Our Illustrations.

Progress, Volume VI, Issue 11, 1 September 1911, Page 811

Our Illustrations.

Residence and Professional Rooms of Mr. Thos. Fogg, Dentist, Corner Park and George Sts., Dunedin (p. 807).

This building is erected on a flat-iron shaped piece of ground, our picture showing the elevation to George Street. The accommodation provided for is as follows: — First Floor. —Professional rooms —Surgery, 20ft. Sin. x 17ft, Gin.; waiting-room, 16ft. x lift.; patients’ room, 10ft, Gin. x lift. Gin.; workroom, 12ft. x 6ft. Gin.; patients’ hall, 12ft. x 10ft. Residencetrance hall, lift. Sin. x 23ft.; dining-room, 20ft. x 15ft.; sitting-room, 16ft. Gin. x 12ft. Gin.; kitchen, 16ft. x loft.; scullery, 10ft. Sin. x

Sft. Gin.; pantry, 9ft. x 6ft. Second Floor. — Drawing-room, 20ft. Sin. x 17ft. Gin.; bed-sitting-room, 16ft. x 12ft.; fi\e bcdi'ooms, average size 14ft. x 14ft. In the attic a large space is available, with an observation tower on the corner.

Convent of the Sacred Heart at Remuera. This building is of brick with hollow 'walls and tiled roof, and is 115 ft. long overall and 101 ft. deep. It consists of two principal floors with attic, and basement. The external walls arc plastered and the interior ones are finished in Kean's Cement. The joinery and dado work are in oiled heart of Rimu. The rooms on the ground floor are lift, in height, and it has a recreation-room and study both 55ft. x 25ft., two class rooms 23ft. x 20ft. and 20ft. x 12ft. Sin. respectively, a library 20ft. x 13ft. Gin., and another class room and refectory which can be thrown into one by means of folding doors and make a large room of 81ft. x 20ft.; there is also a room for the' Mistress General and lavatories and stores room. The principal means of communication on this floor is an Bft. tiled corridor with staircase up and down at either end. The rooms on the first floor are 13ft. high, and it has the chapel. 55ft. x 25ft., and the sacristy, two large dormitories Sift, x 20ft. and 60ft. x 20ft. respectively. An infirmary 25ft. x 18ft. 3in., with bath-room, pantry, pharmacy, 3 bedrooms* lavatories, and a studio. The upper floor has a large dormitory of Sift. x 21ft., with 2 bedrooms and lavatories, the dormitories all have screens forming cubicles. The rooms in the basement are 10ft. 9in. in height, and a part of it is below ground; it has the dining-room 41ft. x 20ft.. a recreationroom 25ft, x 25ft. 9in., kitchen, scullery, storerooms, engine-room, coal cellar and general

storage-rooms, and six small rooms for piano practice, with a special infant class room. Messrs, F. Mahoney & Son, of Auckland, were the architects., and Messrs. Grcvatt & Son the builders. The total cost is about £15,000.

Savings Bank, Auckland, The alterations and additions make this a new building, and a striking addition to the city architecture. The new building is three times the depth of the old, running, as it does, 155 feet right through to Lome Street. There are three divisions, namely, the old three-story building facing Queen Street, largely remodelled behind the old facade, the banking chamber, of one story, entirely and a new three story building facing Lome Street. The

banking chamber is the talk of the visitors, who have of late been very numerous and interested. One of the finest in the Dominion, this room measures 82 feet by 30 feet, it is lighted by skylights, it has a handsomely decorated ceiling of fibrous plaster, walls of Kean's cement set off by a mottled Kauri dado combined with Australian cedar, the dark tint of the latter contrasting finely with the characteristic markings of the local type, and the floor is laid with Milton tiles completing a remarkably handsome effect. The feature of the room, however, is a marble counter running its whole length, displaying its rich colouring of alternate black Italian and red Austral-

ian, with top of grey

American, nearly four feet wide (3ft. 10in). This counter is divided into numerous compartments for the tellers, with a system of brass railing having the customary openings for business. In front the design provides three large marble desks for the convenience of the bank’s clients, the desks to bo mounted on brackets of brass. Behind the counter is a commodious arrangement of desks for the staff, and there are some splendid chandeliers for lighting either by gas or electricity. There is a fireproof strong room 25 x 14ft.. commanded from the street through a plate glass panel, so that whatever burglary may be indulged in will have to be done in the presence of the public and police. Offices of various dimensions, a big board room grandly furnished, and all details of accommodation of up-to-date order complete the premises. The contract price was £6,365, the contractors being Messrs. Craig Brothers.

Strand Arcade, Auckland.

This is a very handsome addition to the street architecture of the Northeu Capital. The first view docs not impress one so much because of; its similarity in appearance to its predecessor. But when one gets into the Arcade the fine effect of the splendid design is very striking. One realises at once, especially if he has seen other cities, that he is in presence of .an ideal business Arcade, with accommodation tor shops and offices. Solidity, elegance, roominess and brilliant lighting are the special characteristics. Eire danger has been reduced to a minimum, moreover, and the disposition of the various offices is as nearly perfect as designing can make them with the aid of the best modern examples. The outer walls are of brick, the whole of the interior work is ferroconcrete, so built that the whole structure is of monolithic character. The doors and the window sashes arc the only inflammable material throughout. The doors are punctuated by galleries running the whole length of the building, brilliantly lighted by the light-well, which practically runs the length of the roof. These galleries are broad and handsomely designed, and they are set off admirably by the various ornate bridges spanning the arcade, which Avill be found in addition most, convenient to the

traffic saved from the need for long walks between opposite offices. The plaster work is a notable feature of the interior decoration, floated in cement and completed in “keens.” The block is a story higher than the one it replaces, and has been carried up to the height of 90 feet; while the distance between kerb and pediment is 68 feet. The office accommodation is considerably larger than it was in the former building, and the ventilation and lighting throughout, together with all modern requirements, are very good. The Queen Street front is of Melbourne brick, with plastered facings, and a wrought iron rail balcony along the upper floor. The pavement of the Arcade is tessolated, the bases are granite, the shops are on the ground floor, the offices on the others, the lighting is gas and electricity, and Micro are numerous lifts, of course all of them electric.