NEW TRAINING COLLEGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 222, 18 September 1924, Page 7

NEW TRAINING COLLEGE.

VERY FINE BUILDING. OS EPSOM- AND MOUNT EDEN RESERVE. !' .' ■ ' . . — ' { In the past few rears many very fine and costly buildings have marked the ■growth of Auckland, and, though there is a marked easing off in the number of commercial ' premises now contemplated in the near future, there are fstill, in course of 'erection, quite a number of structures which, when comipleted, will be distinct assets to the jcity.' ■ " ( (One such building which has received little more than passing mention, but f which i 3 rather important, is the new j'training college now in course of 'erection in Epsom Avenue on portion of the Mount Eden and Epsom reserve. A' fine two-storey 'block with redpressed brick facing the building will be an imposing one, having a frontage of 300 ft with an ultimate depth of 180 ft .: The. work being carried out in the present contract means the erection of the" front' block which covers five students' rooms, four section . rooms, two 'laboratories,., two lecture. rooms, an art room, and a spacious library, and' general administration rooms. There is also a fine verandah '•■ bordering ■ the library front. Also included, in the present contract is a spacious assembly hall .and further lecture and section rooms on .the top floor.' ' ' '. On the same site it 'is also proposed to erect a model normal school, plans, for which', have already been made by Mr. W. S. Putwain, the Auckland Education Board's, architect. The normal school will consist of eight, standard class rooms, with common rooms, also a dental and medical room, together with all the necessary accessories to make the school modern and complete in all respects. . The' whole reserve of which the echoblgrounds . are part,, is being re-, formed, and when the scheme. is completed the training college'and normal school form . one .of the most up-to-date combined educational insti.tutiojisTin Auckland.'The contract.price for-the, first portion of- the contract' was £36,500. «