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FDR MEMORIAL COMPETITION WINNER ANNOUNCED AIA 1961 CONVENTION PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 24-28 ''Re-des-igning Urban America" will be the theme of the 1961 AIA annual convention in Philadelphia, April 24 to 28. It is expected to attract some 2,000 architects from all over the . country. Keynote speaker will be John Kenneth Gal­ braith, Harvard economist and au­ thor of "The Affluent Society" and "The Liberal Hour." Mr. Galbraith will outline the imperative eco­ nomic need to revitalize our cities. Louis Mumford and Bruno Zevi will discuss aesthetic, cultural and sociological aspects of the city. Ed­ mund Bacon, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Planning Com­ mission, will head a comprehensive presentation on "Re-designing Downtown Philadelphia." Planners, municipal officials, en­ gineers, landscape architects and Winning Design for .FDR Competition members of other professions will bit SAUL ELLBNBOOEN From the six first stage winners of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt be invited to attend the convention. Memorial Competition, the concept of a Boston and New York architec­ Potential convention-goers are tural firm won the $50,000 award as the best design picked by the jury reminded by the Host Committee to be the most fitting symbol of the late president. Pedersen and Tilney, that no ticket supply is endless. A in association with Joseph Wasserman, David Beer and Norman Hober­ card or letter to the Philadelphia man were awarded first prize for their concept of a cluster of perpen­ Chapter, AIA, 2400 Architects dicular tablets carrying the quotations of FDR. The tallest tablet stands Building, Philadelphia 3, Pa., will 165 feet high, 68 feet wide and 7 feet thick at the base tapering to the bring a complete program and top. The seven other tablets raised at varying angles on a huge concrete reservation form. platform at several different levels would be set in a rough circle. Select~on of the finalists from the Joseph J. W ehrer and Harold J. 5'J 4 ent~1es we!e ~de by a prof~- Borkin, University of Michigan. THEATER DESIGN s1o~al Jury with Pietro Belluschi, Honorable mentions were given CONFERENCE chairman, and Thomas D. Church, to New York area architects in- - -~ Bartlett Hayes, Jr., Joseph Hudnut eluding, Percival Goodman; Davis, Chapter Members Philip John­ and Paul Rudolph. ~dmund B~con Brody and Wiisniewski; Ed·ward son, Peter Blake, and Helge Wes· served as . Profess1on:il Advisor. Barnes; and John J. Johansen. termann served on a 13-man dele­ The first six stage winners, each The memorial will be located on gation to the International Collo­ awarded $10,000, were: . a twenty-seven acre site between quy on Theater Architecture held Abraham GeHer, Architect of the Jefferson and Lincoln Memo- recently in Berlin. As a sequel to New York, associated with Doug- rials and across the Tidal Basin this event, an important confer­ lass Gordon, Diana Kirsch and from the Washington Monument. ence on theater architecture, engi­ Claude Samton. The design must now be approved neering, construction, theatrical Rolf Myller, Architect of N. Y. based on recommendations from presentation and management will Tasso Katselas, Architect of the FDR Memorial Commission, by be held Feb. 4-5 at New York's Pittsburgh. the Fine Arts Commission, the Juilliard School of Music. For in­ Pedersen-Tilney and Associates, Parks Commission and Congress. formation, address Thomas De­ Architects of Boston and N. Y. It is anticipated that at least four Gaetani, President US ITT, P. 0. Sasaki-W·alker-Luders and As- to five years may pass before con- Box 291, Cathedral Station, New soclates, Watertown, Mass. struction gets under way. York 25. 2

ocu·:r..us LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Vol. 32 - Number 4 Lecture Series measures have proven to be un­ AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS wieldly. What can be done to make NEW YORK CHAPTER To the Editor: the past efforts workable? What Your very nice story on the first can be done to make a more pro­ MARGOT A. HENKEL, Executive Secretary two meetings in the Architectural gressive program? The future of 115 East 40th Street League series was much appreciat­ our profession depends on raising New York 16, N. Y. ed. May I ask just one correction : the level of professional practice, MUrray Hill 9-7969 the series is jointly sponsored by and now is the time for us to make the Architectural League and Ar­ that future. chitectural FORUM. I would not Yours truly, FREDERICK J. WOODBRIDGE ---····-···-····· President fuss about this except that the un­ DAVID L. EGGERS ._.. _ __ .... -·-·---- Vice President usual size of the audiences de­ Sheldon Licht PETER S. VAN BLOEM -··-.... -.... -.... -····- .. ·· Secretory rives, apart from the quality of the EDITOR'S NOTE: See page 3 "Ar­ MICHAEL M. HARRIS - ...... -...... -..... Treasurer performance, from hard work and chitect-in-Training" on whom to a bit of expense by FORUM as contact for further discussion. well as the League. PAUL JOHN GRAYSON, Editor Fortunately, the auditorium dif­ ficulty has been solved. After the February 16 meeting at the League Payola itself, for probably a somewhat To the Editor: smaller audience, the sessions on I read with interest the "Christ­ LET THY VOICE BE HEARD March 30 and April 20 will be held mas Postscript" on page 4 of the in the larger auditorium of the December issue of the Oculus. The The small army of outraged MetropoHtan Museum, capacity rationalizations contained therein citizenry who descended upon City 700. And for the March 30 meet­ are fascinating. Hall last January 10 to let their ing on "Whait has become of the voices be heard before the Board As I understand, payol,a in the International Style," the brilliant form of a case of Bourbon is un- of Standards and Appeals, protest­ Reyer Banham, Assistant Execu­ ing the proposed installation of 44 . acceptable to the ethical architect, tive Editor of the Architectural but payola in the form of a sub­ bowling alleys in the waiting room Review of London, is coming over at Grand Central Station, won an stantial cash gift to the architect's on a special trip. professional organization is to be interesting and important victory. Sincerely, It is an interesting victory be­ received gladly. In any event, you cause it proves that democracy is Dougl,as H :zskell appear to take the line that payola still strong. Public officials take Editor is here to stay. heed of the voice of the people Architectural Forum Yours for a fruitful Christmas, when the people let their voices be Thomas M. A. Payne, A.I.A. heard. Architect-in-Training EDITOR'S NOTE: "Christmas Post­ President Woodbridge, with script" reported on the proposal of Doug Haskell, Victor Gruen, Si­ To the Editor: the Executive Committee .that con­ mon Brienes, and many others Now, as in the past, there is a tractors' gifts be directed to the from our Chapter, and other So­ certain amount of discussion in our Chapter's Schol,arship Fund. On the cieties, plus the weight of the press profession about raising the level subject of payola the following bit and radio--John Crosby in the of professional practice. One of the comes from one of our colleagues: Tribune, Norman Cousins in the facets of this discussion has been Saturday Review, WCBS in Opin­ the relationship of the established ion on the Air, to mention a few, Architect to the Architect-in­ Payola Training. added their voice to the protest The distress. of payola, a breach of and succeeded in sparing Grand For the benefit of the Architect­ ethics, Central (for the time being) from in-Training, the AIA has printed To destroy or just ease by anes­ the ignominious fate planned for a "log" for recording the various thetics, it by the New York Central and areas of experience. This notable Neither approach strikes at the some clever entrepreneur. step has been more or less ignored. cause, It is an important victory be­ Few offices are interested in giving Look at the standards and surely cause it shows the necessity for the young Architect a chance at we'll pause. our citizenry to be ever alert to variety of experience. The question Bitter fruit of a society lush, legislative activity on both local I ask is, why? It's seed-only you can crush! and national levels. It shows the All too often the beginner is Time and good practice will help need for a strong and vigorous pigeon-holed, or found to jump to heal, Chapter that is able to speak out from job to job. To state the case Until then nourish the ideal. as it did so well on this issue and quite bluntly, there are some people The field of battle is the Hall of as it did during the course of pas­ who are taking advantage of the Ivy, sage of the new Zoning Resolu­ embryonic Architect. His future as There we can nurture the blossom tion. Active participation of the a professional as well as his eco­ of truth, membership in both Chapter and omic present are being exploited. Restore the heritage we so strong­ community affairs is one good way Benevolent paternalism obvious­ ly uphold- to keep alert and to let thy voice ly is not the answer. Some steps Good practice and conduct return be heard. have been taken in the right direc­ to the fold. p.j.g. tion as I mentioned before. These by a.b. 3

FDR COMPETITION FINALIST PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE NATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL REGISTRATION-A Report DOUBLES AS SCULPTOR

by SAUL ELLENBOGEN The New Year is already well under way. May it be a happy and The licensing or regulation of prosperous one for every member architects is a relatively recent of the Chapter. In spite of the fore­ procedure in the . In bodings of the economists, let us fact, the first licensing law in this hope that architects will be as country was enacted in Illinois in much in demand as ever and that 1893, and the last of the 50 states we may be spared adverse effects to enforce licensure was Vermont of what is apparently officially a in 1951. "recession." It may well be that Unlike many European and architects can contribute signifi­ South American countries, there is cantly to revising any downward no national licensing of architects trend. in this country. Here, all profes­ sional registration is exclusively a state responsibility. An architec­ tural license to practice in one state has no validity in another. Since In any case, it is of the greatest the licensing law of each state con­ importance that we devote our ef­ forms to that state's constitutional forts unstintingly to the good of structure, there is a wide variety the profession and through it to of statutory patterns. It, therefore, the general good. The more evi­ becomes necessary for the architect FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AS dent it is that architects are pri­ who contemplates operating in a CREATED BY ROLF MYLLER marily concerned with good, good wide area to familiarize himself architecture, good works, good with the individual laws of all character, good citizenship, the those states in which he anticipates New York Chapter member Rolf better it will be for all concerned. practicing. Myller, finalist in the recent FDR There have been periods when In an attempt to bring some or­ Memorial Competition has proven we have been told we must be busi­ der out of a relatively chaotic his abilities as both architect and nessmen and all sorts of other situation, members of boards of sculptor. Myller, who also serves as things. Of course we must, and we examiners of several states began Book Reviewer for the Oculus, had should be good businessmen. But holding annual meetings during been on leave to devote full time to in all our urgings to become the early 1920's. This movement the final stages of the Competition. supermen, let us not forget to be developed into what we now know His creation of FDR was good professionals, as good archi­ as the "National Council of Ar­ worked up in clay as a preliminary tects as we can. chitectural Registration Boards." study for the focal point exhibit in The NCARB has since then helped his Memorial design. Rushed as greatly in bringing a degree of were all the finalists for time, equality to the examinations given Myller's efforts show a great sen­ by the individual states, in provid­ sitivity in portraying one of our This year the New York Chapter ing a clearing house for the reso­ nation's great leaders. has been asked to be the host chap­ lution of interstate problems, and ter for the 1961 New York State in providing a means by which an Association of Architects Conven­ architect registered by examina­ tion in the Fall. Our Vice-Presi­ tion in one state may use the re­ ARCHITECT-IN-TRAINING dent David Eggers has gallantly un­ sults of this examination to obtain dertaken to direct this program. license in a second state without The committee on the Architect­ He has some excellent ideas on the retaking the examination. in-Training Program, under the subject and has enlisted, among A syllabus published in 1930, re­ chairmanship of Russell Colean, is others, the aid of our younger vised in 1953 and again in 1959, presently engaged in acting as ad­ members under Norval White's outlines examination content ef­ visers to the Architects-in-Train­ Chairmanship. This is a real op­ fecting a degree of conformity in portunity to work for the common ing assigned to the New York the duration, scope, and subject Chapter. At the present time there good and to achieve a splendid matter of architectural examina­ demonstration that the New York tions. It serves as a general guide are 29 enrollees. These enrollees Chapter is deeply concerned for, to the subject matter in which a now receive notices of all technical and interested in, the welfare candidate may be expected to prove meetings, and others which may and effectiveness of architecture competence. throughout the State. It is also an be valuable from an educational excellent training ground for the Having passed the examination standpoint. The committee expects time when the Chapter will be host of any state which conforms to the an early joint meeting with the for the National Convention of the Syllabus, including the standards Student Chapter Committee, in or­ AIA in 1967. Let everyone be of admission to the examination, der to acquaint the presidents of ready and willing to do his part and having licensure thereto by with the same enthusiasm with that state board, a candidate may Student Chapters with the aims of which Dave Eggers has assumed obtain from NCARB a Council the Architect - in - Training Pro­ ~is leadership. (Continued on page 5) ~am. 4

ANNUAL SUPPER DANCE AT GUEST COLUMN METROPOLITAN MUSEUM EDITOR'S NOTE: Under the Chairmanship of James Marston Fitch, Colum­ Returning to hallowed halls, this bia University's "Four Great Pioneers" program is planning to under­ year the architects' annual supper take a critical examination of the main issues of contemporary archi­ dance will be held in the beautiful tecture with the purpose of developing a new manifesto of principles and impressive main restaurant of and perspectives for the future. The following paper outlines the aims the New York Metropolitan Mu­ of the program. seum at Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street. This delightful black-tie af­ fair will be held on Friday, Feb­ THE NEXT PHASE IN ARCHITECTURE ruary 10, 1961, and a special high­ CONFORMITY, CONFUSION, OR CONTINUITY light will be the presentation of · by JAKES MARsTON FITCH an Honorary AIA Associate Mem­ bership to Lewis Mumford, which A program for the critical examination of the main issues in contem~ will be followed by a brief talk. porary architecture; a call for a new manifesto of principles and per­ The Meetings Committee, head­ spectives for the future. ed this year by E. Allen Dennison, The basic vocabulary of contemporary architecture is more truly inter­ wishes to stress the fact that in national in scope and acceptance than ever before in human history. As addition to AIA members and their a result of the last half century's work-and especially the four great families, other guests, business as­ pioneers, Wright, Gropius, Mies, and -we might have ex­ sociates, yes-even clients are wel­ pected that future development would be secure and certain. Instead, in come to attend. recent years, there have been increasing signs of confusion and a loss of An a la carte cocktail reception direction. Diversionist movements of all sorts are claiming the right of will start at 7 :00 p.m. with back­ succession. The broad stream of advance is seriously threatened. ground music. A hot dinner will be served at 8 :00 p.m. by the Rob­ Progress now appears threatened by an influx of "avant-garde" ert Day Deans catering service. approaches: Neo-Sensualism, New Brutalism, "Fluid Imagist," and "Com­ Music for dancing will be fur­ positional Rigorists," etc. These threaten to reduce the esthetics of the nished by Ben Cutler (in person) modern movement to mere "mannerism" and end in egocentric confusion. and his fine band from 8 :30 p.m. Too many modern architects are, as Bruno Zevi remarks, "too immodest to 12 :30 a.m. (and later on re­ to follow Wright and Corbusier, but too tormented to be as great as they quest) . You can park conveniently are." Yet, it should be noted that these men contributed most of the in the museum parking area which major elements of which the modern idiom is constructed. will save everyone time and money. The tickets will cost $12.50 per person. Make your plans now to Frank Lloyd Wright gave us a vital new Space in architecture. He is, reserve a table for yourself, your in a real sense of the term, the inventor of the modern American home, guests and your associates. This with its open plan, grace and privacy, enriched amenities, and close rela­ promises to be an enjoyable eve­ tionship to a coordinated landscape. Of the four great pioneers, Wright ning for everyone, so circle the date was the most poetic and romantically lyrical in his solution. of February 10 on your calendar. W.alter Gropius, dominantly a speculative theoretician, is the most f.m.s. socially-committed in his architectural purpose. He represents the social and humanitarian theories of Ruskin and Morris in contemporary prob­ lems. He has exerted a major impact in the field of multiple housing, city planning, and from the time of his association with the Bauhaus, N. Y. STATE JOBS has had a dominant influence in education in design. New York State, in answer to Mies van der -Rohe, non-speculative and anti-theoretical, has interested public and federal demands for bet­ himself in the development of profound structural purism and carried ter roads, highways, and public it forward with elegance and discipline. His work toward perfecting the buildings, has embarked upon an steel frame, the glass bay, and the skyscraper establish him as a worthy extensive program of construction successor in the great tradition of Louis Sullivan. and reconstruction. So great is the program that its successful and ef­ Le Corbusier, in addition to being a great theoretician, is perhaps the ficient completion will necessitate greatest architectural innovator in the world. Skyscraper-studded park years of work. Demands at present cantilevered slab, continuous glass wall, piloti, sol-brise, and roof-top are great for qualified graduate gardens are but a few examples of his contributions to the modern idiom. engineers and architects. Archi­ If the next phase of architecture is to be worthy of the first, new tects in the State service are em­ directives for it must be formulated. These cannot ignore-they must in ployed primarily in Albany with fact derive from-Western experience as embodied in the work of the the Department of Public Works. four great makers. To develop a new esthetic as fruitful as the first one Positions also exist in the Division has been requires the examination of the hard core of functionalist theory of Housing, the State Building and practice. Code Commission, and other agen­ cies. These positions are all in the To this end the Columbia School of Architecture will assemble, in the competitive class, filled perma­ Spring of 1961, a distinguished group of internationally recognized nently through regular civil serv­ architects and scholars. Each will be asked to address himself to this ice examinations. Application point--namely, how he believes a new synthesis may be evolved. The sum blanks and further information total of these discussions should off er a broad conceptual base for Phase can be obtained from the State II, constitute a program of action as clear as the great manifes toes which Campus, Albany 1, N. Y. galvanized the architecture of Phase I. 5

NATIONAL REGISTRATION NEW ZONING PASSED BOOK REVIEW (Continued from page 3) by E. 0. TANNER After four years in the drafting English Abbeys and Priories, by Certificate. This Certificate con­ Olive Cook. Viking Press, 9" x sists of a ucouncil Record" which and a year in controversy and pub­ lic hearings, the new comprehen­ 12", 62 Pages Text, 148 Illustra­ contains a complete file of informa­ tions, 4 Color Plates. $12.00. tion pertinent to the individual's sive amendment to New York professional training and experi­ City's 44-year-old zoning ordinance was finally passed unanimously last If you want to let yourself in for ence. To this Record is appended a a treat, this handsome volume with detailed statement of the results of month by the Board of Estimate. Climaxing the Chapter's long ef­ its excellent photographs, stained the candidate's examinations given glass plates and engravings sup­ in his home state. The Secretary ~ors in the new code's behalf, Pres­ ident Frederick J. Woodbridge, ported by an informative and high­ of the NCARB attaches a certifi­ ly readable text will provide you cate attesting to the fact that the speaking for 1,215 of the City's 1,700 registered architects, urged with the milieu from which the examination taken conformed to great Abbeys of Kirkstall, Tintern the content of the Syllabus and the Board to adopt it as a "realis­ tic, workable, and imaginative" Rievaulx, Fountains, and many was therefore equivalent to that others were created. Houses of being offered in the other states. document. Much credit for the bill's passage is also due Simon Canon under monastic rule are Breines and his hard-working classified as Abbeys and Priories. The Council Certificate is gen­ As the structures of these monas­ erally accepted throughout the Na­ Civic Design Committee. The new amendment, Breines teries served no more than a back­ tion as evidence that a candidate ground for -the performance of is qualified to practice architec­ explains, becomes effective one year from adoption, on Dec. 15, constant prayer and intercession ture. It is still necessary, however their arrangements were funda: 1961. Plans filed with the Depart~ to make individual application i~ n:ientapy similar, although varia­ each state and comply with its ment of Buildings up to 60 days before that date, or Oct. 15, will tions m each order led to individ­ ~peci.fic requirements. When apply­ ual approaches in layout and mg m a new state the applicant still be considered under existing regulations, but must be built ornamentation. The various Orders requests the Council office to for­ of the Cistercian, Augustinian ward a copy of the Council Certi­ within two years after the Dec. 15 deadline. Carthusian, Dominican and other~ ficate to the state with which ap­ are briefly described in their ideal plication is being placed. If the of spiritual withdrawal, and the 9ouncil Certificate is in order, and Several architects and builders, daily life of these monks and friars ~f ~ years have not elapsed since ~rein~s reports, are already work­ is depicted with interesting ac­ its issuance, the Certificate will be mg with the new zoning, particu­ counts of their diet and rituals. forwarded immediately. The ma­ larly in connection with Mitchell­ To the visitor today, the present jority of the states accept the Lama middle income state of the Abbeys may vary from projects now on the boards. In fur­ Certificate as evidence of compe­ ne~lected ruins to privately main­ tence and will issue a license based ther developments, an informal tamed monuments, since these Ab­ upon its presentation. If more than group of architects (consisting of beys and Priories fall neither into five years have elapsed since its Chapter members Breines, Ed Math· issuance it is necessary that the ews, Jack Gurney, Ralph Pomer­ the category of parish churches letters of reference contained in ance, Gordon Bunshaft, and De­ nor cathedrals. In addition, parts the Council record be made current. troit Chapter Member Eero of Abbeys have been converted into Saa~~en), is studying possible great houses, such as Titchfield Contrary to common belief it rev1s10ns of the new code to dis­ and Netley. The excellent photo­ is not necessary to first acq~ire cuss with the Planning Commis­ certification in a particular state sion before it becomes effective. graps are accompanied with full before proceeding with application The revisions concern modification accounts to make pleasurable read­ for Council Certificate. If a can­ of the "sky exposure angle" (set­ ing and viewing. didate requests Council certifica­ back angle) . Robert Diereiian tion simultaneously with his ap­ pearance for examination, the issuance of the Certificate is great­ ly facilitated and it is unnecessary for him to duplicate much of the c 0 M I N G E V E N T s procedure at a later date. The Council enables all men approach­ FEBRUARY 10, 1961, Friday, 7 :00 p.m. ing examination to make use of its 94th Anniversary Dinner Dance services, secure a Council Record The Metropolitan Museum • and request that upon successfully Guest Speaker: Lewis Mumford • • passing the examination the Coun­ cil Certificate be issued to them. FEBR.UARY 20, 1961, Monday, 5 :15 p.m., Gallery A Techmcal Committee Lecture For NCARB requirements and • Spe~ker: Byron C. Bloomfield, A.I.A. method of applying write to Mr. • • Topic : Modular Coordination James Sadler, Executive Director, FEBRUARY 23, 1961, Thursday, 6 :00 p.m. National Council of Architectural Gallery A Registration Board, 418-424 Com­ Hospital and Health Dinner merce Exchange Building, Okla­ S pe~ker: Robert Hyde Jacobs, A.I.A. • homa City, Oklahoma. Topic : Exploring The Hospital Operating Suite • • •./ .· . 6

COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES MODULAR COORDINATION by F. MARSHALL SMITH On Monday, the 20th of Feb­ ruary, Mr. Byron C. Bloomfield, A.I.A., will bring the Chapter up Legislative Committee A.IA Members Invited to to date on modular coordination at In a recent report to his Legis­ Planning Dinner Meetings a program arranged by the Tech­ lative Committee, Chairman Harry The New York Chapter of the nical Committee. B. Rutkin reviewed a meeting of American Institute of Planners The basic principles of modular the Legislative Committee of the cordially invites AIA members to planning and its effect on office New York Association of Archi­ its 1961 series of informal dinner practice and project costs, avail­ tects held December 14, 1960. He meetings on challenges and prob­ ability of modular materials and stated that proposals to the cur­ lems in metropolitan planning, how and when to begin modular rent session of the State Legisla­ transportation and renewal. dimensioning as a profitable office procedure will all be thoroughly ture had been considered and that Thursday, February 16-"Cen­ it was decided to give close atten­ tral City Renewal-More Than Re­ discussed. tion to the tightening of loopholes Mr. Bloomfield is well versed in building." his field. With B.S. degrees in ar­ in the Education Law. Other items Monday, March 20-"Providing of concern are the Multiple Dwell­ chitectural and civil engineering Shelter for a Growing Metropoli­ from Iowa State University and an ing Law, Multiple Residence Law, tan Population." Labor Law, and State Building M.S.' from M.I.T., he was first ar­ Code. Thursday, April 13-"Politics, chitect with the Tennesee Valley The New York Chapter's Legis­ Administration, and Planning: Authority, then instructor in ar­ lative Committee has been study­ The Role of the 'Decision-Makers' chitecture at the University of ing many pieces of proposed legis­ in Metropolitan Development." Colorado, then secretary for pro­ lation on the above subjects and Monday, May 8--"Compresen­ fessional development, A.I.A. and other matters of interest to archi­ sive Urban Renewal Program for now since 1958 executive director tects, and urgently requests the : A Progress Re­ of The Modular Standards Asso­ backing of all Chapter members port on the City-Wide Urban Re­ ciation. His lecture should be of when specific recommendations are newal Study of New York City." great value to those practicing made for action on new bills. Saturday, May 27 - Annual modular planning as well as those Meeting of Chapter. considering its adoption. Saturday, May 27, to Tuesday, Office Practice Committee May 30-"New York Conference MEMBERSHIP All too often the hardest work­ on Metropolitan Development." ing members of an organization For reservations and for in­ WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS formation on locale and speakers The New York Chapter extends its serve in offices or on committees warmest welcome to the following new that receive the least amount of at succeeding dinners as they draw members: praise or publicity. One of these near, write or call AIP Program Corporate is the Office Practices Committee, Chairman J. Marshall Miller, Eduardo Baranano Da Costa which has twelve members headed Books International, 501 West Leonard Battaglia by Samuel M. Kurtz, chairman, 121st St., New York 27, Tel. MQn .. George E. Fischer ument 3-8030. Irving E. Gershon and H. Bourke Weigel, vice chair­ Eli J. Held man. Througout the year its mem­ Paul Reiss bers study many phases of the ar­ Hugh A. Simpson chitect's practice, and they submit BRUNNER SCHOLARSHIP Stanley Salzman Robert L. Thorson recommendations for improve­ COMMITTEE Howard J. Warren ments where experience shows Irwin D. Weisberg that current methods need to be The Arnold W. Brunner Schol­ arship Committee has had prelimi­ Associate changed or clarified to make bid­ David A. Brignati ding more accurate or to reduce nary meetings to discuss means of Dr. Sigmund L. Friedman problems during construction. A securing applications which would Ernest P. Piesco few of the subjects currently under make this year's Scholarship an Charles A. Platt important one. The Scholarship, Michael H. Spector study are: according to the terms of the CANDIDATES 1. Issuance of transparencies of grant, must go "for advanced Information regarding the qualifica­ contract drawings to general con­ tions of · the following candidates for study in some special field of ar­ membership will be considered confiden­ tractors. chitectural investigation ... which tial by the Admissions Committee: 2. Hardware scheduling as part will contribute to the practice, Corporate of contract drawings instead of teaching, or knowledge of the Art Thomas Vincent Di Carlo the cash allowance method. and Science of Architecture." The Eugene Meyers 3. When and how punch lists Marietta M. Meyers Committee is anxious to have a Melvin H. Smith should be made and used to be number of worthwhile applications Associate Spo1&801'a: most effective. to choose from, and to that end has Max Wechsler Jorge Abel Foussats Mariano Schimmenti 4. In response to complaints by set up an Idea Subcommittee un­ Lawrence Lieberfeld the New York Building Congress, der the Sub-Chairmanship of Frank Callum Frantz !Bernard W. Guenther a search for a clearer and more Thomas Creighton, to stimulate ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE exact way of specifying colors in such applications and suggestions APPOINTME"ENTS the painting section of architects' for applications. Any Chapter Office Practice Committee -·-·-···--William A. Hall specifications. It seems that the member who has an idea--a strong William A. Hoffberg Meetings Committee.. - .. --·---·-·--J ohn S. Fountain time-honored phrase, "color as se­ feeling about the need for "ad­ Metropolitan Builder's Association Committee Edwin M. Forbes, Chairman lected," makes it tough for paint­ vanced study" in some area of Samuel M. Kurtz, GUBtave R. Keane architecture--is urged to contact John N elaon Linn ing contractors to give a realistic New York State Fair Committee, 1961 bid on painting. the Committee. Olivier de Me~i~r~