FUTURE BUILDING

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 41, 18 February 1943, Page 4

FUTURE BUILDING

WORK FOR ARCHITECTS

(0.C.) WELLINGTON, this day. "When victory is won, the demand for construction of all types will exceed anything we have known in this country before," said Mr. Horace Massey, president of the New Zealand Institute of Architects, at the annual meeting of members last night. "Houses bv the thousand, commercial and civic buildings, recreation and health facilities, will be needed." Mr. Massey added that public opinion was aroused to the need of better planning after the war. Many people hoped that the freedom for which we were fighting would bring better living conditions and advantages to all. There should and would be provision for health and welfare centres, new types to serve vocational education, groups of buildings combining the function of school, library and recreational centres for children and adults. "Makeshifts will no longer satisfy," he said. "Old-fashioned buildings converted into flats or offices, old sheds turned into factories, must be swept away. Modern constructional methods and new materials must be adopted in new buildings. An environment of perfect cleanliness and contentment of occupants must pervade all buildings whether industrial or residential."