upon him. It was a real delight, too, that he should have been so honoured in the ancient hall of the Painter Stainers’ Company, to whose members he owed much.
The Chairman then presented Mr. Voysey with an address, illuminated on vellum by Miss Cicely West, which had been signed by all those present. A vote of thanks to the Painter Stainers’ Company for the use of the hall, which was briefly acknowledged by the Master, Mr. G. F. Jackson, brought the proceedings to a close.
Among the company present were : Sir Edwin Lutyens, R.A., Sir David Murray, R.A., Sir Francis Newbolt (Master of the Art Workers’ Guild), Mr. Gilbert Jenkins (President of the A.A.), Mr. J. C. Squire (President of the Architecture Club), Professor R. Anning Bell, R.A., Mr. E. Guy Dawber, A.R.A., Mr. J. Alfred Gotch, Mr. Maurice Webb, Sir Banister I’letcher, Commendatore Canziani, Professor Selwyn Image, Mr. Alfred Sut.ro, Dr. Risien Russell, Mr. Robert Atkinson, Mr. Arthur Keen, Mr. Stanley Ilamp, Mr. C. Harrison Townshend, Mr. A. N. Prentice, Mr. H. V. Ashley, Mr. F. Winton Newman, Mr. A. H. Macmurdo, Mr. Walter Cave, Mr. Edward Warren, Mr. George Hubbard, Mr. William Aumonier, Mr. Laurence A. Turner, Mr. H. D. Searles-Wood, Mr. H. Chalton Bradshaw, Mr. Bulkeley Creswell, Mr. I1. R. Yerbury and Mr. Ian MacAlister.
Professional Societies
R.X.B.A.
A desire having been expressed that the designs submitted by British competitors in the competition for the League of Nations new building at Geneva should be publicly exhibited, the R.I.B.A. Council have arranged for a selection of the drawings to be exhibited in the R.I.B.A. Galleries from to-day, Friday, to Saturday, December 3, inclusive, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. (Saturdays 5 p.m.) The exhibition will be open to the public, and admission will be free.
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Special attention is called to the fact that in 1928 there will be two R.I.B.A. Examinations for District Surveyors in London and for Building Surveyors under Local Authorities. An examination has already been announced for October 17, 18 and 19 (closing date for applications October 1), but there will be an additional examination on May 2, 3 and 4, and the closing date for receiving applications will be April 11.
F’orms of application for admission to these examinations may be obtained on application to the Secretary, R.I.B.A., 9 Conduit Street, London, W.l.
Liverpool Architectural Society
Details of the competition for the Honan Travelling Scholarship for 1928, open to members of the society (under 30 years of age on December 31, 1928), have now been issued. The scholarship will be awarded to the author of the best design for a small church and auxiliary buildings, to be erected, for the Established Church, at the bifurcation of an important roadway. The site terminates a splendid view, and is assumed to form part of a new housing area outside Liverpool on which the brick and tile dwellings have a simple Georgian character.
The Liverpool Division of the Association of Architects, Surveyors and Technical Assistants recently visited the works, at Bootle, of the Liverpool Electric Cable Co., Ltd., where the whole process of insulating and making various forms of electrical conductor were shown and explained to the members.
Competition News
Seatom Lay-out Competition
The followung notice has been issued by the R.I.B.A.: “ Members of the Royal Institute of British Architects must not take part in the above competition because the conditions are not in accordance with the published regulations of the Royal Institute for architectural competitions.”
WimMedom
The last day for sending, in drawings in connection with the competition for a new town hall and municipal buildings, proposed to be erected on a site in the Broadway, Wimbledon, for the Wimbledon Corporation, is November 30. Mr. H. V. Ashley, F .R.I.B.A., is the assessor.
Leeds
The Leeds Corporation invite architects who are willing to submit designs in a limited competition for a proposed colony for mental defectives at Meanwood Park, Leeds, to forward their names, addresses, and particulars of their executed works of a similar character to the Chairman of the Mental Deficiency Acts Committee, 38 Park Square, Leeds, not later than December 10. A small panel of competitors will be selected from the applications received. Mr. John Kirkland, F.R.I.B.A., will act as assessor. Premiums of £200, £150 and £100 will be paid to the authors of the designs placed first, second and third respectively. The authors of bona-fide designs unplaced will receive £50 if they have complied writh the conditions and instructions laid down.
Coming Events
November 26.—Visit of the Midland Counties Division of the Association of Architects, Surveyors and Technical Assistants to Fort Dunlop. Mr. Albert Lakeman, L.R.I.B.A., M.I.Struct.E., will conduct the party round the works of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.
December 2.—Meeting of the Midland Counties Division of the Association of Architects, Surveyors and Technical Assistants at the Chamber of Commerce, Birmingham, at 7.15 p.m., when a paper on “ Water Supply to Buildings ” will be read by Mr. G. Stopher,. P.A.S.I., Lecturer on Hygiene at the Midland Institute.
December 7.—Leeds and West Yorkshire Architectural Society: General meeting, when Mr. Howard M. Robertson, M.C., F.R.I.B.A., S.A.D.G., will lecture on “ Current Modern Work in Europe.”
December 7.—Liverpool Architectural Society: Paper by Professor L. P. Abercrombie, M.A., F.R.I.B.A., on “ The Town Planning and City Building of the Knights of Malta.”
December 8.—Sheffield and South Yorks Society of Architects and Surveyors: Paper by Mr. T. Edgar Eccles, F.R.I.B.A., on “ A Holiday in Egypt.”
December 9.—Town Planning Institute: Paper by Dr. R. Schmidt, Director of Town Planning for the Ruhr Region, on “ Regional Planning in the Ruhr.”
February 18-29, 1928.—Housing and Building Exhibition, Waverley Market, Edinburgh.
A pillar, said to have formed part of a colonnade of t he old palace of King John, and to be its last remaining relic, has been set up near the principal entrance of the public library and museum at Kingston on-Thames. The pillar was presented to the Corporation by the relatives of the late Mr. E. T. Coppinger, a former mayor, in whose garden it had stood for many years.
The Chairman then presented Mr. Voysey with an address, illuminated on vellum by Miss Cicely West, which had been signed by all those present. A vote of thanks to the Painter Stainers’ Company for the use of the hall, which was briefly acknowledged by the Master, Mr. G. F. Jackson, brought the proceedings to a close.
Among the company present were : Sir Edwin Lutyens, R.A., Sir David Murray, R.A., Sir Francis Newbolt (Master of the Art Workers’ Guild), Mr. Gilbert Jenkins (President of the A.A.), Mr. J. C. Squire (President of the Architecture Club), Professor R. Anning Bell, R.A., Mr. E. Guy Dawber, A.R.A., Mr. J. Alfred Gotch, Mr. Maurice Webb, Sir Banister I’letcher, Commendatore Canziani, Professor Selwyn Image, Mr. Alfred Sut.ro, Dr. Risien Russell, Mr. Robert Atkinson, Mr. Arthur Keen, Mr. Stanley Ilamp, Mr. C. Harrison Townshend, Mr. A. N. Prentice, Mr. H. V. Ashley, Mr. F. Winton Newman, Mr. A. H. Macmurdo, Mr. Walter Cave, Mr. Edward Warren, Mr. George Hubbard, Mr. William Aumonier, Mr. Laurence A. Turner, Mr. H. D. Searles-Wood, Mr. H. Chalton Bradshaw, Mr. Bulkeley Creswell, Mr. I1. R. Yerbury and Mr. Ian MacAlister.
Professional Societies
R.X.B.A.
A desire having been expressed that the designs submitted by British competitors in the competition for the League of Nations new building at Geneva should be publicly exhibited, the R.I.B.A. Council have arranged for a selection of the drawings to be exhibited in the R.I.B.A. Galleries from to-day, Friday, to Saturday, December 3, inclusive, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. (Saturdays 5 p.m.) The exhibition will be open to the public, and admission will be free.
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Special attention is called to the fact that in 1928 there will be two R.I.B.A. Examinations for District Surveyors in London and for Building Surveyors under Local Authorities. An examination has already been announced for October 17, 18 and 19 (closing date for applications October 1), but there will be an additional examination on May 2, 3 and 4, and the closing date for receiving applications will be April 11.
F’orms of application for admission to these examinations may be obtained on application to the Secretary, R.I.B.A., 9 Conduit Street, London, W.l.
Liverpool Architectural Society
Details of the competition for the Honan Travelling Scholarship for 1928, open to members of the society (under 30 years of age on December 31, 1928), have now been issued. The scholarship will be awarded to the author of the best design for a small church and auxiliary buildings, to be erected, for the Established Church, at the bifurcation of an important roadway. The site terminates a splendid view, and is assumed to form part of a new housing area outside Liverpool on which the brick and tile dwellings have a simple Georgian character.
The Liverpool Division of the Association of Architects, Surveyors and Technical Assistants recently visited the works, at Bootle, of the Liverpool Electric Cable Co., Ltd., where the whole process of insulating and making various forms of electrical conductor were shown and explained to the members.
Competition News
Seatom Lay-out Competition
The followung notice has been issued by the R.I.B.A.: “ Members of the Royal Institute of British Architects must not take part in the above competition because the conditions are not in accordance with the published regulations of the Royal Institute for architectural competitions.”
WimMedom
The last day for sending, in drawings in connection with the competition for a new town hall and municipal buildings, proposed to be erected on a site in the Broadway, Wimbledon, for the Wimbledon Corporation, is November 30. Mr. H. V. Ashley, F .R.I.B.A., is the assessor.
Leeds
The Leeds Corporation invite architects who are willing to submit designs in a limited competition for a proposed colony for mental defectives at Meanwood Park, Leeds, to forward their names, addresses, and particulars of their executed works of a similar character to the Chairman of the Mental Deficiency Acts Committee, 38 Park Square, Leeds, not later than December 10. A small panel of competitors will be selected from the applications received. Mr. John Kirkland, F.R.I.B.A., will act as assessor. Premiums of £200, £150 and £100 will be paid to the authors of the designs placed first, second and third respectively. The authors of bona-fide designs unplaced will receive £50 if they have complied writh the conditions and instructions laid down.
Coming Events
November 26.—Visit of the Midland Counties Division of the Association of Architects, Surveyors and Technical Assistants to Fort Dunlop. Mr. Albert Lakeman, L.R.I.B.A., M.I.Struct.E., will conduct the party round the works of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd.
December 2.—Meeting of the Midland Counties Division of the Association of Architects, Surveyors and Technical Assistants at the Chamber of Commerce, Birmingham, at 7.15 p.m., when a paper on “ Water Supply to Buildings ” will be read by Mr. G. Stopher,. P.A.S.I., Lecturer on Hygiene at the Midland Institute.
December 7.—Leeds and West Yorkshire Architectural Society: General meeting, when Mr. Howard M. Robertson, M.C., F.R.I.B.A., S.A.D.G., will lecture on “ Current Modern Work in Europe.”
December 7.—Liverpool Architectural Society: Paper by Professor L. P. Abercrombie, M.A., F.R.I.B.A., on “ The Town Planning and City Building of the Knights of Malta.”
December 8.—Sheffield and South Yorks Society of Architects and Surveyors: Paper by Mr. T. Edgar Eccles, F.R.I.B.A., on “ A Holiday in Egypt.”
December 9.—Town Planning Institute: Paper by Dr. R. Schmidt, Director of Town Planning for the Ruhr Region, on “ Regional Planning in the Ruhr.”
February 18-29, 1928.—Housing and Building Exhibition, Waverley Market, Edinburgh.
A pillar, said to have formed part of a colonnade of t he old palace of King John, and to be its last remaining relic, has been set up near the principal entrance of the public library and museum at Kingston on-Thames. The pillar was presented to the Corporation by the relatives of the late Mr. E. T. Coppinger, a former mayor, in whose garden it had stood for many years.