THE ROYAL VICTORIAN INSTITUTE of ARCHITECTS

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R V.I.A. CONVERSAZIONE.

The close of the session 1907 was fittingly celebrated by a Conversazione, at the Vienna Cafe, Collins Street, Melbourne, on Thursday evening, December 12th. The weather was some-what warm, but 15o members and guests were present. As the Conversazione is regarded as a social function, there was a large number of ladies present. The visitors were received by Messrs. Bates and Oakden (Vice-Presidents) and Mr. Little (Hon. Sec.). After a period for social intercourse, the musical items on the programme (under the direction of Mr. F. L. Klingender) were rendered by the Orchestra, and by Mr. Rodney H. Alsop, whilst Mr. Alec. S. Eggleston contributed two recitations.

During the interval, Mr. Percy Oakden (Vice-President) ex-plained the nature of, and announced the awards in, the R•V.I.A. competitions for 1907, the drawings submitted being exhibited

on both sides of the room. In the silver medal competition, the subject was "A Roman

Catholic Church in the Byzantine style, to seat zoo." The medal was not awarded. The second prize of £3 3s., together with

the special prize of £,2 2S., kindly donated by Mr. E. A. Bates (Vice-President), had been awarded to Fredk. G. Biggs ; whilst the Certificate of Honourable Mention had been won by

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In the Bronze Medal Competition, the subject for measured work was "The Abutment and Half Pier of Princes Bridge, Melbourne, at the south end, facing east, and showing the roadway span," as per photograph supplied. The response to this competition for measured work was good. The medal had been awarded to F. G. Leslie Allan, who obtained 82 per cent. of marks. The second prize of £z 2s., donated by Mr. Percy Oakden (Vice-President), was won by M. H. Ah Mouy (68 per cent. marks), whilst the Certificate of Honourable Mention was awarded to O. B. Koch (6o per cent. marks).

In the "R.V.I.A. Sketches" of "A set of four simple Aus-tralian towers or spires," only two sets of sketches were sub-mitted. The first prize of £3 3s. was awarded to F. G. Leslie Allan, and the Certificate of Honourable Mention to Fred. G. Biggs.

The certificates, accompanying the prizes, were distributed, and it was announced that the prizes could be at once obtained in books of the competitors' own choice as early as they wished, subject to their selection being approved by the Council.

We have much pleasure in illustrating tfie drawings which received the highest award in the various subjects.

Mr. Biggs' R.C. Church in the Byzantine style showed signs of hurried draughtsmanship, whilst the joint lines of the courses of bricks, represented by somewhat scratchy and weak inked lines, do not—as might be expected—allow full justice to be done to the reproduced illustration. No line should be shown on a drawing intended for reproduction unless it has a meaning and a value. The contrast between this church and Mr. Leslie Allan's Princes Bridge shows what we mean by the remark. In this latter set of drawings—it could hardly be otherwise— every line has "a meaning and a value." The lines are all firm, and the drawings will bear the necessary diminution for the process work, by either half tone, or line blocks. Mr. Leslie Allan's towers and spires, it will be noticed, are executed in soft pencil lines, hence they lack the firmness of lines executed in

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Indian ink. Mr. Allan is to be congratulated upon his success in two of the three competitions for 1907. Lack of space pre-vents us from giving a lengthy description of the successful work, From the drawings, however, a good idea may be obtained of that which the competitors have shown.

R V.LA. MEETINGS FOR 1908.

THE suggestion has been made by the Council, and adopted by the Literary and Social Committee that, instead of a

syllabus of sessional meetings being published in advance, in future the subject for each meeting be arranged about a month prior to the holding of such meeting. It has for some time been felt that by filling up all the evenings of the session many months in advance, matters of great importance have frequently arisen without there being any opportunity of dealing with them at the ordinary meetings.

The first meeting of the session arranged under these new conditions will be held on Tuesday, 28th April, when the pro- posed " Building Regulations for the City of Melbourne," and " Houses for the Climate," will be the subjects for discussion.

Further, it has been arranged that the discussion upon each subject or paper shall take place at the subsequent meeting. In order that the discussion may befit the importance of the subject, and be based upon intelligent understanding, the Editor under-takes to do his best to publish the papers within three weeks after reading in the following issue of the " Proceedings." As much time is frequently lost by authors in revising their MSS. and in furnishing illustrations, it is obvious that the Edito. cannot carry out his intention unless supported by the authors. He therefore desires that the papers shall he revised before reading, and handed in for publication the same evening. Every endeavour will then be made to issue the following number of the " Proceedings " without the delay which sometimes takes place.

[Exhibition

XHIBITION OF ARCHI-L TECTURE, ARTS AND

CRAFTS.

The Exhibition, which the Exhibition Committee of the R.V.I.A. had been arranging for some months, has just closed, and must be regarded as a distinct success.

It will be remembered that considerably over a year ago the late President of the Institute (Mr. Francis J. Smart) sug-gested the holding of an Exhibition, which would, as he thought, attain the two-fold object of educating the general public in ar-chitecture on the one hand, and would also bring together archi-tects and the arts and crafts men on the other. To review the position briefly :—The Literary and Social Committee of the R.V.I.A. formulated the scheme, which, on receiving the ap-proval of the Council, was submitted to a general meeting of members, at which a strong committee was appointed. This

body, named the General Committee, consisted of the following: Messrs. Bates, Beaver, Blackett, Campbell, J. J. Clark, D'Ebro, Davies, Koch, Kemp, Klingender, Kernot, Little, Oakden, Ussher (Fellows), Messrs. Alsop, Eggleston, F. B. Tompkins, Wright, and Watts (Associates), and Mr. G. S. Keesing, who represented the Vict. Architectural Students' Society of the R.V.I.A. (with power to add to their number).

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Mr. W A. M. Blackett was appointed Hon. Secretary of the Exhibition.

The following sub-committees were also appointed (with power to add to their number): Sections A., B., C., D. and G., Messrs. F. B. Tompkins (Convener), Beaver, J. J. Clark, Kemp, Section E, Mr. J. H. Harvey (Convener) ; Section F, Mr. G. S, Keesing (Convener), Students' Society; Sections H, I, and J, Messrs. Alsop (Convener), Eggleston, Koch, Klingender, and Wright. The duties of these sub-committees being to obtain exhibits and assist in the arrangement of the sections.

Conditions, etc., for the Exhibition were approved, and copies were forwarded to all members of the Institute, and sister Institutes in Australia.

There was every promise of a successful Exhibition, provided that members gave their personal assistance in sending to it exhibits of their own work and obtaining exhibits for the ap-plied art section.

Copies of a circular were issued to applied art workers, and the committee relied upon members giving these circulars pub-licity by forwarding them to possible exhibitors.

The committees then settled down to quiet work for several months. Perhaps the hardest work was that of moving the ap- parent inertia of some members. When, however, it was found that the Public Works Department, and the Architectural Division of the Railway Department, intended to exhibit largely, and it was learned that a choice selecction of drawings would be forwarded by the Institute of Architects of New South Wales, then, and not till then, did all the R.V.I.A. members realise that in their hands lay the success or otherwise of the Exhibition.

The work of housing the collection had been rendered com-paratively easy by the offer of the Committee of the A.N.A. to provide a court of architecture at the A.N.A. Annual Exhibition, in January and February, of this year. The space at disposal was the N.W. gallery of the Melbourne Exhi-bition, on the first floor. It has a length of 200 feet, and was

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39 feet wide, and was later on subdivided into bays with columns painted white, and screens painted green. Green and white formed the decorative scheme generally, whilst pot plants were used to enhance the effect.

The Exhibition was arranged by members of the Institute, who personally hung many of the pictures and supervised the hanging of the remainder. The Exhibition was opened on the 25th of January, and remained open until the 22nd of Febru-ary, and was visited by a great number of people—to whom the Architectural Exhibition was "something new.' Lord Northcote, the Governor-General, and Sir Reginald Talbot, the State Gover-nor, both paid lengthy visits, carefully examined the work, and expressed their appreciation. The public had continuous free access to the court, except on the afternoon of Tuesday, the iith of February, on which day the court was formally opened, and members and their guests held their reception, upon a glorious afternoon.

lReception. A reception committee, consisting of Mr. E. A. Bates (presi-

dent-elect of the Institute), Mr. Percy Oakden (Vice-President), Mr. John Little (Hon. Sec. R.V.I,A,) and Mr, W, A, M, Blackett (Hon. Secretary), received the guests, who numbered about zoo, and included the Lord Mayor of Melbourne (Cr. Weedon), and Mr. Peter Kerr, Victoria's oldest architect. Some of Mr. Kerr's work, the original drawings for the future dome of Par-liament house, were among the exhibits. Mr. Bent, Mr. Swin-burne, Sir Henry Wrixon, and others were unable to attend, owing to other duties.

Mr. Bates, in calling upon Mr. Henry Gyles Turner, Presi-dent of the National Gallery, to formally open the exhibition, regretted the absence of the many representative men who had sent apologies for non-attendance. He felt that the thanks of the Institute were dúe to the Committee of the A.N.A., who had placed the gallery at the disposal of the architects, free of charge. He desired also to thank those representatives of the Public

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Works Department and of the Railway Department who had given their aid, and those members of the Institute who had made the exhibition possible by sending their designs. To the Institute of Architects of New South Wales, who had sent work from Sydney, the Institute was also grateful.

Mr. Henry Gyles Turner said that he understood this to be quite an informal gathering, but that, if it would make it happier to have a formal opening, he would be glad to open it. He was not an authority on architecture, but, as President of the National Gallery, he took a great interest in it. Members of the A.N.A. would be doubtless delighted when they looked round this exhi-bition and saw what work the architects are doing in beautifying this city and also Sydney. The objects of the A.N.A. led its members to take pride in Australia, and surely the improvement of its cities by fine buildings made it more worthy of pride. It was gratifying, indeed, to see so many examples of the Insti-tute's work upon the walls—work which had already been done, and work which would soon be done in and about Melbourne. He thought that in 20 years or so Melbourne would be the finest city in the Commonwealth, and that this would be due largely to the architects. The A.N.A. was, indeed, very generous to the Institute, but this he thought should repay it. Mr. Turner then declared the exhibition open, amidst loud applause.

After the formal opening, the court was inspected by groups of members and friends, and exhibitors in the various sections. Afternoon tea was then served, and De Gilio's string band throughout the afternoon rendered a selection of musical items. The two hours for reception were soon ended, and the court resumed its ordinary appearance. In order that our readers may have a permanent record of the exhibition, we have pleasure in publishing the following description, for which it must be clearly understood the editor alone is responsible.

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Exhibition of architecture, arts anb Crafts.

1Descrtptton of Exhibition.

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

Exhibits drawings of a large number o' the public buildings of

the State. The older works are mostly architectural perspec-

tives executed in colours ; the newer buildings are shown by

photographs. The General Post Office, Melbourne, appears as

originally built, and as subsequently extended. The Crown Law offices, Bendigo post office, Government House, are buildings . needing no description.

Educational buildings are well represented. The Training

Institute, Melbourne, and State schools at Beechworth, Prahran,

Canterbury, Lorne, Heyfield, Macedon, St. Kilda Park, War-burton, and Tooronga Road, Malvern, have all been executed ; whilst Yarram has yet to be built. We are glad to see that the State school teachers in country districts are to be decently housed. The teachers' residences at Lorne and other places are in marked contrast with some of the "quarters" teachers have been compelled to live in, and to pay rent for in addition. Teachers' residences will now be separate from the school build-ings. The Law Courts, Melbourne, the details of Parliament House dome, Yarra improvements (1898) Warrnambool and Port-land harbour works, the new Telephone Exchange, Melbourne, Mental Diseases Hospital, Royal Pi-k1 medical officer's residence, Beechworth Insane Asylum, and sundry other works complete an attractive exhibition. There is also a model of the "Pioneer" twin screw double side suction pump hopper dredge, which was built by Messrs. Ferguson Bros., Port Glasgow, in 1905, for harbour works. There is also a large model of Parliament House, Melbourne, "when completed," which illustrates the effect when the dome is built, although the dome is by some mischance placed in a wrong position.

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THE ARCHITECTURAL DIVISION OF THE VICTORIAN RAILWAYS

Exhibits a collection consisting mainly of its modern works. An

i-in. scale elevation of the new Flinders Street station and a per-spective of the railway offices, Spencer Street, represent work done in the metropolis. The station at Warrnambool, the Eliza-bethan palatial station at Maryborough, and the new station now being erected at Korumburra are represented by working draw-ings. A well-arranged series of photographs represent the old ramshackle timber station at Sunbury (1862), the stone station at Lethbridge (1863), Brighton Beach (1889), Bright (1900), Ballarat (1888), Footscray (1900), Moonee Ponds (1889), and Jolimont (1902). The St. Kilda and Brighton electric tramway offices and car shed (1907) exhibit the latest structures. There are views of Spencer Street No. 4 goods shed (1898), and Wil-liamstown grain shed (1902). Engineering works are repre-sented by Moorabool viaduct (1858) and bridge over Yarra at Fairfield Park (1881).

THE INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS OF N.S.W.

Contributes a number of drawings and photographs, admirably exhibited on a spacious wall surface. The buildings consist mainly of commercial structures and residences, the exceptions being elevation for Royal Hospital tot Women at Paddington (G. Sydney Jones, A. R. I. B. A. ), photograph of St. Clement's Church, Marrickville (Spain and Cosh), sketch of Pyrmont wool store, and a pen and ink bird's-eye view of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children; both these latter works are by Kent and Budden.

Amongst commercial buildings we notice the new club premises for the Commercial Travellers' Association of N.S.W. ; a nine story stone structure (Robertson and Marks), which is far superior in design to a block of warehouses in York Street, Sydney, by the same firm; as is also another warehouse in York Street, executed in Romanesque, and the Challis House,

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Martin Place, the latter being also erected in conjunction with the Government architect, Mr. Vernon. The bold gable treat-

ment of this building is its main characteristic, the superstruc-ture of freestone being otherwise plain. A third warehouse in York Street (Robertson and Marks) proves that a brick ware-house, by massing the brickwork to take bearings of floors, may be effective, because designed to show its constructive features. The Sydney Exchange additions present a superimposition of a somewhat heavier, over a lighter, order (Arthur F. Pritchard). In the additions to the head office of the Commercial Bank, Sydney, Messrs. Kent and Budden have again superimposed the orders, but have put a base course between the two. Henry Bull and Co.'s warehouse and Robert Reid and Co.'s ware-house, both by McCredie and Anderson, shown by three large photographs, are good specimens of bold and effective treat-ment in brick and freestone. Mr. J. Burcham Clamp is repre-sented by nine black and white perspectives of various types of work, whilst Mr. G. Sydney Jones and other architects show drawings of domestic work. The Sydney drawings have been well assorted, and prove that the sister State has many capable architects, whose works we are glad to see something of in Melbourne.

THE ROYAL VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS'

Drawings are displayed around the walls of three courts. The principal drawings from the Institute Rooms, amongst which are the fine photographs of St. Mark's, Venice, and the section of St. Paul's are on view. The E.S. and A. Bank, in Collins Street, in perspective, by the late A. C. Cooke, is also shown. The principal architects of Victoria are well represented. Taking the court in order :-

KLINGENDER AND ALSOP show photographs of a concrete house at Toorak in various stages of construction, photographs and sketches of domestic work and furniture, and plans for a flat roofed brick house.

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I. G. BEAVER exhibits: large pen and ink drawings of the National Mutual Life Buildings, and the Atlas Building, both in Collins Street, and other works, together with four highly-col-oured water colour sketches of houses, and one house in oil colour, the latter being the only exhibit in oils in the gallery.

A. A. FRITSCII has a perspective in colour of R.C. Church, Surrey Hills.

A. S. EGGLESTON, pen and ink sketch proposed undergradu-ates' club, and Methodist Church at Caulfield, the latter in colour.

G. DE LACY EVANS' work, always clear in line, shows buildings at the Dookie Agricultural College, sundry residences, and an elevation of the three-sided soldiers' memorial on St. Kilda Road, the last building in a style which is Mr. Evans' own.

R. J. HADDON'S preparatory drawing for great architectural poster shows "Hordern's" Sydney store being besieged by cus-tomers. A house in the Blue Mountains, a riverside cottage, and a seaman's church, all in colour, are imaginary, we take it, whilst the interior of the Malvern Presbyterian Church represents work just completed.

CLEGG AND MILLER, by a sepia perspective, show competi-tive designs for A.M.P. building, Collins Street, the heavy base of which would have rendered the ground floor apartments very dark. Three finely-executed sepia drawings represent a public building (unnamed) with a very fine facade. Several sheets of country residences are also shown.

HYNDMAN AND BATES' work is represented by water colour drawings by the late R. G. Hyndman of a group of seaside cot-tages, Colonial Bank Hotel, and domestic works, whilst St. Mark's school and parsonage, Fitzroy, is in pen and ink. Pho-tographs of "The Age," A.M.P. buildings at Ballarat and Warr-nambool, Sir Samuel Gillott's house, Fitzroy, and Davies, Doery and Co.'s warehouse, represent late work.

GRAINGER, KENNEDY AND LITTLE show four sheets of working drawings of the administrative building in connection with the

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Melbourne Town Hall. This set is almost the only set of work-ing drawings exhibited by a private firm. The designs for Perth Parliament House, Princes Bridge, Melbourne, and Congrega-tional Church, Launceston, represent some of Mr. Grainger's earlier works, whilst Mr. Kennedy shows large perspective of the Shamrock Hotel, Bendigo, and the School of Mines, Mary-borough. Mr. Little's work at Burrangong District Hospital, Young, N.S.W., a pictorial arrangement of works erected some

years ago, and residences at Kew and Camberwell are also on the walls, whilst a Gothic detail of stone work of a Ches-hire Church, signed by George Gilbert Scott over fifty years ago, shows the care with which some of the Gothic revivalists thought out their work. Students of all ages may learn something from this master's style of draughtsmanship.

THOS• WATTS AND SON exhibit a large perspective of Robb's buildings, Collins Street.

KEMPSON AND CONOLLY'S design for R.C. Cathedral, Ben-digo, is a Gothic pile drawn geometrically with brush shading.

J. A. B. KocH's first prize design for Melbourne Hospital is

shown by bird's-eye perspective, a geometrical detail of the ad-ministrative department and a model of Block plan. He also sub-mits perspective in colour for residence at Caulfield.

SYDNEY SMITH AND OGG'S drawings are nearly all in pen and ink work. Competitive design for offices in William Street, Shepparton Savings Bank, doctor's residence, St. Kilda, and private hospital, East Melbourne, together with several works of a domestic character, are exhibited.

P. G. FICK shows several small country churches, Public Library, Portland, interior of School of Arts, Corawa, N.S.W., Kyneton Congregational and Camperdown C. of E. Sunday schools.

J. J. AND E. J. CLARK'S City Baths, Melbourne, competitive design for extension of Melbourne Town Hall, Auckland Town Hall, National Mutual Life Assurance building at Ballarat, rep-resent later work, whilst the Public Offices and Town Hall, Bris-

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bane, show work with which the author had to do some years ago.

C. A. D'EBxo's Yarra Family Hotel and Gollin's, in Bourke Street, represent city buildings. Domestic work is illustrated by two small interiors in colour. A model of proposed building in William Street shows the alternative to the accepted design of McI'.wraith, McEacharn and Co.'s building now in course of erection.

ARTHUR PECK shows photographs of domestic work and in-terior of ward in Foundling Hospital, Melbourne.

H. W. AND F. B. TOMPKINS are w'11 represented by varied classes of work. Hooper's warehouse, Brunswick, is a plate glass structure, carried on stauncheons. The Commercial Travellers' Club shows original building by the same firm and subsequent extensions upward and downward. The photographs of the basement excavation and underpinning (with the architect care-fully supervising) suggests mining rather than building opera-tions. The Citizens' Aréh, a temporary structure in Bourke Street of some 7 years ago, is reminiscent of the "Duke's" visit. We re-member this arch looked uncommonly well for a temporary struc-ture. Effective photographs of villa residences, Ball and Welch's and new frontage to Flinders lane warehouses are shown, whilst competitive work for Melbourne Town Hall, A.M.P. building in Melbourne, and National Mutual Life Association at Ballarat, is exhibited.

HERBERT BLACK exhibits a perspective of the Mutual Insur-ance Co. of New York, which (in conjunction with his brother, William Black) he erected at a cost of £180,000 in Capetown, South Africa. He also shows two perspectives of large Gothic churches of the wide span which seems to be in favour in South Africa, and a brick villa, somewhat Dutch in design.

W. A. M. BLACKETT shows photographs of external and in-ternal domestic work, and competitive design for the administra-tive Block, Melbourne Town Hall.

SMART, TAPPIN AND PEEBLES' works shown are not of recent

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date. The Melbourne Exhibition building, Collins Street Inde-pendent Church, the Wilson Hall, dining hall and master's resi- dence at Ormond, represent city buildings of renown. Ecclesi-astical work is represented by the new Anglican Cathedral, Bal-larat, and the R.C. Church at Hawthorn.

USSHER AND KEMP exhibit ten perspectives, six in colour, amongst, which are the competitive design for R.C. Cathedral at Bendigo, Hawthorn Methodist Church, Beath, Schiess' ware-house, Flinders lane, professional residences, Collins Street, and two residences, whilst the remaining four represent the Austra- lian Buildings, Elizabeth Street, and three residences. In ad- dition, Mr. H. H. Kemp exhibits eight frames of sketches and measured drawings of work in England and the continent, all in brown ink. The author in all cases has exercised the gift of selection, and none of his work is laboured. We commend it to the attention of students.

A. M. HENDERSON submits perspective for Bank of Austra-lasia in Hobart, which was erected in freestone, and perspectives of designs . for Assembly Hall, Collins Street, and Flinders Street station, the latter taken from an impossible point, to include the great length of over 800 ft. in the picture.

GODFREY AND SPOWERS show four water colour brick build-ings, including a branch Bank of New South Wales, the Book Depot, St. Paul's, Melbourne, lodge at Frankston for Mr. Grice, Somewhat mediæval in character, and a perspective of Beath, Schiess' warehouse, which, it appears, was carried out in con-junction with Messrs. Ussher and Kemp. This latter drawing—somewhat weak in colour—is spoiled by a dirty shadow cast over half the surface, which serves no useful purpose. Seven frames of photographs of interiors, and two frames of exteriors, of domestic work, but without names, represent modern work.

SYDNEY H. WILSON'S water colour perspective for mansion at Bundoora is suggestive of glorified villa work, and lacks any dominant idea. His Assembly Hall, Collins Street, a .piece of fine pen and ink work, and Methodist .Church, Brisbane, represent

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competitions, whilst an old engraving of the General Post Office, Melbourne, shows a building without a loggia on the Bourke Street frontage. The "tameness" of the drawing is made up by animated bullock teams, horses galloping, and "life" generally reminiscent of early days. A model of St. Luke's, North Fitzroy, does not assist us in liking its slated spire. Mr. Wilson exhibits his father's certificate of membership of the old Institute, executed in ink and brushwork and illumined. The lettering is "Victorian Institute of Architects. At a meeting of the Society, held on i3th May, 1858, Ralph Wilson, Esquire, was duly elected a member of the Institute.—J. G. Knight, President ; T. J. Crouch, Honorary Secretary." The certificate reminds us that the Institute has passed its jubilee, and is no creature of yester-

day. WARD AND CARLETON exhibit photographs of Griffiths

Brothers'' and Massey, Harris Co.'s warehouses, perspectives of two churches (not named), St. Hilda's Missionary Training Home, East Melbourne, and a mountain residence in timber, with a large quantity of rough cast work on its exterior.

OAKDEN AND BALLANTYNE display a wide range of buildings. The City of Melbourne Bank, New Zealand Insurance Co.'s

Chambers', the new building in Swanston Street, in which the R. V.I. A. finds a habitation, "Allan's," Lambert's, Northern As-surance Co., and Cornhill, represent well-known structures. Other sets of buildings are grouped in frames. There are the Met. Fire Brigade stations at Little Bourke street, Essendon, Men-tone, Malvern, Canterbury, Boroondara, Newport, and Rich-mond. There are four views of the Working Men's College. A group of collegiate buildings includes C. of E. Girls' Grammar School, S. Yarra, Queen's College, Warden's house, Trinity College, and gymnasium, C. of E. Grammar School, S. Yarra. A group of churches shows Holy Trinity Church, E. Melbourne, Wesleyan Church, Ballarat, Catholic Apostolic Church, Carl-ton, and St. Matthew's, Prahran. The Victoria Parade Congre-gational Church is shown in a completed condition, whilst St.

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James' Buildings, Melbourne, illustrated by a bromide enlarge-ment represents in a dead manner a somewhat uninteresting building. Four residences are shown by photograph, whilst a fifth at Warragul under a most "lively" Gippsland sky, is in

water colours. CAMPBELL AND KERNOT have a selection of Presbyterian

Churches in sepia wash, erected in this and adjoining State. Victoria is represented by Camberwell and Kyabram, whilst N.S.W. by Narrandera, Albury and Germanton. The new Dental Hospital, Melbourne, is scarcely done justice to in water colours. There are also four vigorous perspectives of large residences in water colour drawing, each with an ample garden.

J. H. HARVEY'S forte is photography, There are eleven in-teriors and one exterior of Parliament Houses, Melbourne. The Melbourne Law Courts, Treasury Buildings, Town Hall, Ben-digo; State school, Eaglehawk, and Public Offices, Castlemaine, represent other public buildings. "Ph2eton Driving the Chariot of the Sun," modelled by the late J. S. Mackennal, is also pho-tographed as relief work.

CHARLES A. IRwIN, in a "Processional" interior (unnamed), shows the best piece of water colour work in the gallery, the treatment of light and shade being admirable. A vaulted in- terior (also ecclesiastical) is in pen and ink work. "A Roadside Elevation for the Seaside or Country" is, we suppose, a piece of poetic fancy. May Australia be spared the necessity of tene-ment houses. Four London groups: Seven Street, Page's Walk, Brandon Street, and Snow's Fields comprise 132o tenements in buildings six stories high. All these groups Mr. Irwin has cleverly shown on a single sheet.

G. A. PARSONS AND SONS, in three water colours, show a poor, weakly coloured perspective of a warehouse. A large country house receives better treatment, whilst a small villa amongst the mountains is in the midst of a very fine landscape.

C. B. H. AUSTIN contributes a beautifully coloured perspective of a seaside villa. The house should be built on higher ground

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than is suggested, or a tidal wave would wash it away. Water colour views of Aden, The Twelve Apostles (islands, by-the-bye,

in the Red Sea), and Stromboli in the Mediterranean give evi-dence of Mr. Austin's handiwork in the region of seascape.

STUDENTS' COURT.

Many of the R.V.I.A. competition drawings submitted dur-ing recent years adorn the walls of this court.

Measured drawings Government House gates (Melbourne), for which bronze medal 1905 was awarded, are shown by G. B. Leith. In Princes Bridge, Melbourne (illustrated in the pres-ent issue) is shown the prize work of F. G. Leslie Allen, for which the Bronze Medal was awarded. The drawings of this structure, exhibited by M. A. Ah Mouy (who was also successful in the competition), also measured work for lower portion of tower for Assembly Hall, Collins Street, are on view. In "De-sign" Philip B. Hudson shows "An Art Gallery for a Small Town," for which the Silver Medal was awarded recently, whilst Fred. G. Biggs' 2nd prize design for a R.C. Church in the Byzantine style (illustrated in this issue), and Gordon S. Kees-ing's design in the same subject, were both recently exhibited at

the R.V.I.A. conversazione. In "Sketches," F. G. Leslie Allen exhibits his set of four

towers or spires (illustrated in this issue), for which he was awarded the first prize in the R.V.I.A. competition, 1907. Fred. G. Biggs also shows his set of four towers which won the cer-tificate of honourable mention. In a recent V.A.S.S. competition, Gordon S. Keesing, Fred. G. Biggs and P. B. Hudson submitted designs which are exhibited in this collection. Stained glass is the subject of another V.A.S.S. competition, and Fred G. Leslie

Allen and Hugh L. Peck each exhibit.

APPLIED ART.

In the court of Applied Art the work is exceedingly varied. P. G. F1cx exhibits many framed and coloured perspectives of

residences and other buildings, whilst his numerous examples [of

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of furniture and fitments have been manufactured by Sorby and Law, Hitzler, Stone, and others.

DAISY F. RICHARDSON'S carved pedestal on a native pittos-porum motif., carved embossed chair, and duet stool are well ex-ecuted in polished walnut.

RODNEY H. ALSOP's sideboard of silky oak, grown in Church Street, Abbotsford, is severely plain, whilst his table, carved by Mrs. J. Griffiths, represents a bit of "new art" of heavy oak, with the inscription cut in the Iin. solid top : "There's but a Gude wife in the Country, an ilka man thinks he's got her."

W. B. FORSTER's blackwood cabinet by Kannuluik shows perhaps the beauty of the native timber better than any other furniture in the exhibition.

MRS. M. WICHE exhibits a plaster over door panel represent-ing wind and wave action, the subject being Viking ships. The modelling is poor, and the colour opaque and without lights. Another panel "peacock" has the same fault in colouring.

AUSTRALIAN TESSELATED TILE Co. exhibits the set of twelve best tiles by students of the V.A.S.S. The designs of Allen, Tucker, McDonald and Jenkins are amongst the best.

W. MONTGOMERY shows a large number of designs for lead lights, two or three of which were illustrated in our November issue, but as they were without colour they were necessarily incomplete.

HAL GYE has several lively poster sketches, and a decorative landscape (whatever that means) after Durer's style.

MODERN ART TRAINING SCHOOL, Melbourne, exhibits stu-dents' work in pen and ink, colour and floral design.

KLINGENDER AND ALSOP have designed, and Charles Johnston and Co. have executed, oak and silky oak furniture, which in design is very effective, and well constructed.

HUGH PATERSON AND GEORGE H. DANCEY'S two panels illus-trating a "Viking Boar Hunt" and "Women with Drinking Horn," deserve more than a passing note. In execution the can-vas is first gilded, then the pictures are outlined and filled in with

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transparent colour laid in very thin washes. The effect is de-

lightful, and the figures are full of life and vigour.

BUCKLEY AND NuNN show simply designed yet chaste mantels,

a cabinet, and chairs with old gold coverings. A beaten metal

fender with seats at the angles is effectively designed.

THE TECHNICAL ART TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

Have but a very small exhibition. The exhibition is being held

at the worst time of the year, as the Technical Colleges are in

vacation. The work which is shown, however, is of admirable

quality. STAWELL SCHOOL OF MINES (under Mr. Lawson's direction)

exhibits a wrought iron gate by Wittenbach, a blacksmith, whose work in design and execution would do credit to a Collins Street

bank building. A plaster head in high relief is by Crouch, who

also exhibits sepia work from plaster casts. TECHNICAL ART SCHOOL, BALLARAT, sends a chair seat, with

leather work designed on passion flower, which flower is also the

subject of further study in monotone by Stanley Tompkins, and a

design for photo frame in silver repousse. There is also study in

Iris Florentini, and suggestions for decoration therefrom by

Barker, and other work of similar character. FIBROUS PLASTER WORK.

OTTO WASCHATZ AND Co., in the Court of Applied Art, ex-

hibit a choice selection of friezes, columns, and medallions. Per-haps the snorting griffin is the most effective piece of work of its

kind, the action being admirable. THE CARRARA CEILING Co. LTD. show specimens of stuccolin

work, white and tinted, together with drawings illustrating the

application of their material. WARDROP AND SCURRY exhibit modelling in fibrous plaster in

friezes, cornices, heads, panels, columns and plasters. The

city of Melbourne coat of arms in a strap work shield is happily

treated. A heavy projecting block, supported by a few "new

art" twigs and foliage, is by no mean.s productive of a good

effect.

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INDEX.

Office-bearers ... ... 3

Syllabus ... ... ... 4

Annual Meeting ... 5

President's Retiring Address 8

Seventh International Congress of Architects, London—Address by Mr. C. A. Cowper (A) ... 12

New President's Opening Remarks 14 Report of the Council, 1906-7 15

Hon. Treasurer's Report, 1906 ... ... ... 22

Report of the Literary and Social Committee, 1906-7 25

Editor's Report ... ... 27

Syllabus of Students' Society ... 28

Review of New Books, etc. 29, 60, 103, 132, 158

General Meeting, April 23rd, 1907 35

The Presidential Address for 1907... . . 37

Proposed Exhibition of Architecture Arts and Crafts in 1908 ... 45

General Meeting, June 25th, 1907 ... ... 46

Domestic Interiors and Utensils of Spain. Paper by Mr. C. Bogue Luffman ... ... ... 50

Francis Joseph Smart ... ... 66

R.V.I.A. Annual Competitions ... ... 68

General Meeting, July 25th, 1907 ... 75

The Architectural Development of Melbourne. Paper by Mr. Beverley Ussher (F) 77

Conditions of Court of Architecture Arts and Crafts of Australian

Natives' Exhibition, 1908, Melbourne ... ... 94

Victorian Architectural Students' Society of the R.V.I.A. 97

The 20th Century Cathedral. Paper by Mr. William Lucas, F.R.V.I.A. ... ... ... ... ... 99

General Meeting, September 24th, 1907 ... ... ... 109

Suitability of Australasian Timbers for Architectural Purposes. Paper by Mr. James Mann ... ... ... 113

Annual Competitions for 1907 ... 143

General Meeting, October 22nd, 1907 ... ... 137

Glass. Paper by Mr. W. Montgomery ... ... 140

R.V.I.A. Conversazione 165

R.V.I.A. Meetings for 1908 167

Exhibition of Architecture Arts and Crafts ... 168

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