THE ARCHITECT

Evening Star, Issue 20040, 4 December 1928, Page 2

THE ARCHITECT

MAX GF SSiESOE AHS BUSIKESS

What arc the functions of an architect? Outside the profession itself, and building trade circles, comparatively few persons could answer the question completely. Vn recent years there has boon a steady growth of public interest in, and appreciation of, architecture. While this is a welcome charge from the apathy of the Victorian era, there still exists an undercurrent of public opinion which classes the architect as an artist only. Ho is an artist, but is also a man of science and of business, who is concerned with facts and figures, with contracts of law, prices and building materials, and a hundred and oiio practical problems which require practical solution.

For the proper erection of any building tho essential requisites are the adoption of the most suitable design, in association with tho best construction and the most economical expenditure.

It is the necessity of obtaining these 'that demands the employment of an architect. Tn other words, the' architect. in his various capacities and qualities, is the professional means whereby the expenditure cm any 1 building may receive expert consideration, one of his main functions being the organisation of tho financial outlay of his client. Tho owner will derive most benefit if, in his consideration of tho projected building, tho appointment of his adviser bo made at an early stage, and, if possible, before such points as the sitj and the limit of expenditure aro decided upon. There will thus bo obtained, as regards these two dominating factors, the experience and knowledge of a consultant and technical adviser on all phases of the building and its relation to its surroundings.

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