THE ROYAL ORTHOPÆDIC HOSPITAL
The extension to the Royal Orthopædic Hospital, in Great Portland Street, which was recently opened by the Lord Mayor of London, is of special interest in that an attempt has been made to depart from the somewhat institutional style of architecture which has hitherto been too prevalent in this class of building. The large new out-patient department is approached from a main entrance in Bolsover Street. The façade towards Great Portland Street here illustrated shows an attractively designed portico in stone, surmounted by a window with flat pediment above. On either side of this latter feature are two sculptural panels by Mr. Benjamin Clemens. The interior contains consulting and dressing rooms, an operating theatre, electrical department, and, in fact, a very fullyequipped group of rooms in which the work of the hospital will be greatly facilitated by good planning and every practical convenience modem ingenuity can devise. The part of the building, however, which has attracted most attention is the handsome waiting hall,
75 feet long by 32 feet wide, which has been decorated with mural paintings by Miss Nan West. This is a pleasantly-proportioned room, and very well lit. While the rounded junctions of the floor and walls, the plain doors with flush panelling, rightly savour of a hospital in which dust-catching surfaces are to be avoided, the architects have not sacrificed the formal qualities of their building to the supposed requirements of hygiene, but have provided a sufficient number of cornices and mouldings to give to the various features of the room certain graces of detail. The walls are tinted in cream and white and form an admirable background to the gaily-coloured paintings by Miss West.
The Mural Decorations.
It is a frequent complaint brought against architects by painters that in modern designs of buildings insufficient opportunity is given to the latter to exercise their skill in mural decorations. In fact, it might THE ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPÆDIC HOSPITAL, GREAT PORTLAND STREET, W.
Messrs. Murrell & Pigott, FF. R. T. B. A., Architects.
The extension to the Royal Orthopædic Hospital, in Great Portland Street, which was recently opened by the Lord Mayor of London, is of special interest in that an attempt has been made to depart from the somewhat institutional style of architecture which has hitherto been too prevalent in this class of building. The large new out-patient department is approached from a main entrance in Bolsover Street. The façade towards Great Portland Street here illustrated shows an attractively designed portico in stone, surmounted by a window with flat pediment above. On either side of this latter feature are two sculptural panels by Mr. Benjamin Clemens. The interior contains consulting and dressing rooms, an operating theatre, electrical department, and, in fact, a very fullyequipped group of rooms in which the work of the hospital will be greatly facilitated by good planning and every practical convenience modem ingenuity can devise. The part of the building, however, which has attracted most attention is the handsome waiting hall,
75 feet long by 32 feet wide, which has been decorated with mural paintings by Miss Nan West. This is a pleasantly-proportioned room, and very well lit. While the rounded junctions of the floor and walls, the plain doors with flush panelling, rightly savour of a hospital in which dust-catching surfaces are to be avoided, the architects have not sacrificed the formal qualities of their building to the supposed requirements of hygiene, but have provided a sufficient number of cornices and mouldings to give to the various features of the room certain graces of detail. The walls are tinted in cream and white and form an admirable background to the gaily-coloured paintings by Miss West.
The Mural Decorations.
It is a frequent complaint brought against architects by painters that in modern designs of buildings insufficient opportunity is given to the latter to exercise their skill in mural decorations. In fact, it might THE ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPÆDIC HOSPITAL, GREAT PORTLAND STREET, W.
Messrs. Murrell & Pigott, FF. R. T. B. A., Architects.