The Palm to Desert.

Progress, Volume II, Issue 7, 1 May 1907, Page 266

The Palm to Desert.

To Mr r J. Belcher, G.Y.A., falls the high honour of being this year the recipient of the Royal Gold Medal. The medal is awarded annually by the King, on the recommendation of the Royal Institute of British Architects, to some distinguished architect or man of science or letters who has designed or executed a building of high merit, or produced a work tending to promote or facilitate the

knowledge of architecture, or the various branches of science connected therewith. Few will dispute Mr. Belcher's claim to this recognition of his genius. He is a leading representative of the most influential school in English architecture at the present day — that which adopts Renaissance forms, but treats them with freedom. His most notable buildings in I,ondon are Electra House, in Finsbury-pavement, and the Chartered Accountants' Hall, in Moorgate-place.