NATIONAL MEMORIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20593, 18 June 1930, Page 10

NATIONAL MEMORIAL.

CHOICE OF DESIGN MADE.

AUCKLAND FIRM'S SUCCESS.

MESSRS. GUMMER AND FORD.

[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Tuesday

The design of Mr. W. H. Guinmer and Mr. C. R. Ford, of Auckland, nas been approved for the National War Memorial, consisting of the Campanile, Hall of Memories, Art Gallery and 'Museum, which it is proposed to erect on the Mount Cook site.

Designs for the work were open to public competition by the architects of New Zealand and over 20 entries were received. From these the three best were selected by the jury of award and the competing architects were asked to submit further plans of a more detailed character. These were considered yesterday at a meeting of the Board of Trustees and the adjudicators, over which the Prime Minister, the Hon. G. W. Forbes, presided. It was decided in accordance with the recommendations of the assessors to make the following placings:—

Gummer and Ford, of Auckland _.. 1 Towle and Massey, of Auckland •. 2 Le Petit and McGowan, of Auckland .. 3

In a subsequent announcement the Prime Minister stated that the Board ot Trustees had adopted the recommendation of the jury of award and indicated that Messrs. Gummer and Ford had been appointed the architects for the work. They had been asked to come to Wellington at the earliest opportunity to go i/ito the various details of the scheme.

The jury of award comprised three architects, namely, Mr. Cecil W. Wood, A.R.1.8.A., of Christchurch, chairman, Mr. W. Gray Young, F.R.1.8.A., of Wellington, and Mr. J. W. Mawson, F.R.1.8.A., M.T.P.1., Director of Town Planning. Premiums of £SOO, £3OO and £2OO will be paid to the authors of the designs placed respectively first, second and third.

An illustration and a description of the winning design appear on page 13.