ARCHITECTS' INSTITUTE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18941, 12 February 1925, Page 10

ARCHITECTS' INSTITUTE.

annual council meeting. BUILDING BEAUTIFUL CITIES. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN COIUIESrONDENT.] WELLINGTON, Wednesday. The annua] mooting of the Council of the New Zealand Institute of Architects was held to-day. Mr. W. M. Page, president, occupied the chair. The Mayor, Mr. R. A. Wright, M.P., in extending a welcome to the delegates, said ho knew that the architects of New Zealand were doing everything possible to educate the people in building bettor and more artistic homes. A change had come over New Zealand lately, and the buildings being erected to-day were far more beautiful than they were 30 or 40 years ago. The president., in reply, said that if members of the institute desired one thing more than another it was to gain the confidence of city councils and other public bodies. Members of the profession felt sure that they were in a position to afford to the public at large and to public bodies at least a measure of valuable service. They desired to assist in the building up of healthy and beautiful cities. Mr. W. H. Gnmmer, Auckland, alluded to tlie large percentage of buildings still being erected without the services of architects.

The president announced that the Gov-ernor-General had accepted the position of patron of the institute. He added that Sir Charles Fergusson was deeply interested in architecture and in art generally. The report of the council stated that the membership of the institute was as follows:—Fellows, 106; associates, 230; total, -336. Six students had been registered during the year, and three articles o£ apprenticeship had been recorded. The accounts showed an excess of income over expenditure of £222 during the year. Transfers had been made to the professional defence fund, ant! to the benevolent fund, and these funds now had to their credit £6O and £BS respectively. The chairman of the Committee of Architectural Education, Mr. F. E. drew attention to the fact that a chair oi agriculture had now been established at Auckland University College, and that, fact might be regarded as a milestone in the progress of the institute and of the profession. It was agreed that it be a recommendation to the annual meeting that the sum of £SO be allocated to the benevolent fund. , A resolution was passed suggesting that a lecturer be employed to give a course of lectures throughout the Dominion, and that the professor of architecture of the Auckland University College was a suitable person to undertake the work.