A Remarkable Hotel.

Progress, Volume III, Issue 9, 1 July 1908, Page 313

A Remarkable Hotel.

The distinction of the new Piccadilly Hotel, which was opened in May last, lies in its fine architecture. But from the point of view of mere size it is a remarkable building. There are over 700 bedrooms, and the following figures give some idea of the magnitude of the work of construction : 6,500,000 bricks have been used ; 60,000 cubic yards of earth were excavated for the foundations, which are 40ft. deep. There were also used 104,000 cubic feet of Portland stone, 4,200 tons of Portland cement, 11,000 yards of wall tiling, 7,000 tons of iron and steel work, 8,700 yards of asphalte

flooring, seventy miles of electric bell wire, 200 miles of piping for lighting and heating, ninety miles of electric light and power cables, 160,000 floor joists, 16,000 electric lamps. The architect is Norman Shaw : his building is said to be the stateliest modern building in Iyondon ; and he has received applause from every school of taste in the modern Babylon. It is a success rare among architects ; if you doubt, walk down I,ambton Quay and hear the people talk.

The Palmerston North Technical School Board are about to erect new buildings at the corner of Duke and King streets. Architect, P. de J. Clere, P.R.1.8.A., Wellington.