy Thomas, Vice-President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, acting as chairman.
Professor Reilly chose as his subject “ Liverpool Cathedral,” and his lecture, which was illustrated by lantern slides, aroused considerable enthusiasm from a large and representative gathering of architects and builders and others interested in architecture. Professor Reilly dealt ably with both the physical and the spiritual side of the programme, drawing attention to the special requirements of the modern cathedral, the particular case of Liverpool, and the necessity for making the structure a symbol of religion for an enormous community. The site on which the Cathedral is erected, the treatment of the materials of which it is built, and its architectural composition were also dealt with in turn.
A vote of thanks to the lecturer was proposed by Mr. J. E. Turner, J.P., F.I.O.B., and seconded by Mr. T. ABvyn Lloyd, F.R.I.B.A. It is particularly noteworthy that the policy of opening these lectures to the public was amply justified.
Cardiff Teeheiea! College
A scholarship, covering tuition fees and a maintenance grant of £40 per annum for three years at the Department of Architecture, Technical College, Cardiff, has been awarded to Mr. W. J. Davies, of Nantymoel, Glamorgan.
These scholarships, which are open to residents and non-residents of Cardiff, are awarded annually on the results of an examination of about the same standard as matriculation in the following subjects: English, mathematics, a modern language, physics with mechanics or chemistry, higher mathematics and history or geography or elementary architectural drawing. Candidates must satisfy the Head of the Department of Architecture as to their ability in elementary drawing.
Further particulars concerning these scholarships will be supplied on application to Mr. W. S. Purchon, M.A., A.R.I.B.A. (Head of Department of Architecture), The Technical College, Cardiff.
Rome Scholarships
On the recommendation of the respective faculties of Painting and Sculpture of the British School of Rome, the 1927 Rome Scholarship in Decorative Painting has been awarded to Mr. Reginald C. Brill (St. Martin’s School of Art and the Slade. School), and the 1927 Rome Scholarship in Sculpture to Mr. Harold W. Parker (St. Martin’s School of Art, L.C.C. Central School of Arts and Crafts and the Royal College of Art).