FROM FATHER TO SON.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 621, 25 September 1909, Page 16

FROM FATHER TO SON.

fe^Jlo!{:/!^ Son |{$Y{' : isj:!. architects';-.'has ! always 'been" a; name honoured' K%'.;l' i&£>-l "ad. respected', in this city."' Dozens' of buildings in '.'Wellington •■ are to'the t v,,,::( %:'.;skill.'of ■ the l»to.llr. ; .Thos /Turnbull, and .there m K'i'is;Vare>just■:as fmany;- : perhaps,-.which "owe /their and; sound o.nstruction 'to the fcl;^:''':fe^^ 1 " | itj r ''°t -WilliamVTurnbull, who now carries' on the business so: :- ;:*;': p|| l:; ,'bnildings, the, firm' is •!«■.responsible 'for/is .the ! head: office aa'd'.''chamber-' 6'vi' ';>; I i uie-flank .'of .which:/ occupies JeM: cbmmanding;'pbsjtibnonthe corner.of.iambtbh overlooking the busiest fe;w:> ; Jpot;in:the';iVhßle ( ; of the Domin'ioh.Mt' is a threete'!':'^Eyo^)DWck':i:builaingj.with'an/extensive baseti/i'r after, the Italian renaissance style" (ji'V;..'?.%; elaborate-ext6rior"dccorations, : and'yet. &V '^'t.fe'f ■ Bleasing^and'Tdigivified -''its' 1; architecturaljr"'///:,/&*-: aspeot-.-Thebuilding' has .a', frontage-of. no. less :j': : .. : X;''V..s "'ff' ■:.wi-iS■' °na thatVfpr pnblib; convenience isVunsurpasse'd.' '^■: ; 'v : 'if't.ln' style it resembles a huge arcadi over lOOft.'in S// :^:/Siyyiilbngth*,;ijrith/-thei tellers/oh: bne'Cside'and ithe !'■'?/' ;'■ iiZ/Jj/Wedgers ,:bri' :the other, : ,'and. between '• the "■ two '■ii'sJ.-Vfih' B '-jHled./.'spabe' jbf -dimensions. ; :;'for-;,the £'•$" hfwy Second 5 (/ji^i^'^thayjhead'voffice^quarters,/rakd; board■' room,: &V-": KtW .-.» nd -oni/'tlie !;top .floor-arb-furtherrofficcs,-and |'i'v'///",:U/Vflie.!.(rastedian's; quartors.; /The/vaults iri the, J3'':.'|S:.;;'.,<J''" ; .baSement-:are.;;-massiTC-walled /ipaxtmonta'■ of: |.?'v : '.-'4 :enormoua Btrei'gthi'impretoable'tb'/any,outer.in-['::"'-':'.-SiS:i' fluencei ; : arid /though / sunk: in'.'what. -. was •'■' sea- : te*::v;:if rtteach : some seventy..years agby immune, from feirt iSSW; jßahk;/-pf.-.'. Jtew •'." Zeilbnd.; was Kt:v: ; K'S;/v: vii;; 1w9.: and'.erected. the samojyear/by:ilessrs;"Car|/J:;;,:/^:;^miohael jand;Son.: r :lt cbst;ie24,oM).:/:/ ///V;':/: v ; P ; | v; ii3/ng;firm' ■ in'-Weilington fof.-.the : same |:v'r'j."' ; :::^i-^*lp Sß ' ,:: .whb;.;ha've': : ;madb 'such -demands on the k.Ki"':M' /Stains, W :S:/rwhbs6'rextehsfve7pfetnisc3 i;V\ ;iVj" , firm os-iCJ-*-:\ begah' , :to''/i'eaclr|Odt^:ahd;an/ ;! have' bq'ildings—all, hSsf>:-:'i ; ::'vpar-t of ,a3i dbfiniteS'schen^o.'.vMr.: f'i;r:'r'-;'. ; ;>V':;jV.througlio.ut,;;a\nd:;the;pile of, buiidfrigVithat-nowVi the Brandon ahd-'John-r;V'pi>/;;-5^:«ton'vStreets/(the western- half of .the block)-' ••!;!'iß/evidence/pt'.;quite/a 'lot>of,.things;'nbt;.the '^,v;! ! ?;-s'y":' ; '. : vH^''^' , '^^^''" ,s r '' Turnbull's•'skill: in : do-. f*'.i : --''- ,; i : ' ; " > : r \ ; : B 'gning : busineS3; ] blocks.'/The first of the later; fir;.: I ',-":' Stains'spre- ';:-; i ,':.\ii ,:;;/.:•/ misea:was.the fine four-storybuilding in'Braiidon lW:c:^/;-'i;' : !foiir-Storied;:ferro-i;'-'v: ■-': f '•'■', 'V.+ wncrete:/;iva.rohouse'- ; f ronting '/Johnston .'Street, in'.'. Wellinfjton. fcsi;-,.'■-;■?•:■' I*ibccupiesr>the/^sito of%4h^former,rrsidence: ..'{erected .: ..by l*:' k #,''■'■,';.■ the ' Ferrq-Concreto of .■Aiistralasin,/ |:HSp'.v-:'j ;: !;i : Mlbw^ p#^R'^ttß;/Spld:/'::.OccidentaVy-Hotel,,. ;:'aml fe;'fe;:.'?';;;.*ire'af ing: JoD,'ita' ."site Vof; another''great: ; .three:stori/, fe/rf./'-t/*/^;xaTehonßb;/in'-;lihe,'and: keeping, with Ithe.,ferro-l/iVft/f-.Vj'i/tu^ J4;?^:*' ; Sttthb^cbrhef^of,s ! K'.'-S■;-'■•¥'.9? a ?;>^^nbw/.'-'l:eing''giveh'vtliß touches !f'si.«??SnSi: Mitchell :an'd}:King.VSpecial,attehv v has:b"een?paid'tb .the;,lightirig'of tli'e:buiidT; f.'A-v-!'''- ; ~f} ; Jng;:;so:4mpbrtant'/in':thbVcase-bf;!a', drapery p;''''V' r /''*3'Un"usually:larie;'and-nHmerbu's;;a with: !?\;'i'>i'i''S:'''/ithfe"cenbM-';rive-;a . : 6trong'..eve'n 'light;'th'r,ough- \:«■ ■": Wfr-out j;thesinilding.'i;''lAccess ';to" the ,Bats is■ ob-:p}-|;-:;K-h and'two.up-to-* '•i.-'>'./;''.' , i £ .-'..d.a , ,te:;.Veleetrib'"elevat'ors.'r .premises'-, lire' lE'-:A/Wjea.uippedfiwithi'fhe?'Larason':'Pneumatio' Tube. u~;-M'<■■%:^.system/serviog^very .floor, and theavhole of the Vf';.'':.-■ -'ib^ila idea S'V.5-' ; J vi"''of the.extbntofMessrs';'Kirkcaldie : 'and '•' Stains's |-''n'K;f'.>■'. Wockl con be gathered from";the 'fact ,".thut•"it; *««?< : ~Wi -i has/SOOfti'lineal of 'shbiv-window frontage," and W-fii : l/i;';' % : comprises/aflobr: .'area/of close on'ipO,oo(f square' |K:S;^/^MSSHS;iwH^^ i".an: example/ ;of/quite;; another .-■ class; :'of • .a,- retail .'shop,' 'W.it&v'factory 'abbve-rit! J: '.•i&v'i*/./wo.uldSbb' i difficu &9-wx-.c ;;?one:-tJWh v thcrprcmi6es: on;Lambtbn.;Quay ocou-'! fr,'nfe*4* ; .>i : i.P'ed t rby/:'Messrs, aVhifconibe; and '.Tombs, and. !r'~?:;/W//,owned Y ,by/ilr.'!;j: R./lllair;(a''gentleman-Who 1 *;<iv'%-S-'':''-:''*" a *-'?P'Wed'; ah-: important': part iii''municipal: f.>:;;"::;;,••'.'i.and /education matters • in. this',. city). •.' The-.:old Rv»*S;*!;/> «>'»lding,?.Xhich':!bccupied {tho, same' site,;:wa/ ', J '- sf' :<- gutted iri/the big- Lanibton Quay fire of nearly W- *»&£s 2? u , r iff. s , 'iWsi 'but >■ so,.solidly .'-wa'S -iit ,• buili'ifi ; >iN;ft' ,'hat \ the-' 'Walls \ stood .the' i fiery ' ordeal. remark a ?y.t"' w it': was: debated 'for ''V/tim; S^^W r s t M lr ''i'orabval. : :'..W(is -'really .nece'sfiary. ;.-// /,//;".■;:,: lurubull ; - and : Soils -lor, "the 'qiiality -bf -, tlic f ; :' -W'^;:^ k i they. ; ins'sted /on :tb ■ know that dyiiauiite {!':•-:■:'.,;/; IMled.tO shiver /the:'sido wblU'which'cventuallv;' ' \-S'i;Mii,.": onvtba.;/order;pf /the: City; Cbuhoil, .iwas .talteii' &:■■ 'v;-j;A' d^ n >-'? ,^ e P le f l .:from ::tho;'top,'.'From the ;>: '■£& -vi/flsftea.-.oi .tte I '6ld'premise<r'has-arisbn'a ; ;buiia- ; t-t:: ! r/:v;/»ns: any./firm/: Or individual:'shbuld: be {proud- : ! ; •■■'■ ; ' y: '-'■' ,: -■ "a'A'L one.'-whch,-'" as, a'-.bbok'/bnd- stationery '■ ';■■'-•::, '/gtaWishmeilt;:'is not surpassed in Australasia.' {y:;r::;..'..;;^!^t I l{. 'V-;/{^{? h op.ißnponor;to..that •■'bf.'; Messrs;,' Whitcombo |/ .;.:-/';:,',:,'•': andi lonins-travcllers concede this-and. it is ■£:•;■*■:; :;{-the :i architect:;Ay;ho;-ha9.helped to moke this a;brick' and »..-f.-r'':v;Bteel'-.structure of .three .stories, is;.built in B.'■-"■ ■■~'■■ concentrates the weight 'on ! : -:;■ H: ■'■ -.yJ ,P>ers»'Jhe-greater space between.which is'occu- ?■:■■'■* j. ::: :P> e d;by: window—there tis maximum' of' glass £-:/';/;-;.-:•: tlie result is a {-'■■■.>>/'V'.'.^'» n throughout- tho . -building ' (^ i'-:;v ' , .-;:■ ..-;■ "f, Btft.)'.,-. There nre.Mndicafaons.of the Fronch fc ,:;:/' '•' school..in .the, deborative design :■;•:•'...- v 'giving- ; ;thp, jcxteripr ifinish.' and' style. • This ;,../ ;/:',;, .' : b.i!'ldirig;:'Whieb" cost: .£lO-000,- .was .erected 'in W'&yy \WM-■¥<&s■■' Cn"* ll - and/Burke/ from :t i?iPl? n li o f%- 'It is worthy !.' ' ■'•:.'ir.'.-,v.i that ..the: architects', estimate.for'the t-V; :V{':' ; ' Vbnildin" Mvas.,:^lo,ooo ( 'and . the contract ;price y:;';iji:;j'- :.mtS/vC999B^-/i: I :.'-,:/ ;-;■! ; : ..y •••;■.,.' ::',-;:, , '.-.•.'■'",•' , I