ARCHITECTS' DUTIES.
AGENT AND ARBITRATOR. A lecture was given last evening in the Society of Arts Hall before the Institute of Architects by Mr. J. G. Haddow. The subject was "The Architect's Duty as the Agent of his Client." The speaker outlined the duty every agent owed to his principal. He drew attention to the fact that so much of an architect's work consisted in enterin? into contracts on behalf of his principal, and then proceeded to illustrate how legal contracts were formed by means of offer and acceptance. In calling for tenders the architect was simply seeking for a price which may recommend itself to the building owner, and if accepted.by him became a contract. The speaker indicated how. at each stage of the work, the architect's obligations to the building owner were constantly before him. and showed the difference between his duties as the agent of the building owner and his duties as a quasi-arbitrator between the builder and the owner. At the close of the lecture a number of questions were put and answered.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 245, 16 October 1925, Page 8
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