ARCHITECTS MEET

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22346, 18 February 1936, Page 14

ARCHITECTS MEET

dominion institute CONFERENCE OPENEO DECISIONS OF COUNCIL V The annual conference of the Zealand Institute of Architects, which is being attended bv members from all parts of the Dominion, was officially opened by the Mayor, Mr. Ernest' Davis, at Auckland University College yesterday morning. The president of the institute, Mr. W. Gray Young, 0 f Wellington, first referred to the death of King George V., and members stood in silence as a mark of respect. The Mayor said it afforded him very great pleasure to open the conference of the institute, and to extend to the visiting delegates a warm and cordial welcome to Auckland. Mr. Davis said he had always been keenly interested in the study of architecture and of the principles underlying its science. Without the architect "a city would be a3 a body devoid of its arteries, a human form which had lost its soul. The annual meeting of the council of the institute, which lasted throughout the day, was attended by the following delegates:—Mr. Young, chairman; Mr. E. Miller (Otago), Messrs. V. R. J. Hean and R. S. D. Harmaa (Canterbury), Messrs. E. H. de J. Clere, H. C. Morton and F. JJ. Greenish (Wellington), Mr. A. K; Allen (Taranaki-Wanganui), Messrs. R. Natusch and E. A. Williams (Hawke's Bay). Messrs. W. A. Cumming, W. H. Gummer, L. S. Piper, H. L. Massey and J.. Park (Auckland). On the motion of the president, it was decided to send a telegram to the Governor-General, Viscount Galway, patron of the institute expressing members' loyalty to the Throne.

The question, whether the institute should accept the reduction in the age for the granting of a provisional matriculation from 25 years to 21 years produced a divergence of opinion. It was decided not to accept the provisional matriculation for the institute examinations if it were granted at a lower age than 25 vears, except in a case in which a candidate had previously sat for the matriculation ex? animation and had failed in not more.;; than one subject.

A recommendation was made to incoming council to take steps to impress upon all city and borough councils the necessity of coming into line with the Christchurch and PMmerston North City Councils, and making it compulsory that all building works to the value of £4OOO and over be prepared and signed by a registered architect or a registered engineer before a permit was granted. The incoming council was also asked to take steps to-obtain additional presentation on the Town Planning Board. On the 11 members of the board, apart from the Government architect, it was stated, there was only one architectural representative. An address on "Airports—Their Design and Constitution," was given by Mr. -V. R. Hean, assistant engineer to the Christchurch City Council, in thft College Hall last night. The annual meeting of the institute will be held this morning and will be followed in the afternoon by a paper on "Research in Building Methods and Materials," given .by Dr. E. Marsden, of Wellington, and Sir. A. L. Salmond, of Dunedin. This evening a dinner will be held at the Auckland Club.