ARCHITECT’S STANDING

Waikato Times, Volume 195, Issue 22456, 18 September 1944, Page 2

ARCHITECT’S STANDING

ENGLISH REGISTRATION MAGISTRATE’S VIEW In giving judgment for the Informant, the New Zealand Institute of Architects, In the case In which the institute (Mr J. F. Strang) • prosecuted Terence Philip Vautier, architect, Hamilton (Mr King), for using the title “registered architect” under fcis name in a tenders advertisement, Mr S. L. Paterson, S.M., said the English association to which defendant belonged was a body with a standing and prestige in the architectural world comparable with those of the Royal Institute of British Architects, having equal rights with that eminent body to appoint members to the Architects’ Registration Council and to the admission committee. The defendant had the right to use the initials A.I.A.A. and held the appropriate diploma or certificate, which entitled him to practise aichitecture in England. “The New Zealand Institute of Architects Act, 1913, is a curious piece of legislation,” said the magistrate, "because it provides not for the registration of architects, but for the registration of members, and secures certain advantages for the members against their competitors, who may be equally or even better qualified to practise as architects.”