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Journal of the Royal Victorian Institute of Architects: Vol. 20 (1922-23) THE ROYAL VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS (IN ALLIANCE WITH THE ROYAL INSTITUTE of BRITISH ARCHITECTS) JOUPNAL OF PROCEEDINGS ISSUED SIX TIMES YEARLY JULY, 1922 MEL B OURNE 57-59 Svranston St. OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE FOR 1922-23 President .. K. A. HENDERSON First Vice-President W. S. P. GODFREY Second Vice-President P. B. HUDSON Hon. Treasurer .. .. R. H. ALSOP Hon. Secretary .. .. , W. M. CAMPBELL Hon. Asst. Secretary W. A. DRUMMOND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. FRANK STAPLEY W. A. M. BLACKETT P. A. OAKLEY A. G. STEPHENSON A. PECK H. W. TOMPKINS ADVISORY AND EMERGENCY COMMITTEE. K. A. HENDERSON W. S. P. GODFREY P. B. HUDSON FRANK STAPLEY ARTHUR PECK JOINT ROOMS COMMITTEE. K. A. HENDERSON W. M. CAMPBELL R. H. ALSOP BOARD OF EXAMINERS. R. H. ALSOP A. S. EGGLESTON W. A. M. BLACKETT J. S. GAWLER W. M. CAMPBELL L. F. IRwIN E. J. CLARK W. LUCAS P. B. HUDSON A. G. STEPHENSON W. A. DRUMMOND C. E. WRIGHT TOWN PLANNING COMMITTEE. THE WHOLE OF THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. LIBRARY AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE. M. R. BARLOW J. H. HARVEY W. M. CAMPBELL L. F. IRWIN W. H. CRAIG J. S. KEAGE W. A. DRUMMOND G. R. KING W. B. FORSTER W. LUCAS R. B. HAMILTON A. G. STEPHENSON REGULATIONS COMMITTEE. K. A. HENDERSON FRANK STAPLEY E. A. BATES H. W. TOMPKINS FINANCE COMMITTEE. K. A. HENDERSON R. H. ALSOP W. M. CAMPBELL FEDERAL COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES. K. A. HENDERSON P. B. HUDSON UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE ARCHITECTURAL ATELIER COMMITTEE. K. A. HENDERSON ANKETELL HENDERSON PROF. PAYNE R. H. ALSOP (Director) E. A. BATES J. GAWLER L. F. IRWIN (Asst. Director) JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS COMMITTEE. K. A. HENDERSON W. M. CAMPBELL R. H, Ateüp W. LttcAS (Editor) oni""',~~ ir~nnwuunllNlllllllll'Ill@,'I ~ "innnnnll:nnpem-luninu IIIINU~r II I =1lIII~I~IIB~VIlullNil nlmnoin ~~ = Ian ~l r 61M11 9rVII I ÌI~ ■ I =~11~NIIuiIIIIII IIIIIII Ilwlt•■ I~i . IIIII * 4sln l/illl allllu~I~l ~4I~~I~4q 'p r,. 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In such an instance one must do more than express heartiest congratulations to this new recipient of highest honour. Second son (the eldest being a doctor) of George Gilbert Scott, who was the eldest' son of Sir Gilbert Scott, he was born in October, 188o—two years after the death of his grandfather. During his boyhood he lost his father, who had done some very brilliant work, notably the Church of St. Agnes, Kennington Park. Educated at Beaumont College, Windsor, Scott had direct introduction to forceful Gothic in buildings designed by Bentley, while there was the sight of large scale massing in the exterior of Windsor Castle. Articled to Temple Moore, who was a pupil of, and after- wards assistant to, his (Scott's) father he became much impressed with the charm of breadth which so characterised Moore's ecclesias- tical work. In common with enthusiastic Architectural students in London at that period, he was specially interested in Bentley's new cathedral, then being built in Westminster. Further, there was the capable work being done by his uncle, John O. Some study was done in France, where in addition to Gothic, the novel little Romanesque Church at Tournus (that so influenced his magnum opus) specially appealed to him. [Early 'Ube 'Flew 1topal Rcaòemfcían. 60 Early in the last year of his articles the Liverpool competition was announced, but it was not until seeing the conditions that he gave the matter any thought. Thereupon he asked his principal as to putting in his evenings at a design for the Cathedral, and the reply was:—"Do so, by all means, an actual competition at that stage in your career will be splendid practice." The competition was in two parts, and without any assistance he managed the preliminary drawings by working in the evenings and early mornings, and having very occasionally a somewhat shorter day at the office. He did not think it worth while to spend 'any money over the matter, in fact he had then no money to spend. His mind had wavered between Gothic and another style for the design, though he felt that he knew more of Gothic; still, when the design was completed he did not altogether care for it, and hardly thought it worth while sending in. That preliminary set of drawings, their author' once showed me, and there in all essentials I saw the outstanding features of the ultimately successful design. Having, however, in addition to the intense thought and penetrative insight involved in designing, the task of the entire draftsmanship, naturally the rendering of some ideas lacked complete- ness. Yet all that was represented was certainly business like. Eighty-five British and seventeen Architects from abroad sub- mitted designs or samples of their work (either was permissible), and from these five were selected for the final contest. "The pre- eminent claim of these five" the assessors, G .F. Bodley and Norman Shaw, stated, "consisted in the drawings showing the designers to be capable men, giving evidence of considerable knowledge of old work, great care in design and originality of a sound and practical nature." Being one of the five to thus be entitled to 30o guineas, Scott threw himself to the utmost into the contest—his articles had expired—and engaged the best possible assistance; and those drawings, which I have also been privileged to see, were masterpieces, the exquisiteness of which I had but faintly gathered from their repro- ductions in they professional papers. The sequel is well known, that before the age of twenty-three, Giles Gilbert Scott's work was adjudged best in its "originality of abe 'Flew 1topa[ acaaemícían. 61 conception, stateliness of proportions, and practicability of arrange- ment" for the future Liverpool Cathedral. In the opinion of many of the ablest Architects of twenty years ago Gothic Architecture was then practically worked out, one going so far as to affirm that "Gothic Architecture is an impossibility. If Gothic is adopted for Liverpool Cathedral we can but have a mere reproduction of some old building ;" yet, according to Professor Simp- son, "the accepted design for Liverpool Cathedral Was stamped by an originality without a trace of affectation, rarely met with in modern Architecture." Writing not long after that initial effort had met with such success, Scott said :—"Now that I am able to give more time to think out the various parts of the design, I have been able to improve it in many ways. I suppose no one ever reached his ideal, I am very far from my ideal of a Cathedral," hence one was not altogether unprepared for some changes in the design during the progress of the work, and certain of these have been radical regarding both plan and elevation. Through the courtesy of the Architect I once spent awhile on the works, and quite agree with an article in the London "Times" that "the main appeal of the Cathedral will be in the bold handling of the masses, in its grandeur of proportion, and in the broad effects of light and shade that it will afford. For it is the scale of this building that will surely be its ultimate glory—not simply because it is big, but because the scale, allied with breadth and simplicity of treatment, seems to afford the happiest medium for the successful expression of this modern transfiguration of the Gothic spirit." Bertram' Goodhue, of New York, recently expressed his opinion after visiting Liverpool, "that of the many lovely Gothic Churches in England, no modern, and but few ancient, approached the dignity and wonder and loveliness of the new Cathedral." In addition to the duties involved in this immense structure, destined to exceed in dimensions all other Cathedrals in Great Britain (requiring practically the area of a Melbourne block), Scott has effected at Chester Cathedral some restoration, and added a Regimen- [tal tbe Stew 1Roga[ Itcaaemtetan. 62 tal Memorial Chapel, also carried out some half-dozen churches, and several War Memorials. At present he has a commission to plan a Cathedral at Cairo. In this year's Academy he has two War Memorials, one in con- junction with his brother, Adrian, for Beaumont College where they were educated. This youngest brother also early showed much Archi- tectural ability, and has been of very valuable assistance to the elder. In current "Building" there is a bit of detail of a London house they altered together, and it may be remembered that Adrian Scott's name first appeared as author of a preliminary design which revealed much promise, for the London County Council Hall. The new R.A.
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