NEW ZEALAND ARCHITECT.
IMPORTANT WORK IN RANGOON. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) GISBORNE, this day. Architectural honours lie thick upon the shoulders of Mr. Edward William Armstrong, son of the late Mr. C. E. Armstrong, formerly Mayo of Gisborne. Mr. Armstrong, who is still in his early thirties, was the winner of a design e&mpetition for the Christchurch Art Gallery, but this is comparatively a minor success. He is now at Rangoon, Burma, where he is supervising the construction of a training college connected with the Burma University, this being the latest development of a big modern building scheme undertaken by the Burmese State. He designed and supervised the principrl buildings of the University, also the Port Trust and Law Courts for Rangoon. The total cost of these buildings was about £1.500,000. His contribution to the enduring beauty of his home town consists of the war memorial, which he designed and saw carried out at the Carrara Marble Works, in Italy, some years ago. He is an exserviceman, who completed his training after his war service.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 223, 20 September 1929, Page 5
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174NEW ZEALAND ARCHITECT. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 223, 20 September 1929, Page 5
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