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Press, 1 February 1930, Page 23

Though twentv-five sets of conditions of the "competition for the submission oi designs for the national group ot i-mfdi-i?- the Art Gallery, Museum, : .'nt! Carillon tower, on Mount Cook Wellington, were applied for, five ot (he applicants -".ere apparently unable to rom'nloto their oreliminary designs. • ui'l tv.-entv sets have boon received iiv."tl>- Town Clerk. As the competition was restricted to architects residing in the Dominion.'howov.r. tins V'"-ihor h considered very satisfactory tnd—d "ml as some of the foremost architects of New Zealand have for-w-n'reW .dedans, it is anticipated tnat the will have for their conm deration work of- very high The conditions, wbih- setting out the ',-,--in features of the design a<= affected hv the contour of the site, the broad nrrnn-ernc'it of the three structures to commit the group, and the area of nv>->r and wall - n ace. vjiH le(t the field very open to the original ideas of competitors. -...:... , ._,/