make the League of Nations a permanent institution, for a certain independence and self-sufficiency seems to be characteristic of all circular buildings.
Of the other designs, the majority show a prominent Assembly Hall, occupying a central position on the façade. Messrs. Hignett & Woods have designed an imposing river frontage. Mr. Gould, however, has concentrated his attention more upon the entrance to the Assembly Hall which, in this instance, is placed at the rear of the building. Mr. Alexander Paterson’s scheme is distinguished for its square plan with a multiplicity of interior courtyards. In Messrs. Kieffer & Fleming’s plan the large columnated entrance hall
beneath the Assembly Hall is an attractive feature, while the design as a whole is a fine essay in formal composition. Messrs. W. & T. R. Milburn have submitted an interesting plan of “butterfly” configura
tion, and their scheme has the virtue of combining an imposing frontage towards the lake with a grand formal entrance from the rear. While, however, the various designs submitted by the English competitors have many good qualities, it would be false patriotism to urge that any one of them was of such conspicious excellence as to merit its adoption for a building of such world-wide importance as the League of Nations headquarters at Geneva.
DESIGN. SUBMITTED BY MESSRS. HIGNETT & WOODS, Architects.
DESIGN SUBMITTED BY G. H. B. GOULD, A. R. I. B. A., Architect.
Of the other designs, the majority show a prominent Assembly Hall, occupying a central position on the façade. Messrs. Hignett & Woods have designed an imposing river frontage. Mr. Gould, however, has concentrated his attention more upon the entrance to the Assembly Hall which, in this instance, is placed at the rear of the building. Mr. Alexander Paterson’s scheme is distinguished for its square plan with a multiplicity of interior courtyards. In Messrs. Kieffer & Fleming’s plan the large columnated entrance hall
beneath the Assembly Hall is an attractive feature, while the design as a whole is a fine essay in formal composition. Messrs. W. & T. R. Milburn have submitted an interesting plan of “butterfly” configura
tion, and their scheme has the virtue of combining an imposing frontage towards the lake with a grand formal entrance from the rear. While, however, the various designs submitted by the English competitors have many good qualities, it would be false patriotism to urge that any one of them was of such conspicious excellence as to merit its adoption for a building of such world-wide importance as the League of Nations headquarters at Geneva.
DESIGN. SUBMITTED BY MESSRS. HIGNETT & WOODS, Architects.
DESIGN SUBMITTED BY G. H. B. GOULD, A. R. I. B. A., Architect.