INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11250, 30 June 1922, Page 8

INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS

AN INTERESTING LECTURE. A lecture of much interest and revealine considerable Ica-rniwr was given by Mr C. Reginald Ford, P.N.Z.1.A., F.S. A.R.C.S., before the Institute of Architects last evening. Mr W. M. Page, president of the Wellington branch, occupied the chair. In his lecture Air Ford briefly traversed the ground covered by many eminent men in dealing with the architecture of various countries. He dealt with the culture of the Greeks and Romans, and outlined from Eliot Norton a skotch of the building of a Gothic cathedral. Wo should approach the design for a building of religious worship, in no matter vvliat style, in a spirit of deep humility. The relation of the spirit of the people to their architecture was briefly touched upon, and then Mr Ford went on to give from Vassari’s well-known work on Italian painters, interspersing ihis lecture with many anecdotes. The lecture was a most enlightening one. Ford reiterated Carlyle’s dictum that we should learn from the capacity of others to take infinite pains. At the close of the lecture a hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mr Ford.