POST-WAR WORK

New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24203, 19 February 1942, Page 8

POST-WAR WORK

BUILDING PROCESSES FIELD FOR ARCHITECTS [BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON. Wednesday War conditions required architects to plan economically and make use uf the limited materials available, declared Air. H. L. Massev, ot Auckland, in his presidential address at the annuai meeting of the New Zealand insiitute ot Architects to-night. Mr Massey said that alter the war great quantities of completely new and scientifically designed materials would necessitate a revision of preconceived ideas of construction. The standardisation of certain forms would turn architects' thoughts into channels hitherto uncontemplated. In the years to come, he said, architects would need to have a greater knowledge of the technical processes of construction and new methods of building. Architects must be prepared for a much increased and wider responsibility such as no one person alone could hope to cope with. If ideals counted for anything, said Mr. .Massev, he could foresee a future embracing qualified architects into one organisation—a practising body privately, not departmentally. controlled, with all its resources pooled, continuous employment for all members and complete service to the public by the collective collaboration of experts. New Zealand had the talent, which should be used to the utmost to induce young architects to stay in the Dominion instead of leaving for other fields. Thus architects might be able to arrange a service so that persons of limited means might gain the advantage of architects' skill and advice.