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'([he ~o~ctl J\rti1it£dural ~n£ititllt£ of {!lanaoa 'Toronto Chapter . . jan., p . 40 ; Feb., p. 73; May, p. 196; p. 198j June, p. xxvi; July, p . xxviii ; Aug., p. xxvi; Sept., p. xxxii ; june, p. 235 ; Oct. ,po 380; D ec. p. 454 Oct., p. 381; Nov., p. xxv iii j Dec., p. xxvi Quebec ...... Apr., p. 158 ; Sept., p. xxvi Saskatchewan . . , Jan. , p. 40; Feb. , p . 74; Apr., p . 160 ; July, Obituary- Carmichael, W. J ...... June, p. 235 p . 270; Nov., p. xxvi Ewing, J a m es . .. . . J a n., p. xxviii Allied Arts at The Toronto C hapter Exhibition, by John M. Ly le, Henderson, A . E...... Dec ., p. xxix R.C.A ...... May, p. 164 Long, Burch Burdette. . .. Apr., p. xxviii Architects, The, A Talk to C lients, b y Percy E. Nobbs, M.A. , R.C.A, Lowell, Guy ...... Apr., p . xxviii roo F.R.I.B.A...... May, p. 179 Newlands, William . .. . Jan., p. xxviii Architect's F ifty-Seven Varieties, The...... May, p. 195 Simpson, .He nry ...... J a n., p. xxviii Architectural Exhibition at The Montreal Art Gallery ...... June, p. 217 Solornon, Solornon j ...... Sept., p . 3 18 Architectural Exhibition at The Royal AcadelTIY, London, Eng.,July, p. 268 Wright, Robert Cotsman ...... Feb. , p. xxiv Architectur'al Exhibition, Toronto Chapter, O.A.A., by Prof. E. R. Ontario Government Building, Canadian Natio nal Exhibition, Arthur, A.R.LB.A ...... Apr., p. 137 Toronto, Ont., by A. 1-1 . C h aprnan, A.R.C.A...... Jan., p. 5 Architectural Exhibition, Toronto Chapter O.A.A., Awards at . Mar., p. 78 Architectural Exhibition, Tor"onto Chapter O.A.A" Remarks by Park Road Baptist Church, T oronto, Ont., by J . Francis BI'own, Dec., p. 424 Hon. W. J. Ross, Lieut.-Governor of Ontario ...... Apr., p. 160 Pla n s that went wrong, The League of Nations Building .. ... Feb" p. 46 Present Day Methods of Tendering, b y john S. Archibald ... . Mar., p. 97 Books ~ ev i ewed-Jan. I p. xxviii ~ M.~r., p. xxii; Apr". , p . xxx; May, .p. President's Address at Annual Meeting of R.A.l.C...... Mar., p. 77 XXVI; June, p . XXX; july, p . XXXII; Aug. ,po XXX; Sept., p. XXXIV; President's Page, The ...... jan., p. 3 ; Feb., p. 43 Oct., p. xxvi; Nov., p. xxx; D ec., p. xxix Princes' Gates, The, Canadian National Exhibition, by A. H. Chap- British Architect's Registration Bill...... May, p. 198 man, A.R.C.A...... Oct., p.351 Canadian Architecture, by John M. Lyle, R.C.A...... F eb., p . 59 Professional Ethics, Illinois Society of Architects on . . Sept., p. xxviii Casting of the Bells for the ParlialTIent Buildings, Ottawa .. ... May., p. 187 Church of the Visitation, Sault-au-Recolle t, P. Q ., by Ramsay Reign of the Masonry Dome, The, b y Elbert Peets ...... Sept., p. 317 Traquair, M.A., (Oxon.) , F.R.I.B.A ., and E. R. Adair, M.A., Dec., p. 437 Riddle of C ivilization and Art, The, b y Prof. Jan B . Stl"o u ghton Competitions- Feb., p. 74; Mar., p. xxiv ; Apr., p. xxvi ; May, p. 195 ; J-[olbourn, M.A. (Oxon.), F.R.G.S. , F .S .A. (Scots.) ...... June, p. 208 ; june, p. 236; Sept., p. xxx; Oct., p. 348; Nov., p. 4 17 ...... June, p. 202; July, p. 263; Sept., p. 339 Correspondence- Building Loans...... May, p. 194 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada- Carving Designs...... july, p. 272 Classification of Lumbe r ...... july, p. 272 ~~~~:~ ~:~d~:~ ·. M~~., · p. '{{O;' 'if:~: , ~: !g~ Present Day Method of Tendering ...... May, p. 192 Executive Meeting ...... ". . ... Apr., p.122 Should Architects ElTIployed b y Governments History of the Institute, b y Alcide Chausse...... Mar., p. 79 Engage in Private Work ...... Oct., p. 382 List of Members...... Mar., p. 104 Royal Canadian Academy of Arts- Dinner, Complimentary, to Messrs. Henry Sproatt and Ernest Annual Exhibition, The 49th . . .. Oct. , p.382 Rolph ...... Jan.,p. 32 Annual Meeting ...... J a n ., p . 27 Dominion-Douglas Church, Westmount, P. Q., b y Hugh G. jones, Exhibition, The 48th , by F. 1-1. Brigden, Pres. O.S.A . jan., p. 19 R.C.A . . . .. Oct., p. 363 Meeting of Council , President' s R eport ...... June, p. 233 Royal Institute of British Architects, The, by Pel'cy E. Nobbs, M.A., Early Architecture of the Province of Ontario, by Prof. E. R. Arthur, R.C.A., F.R.I.B.A ...... May, p. 186 ; June, p . 230; July, p.240 M.A., A.R. I.B.A.- Exhibition of Dominion a nd Colonial Architecture ...... Jan. , p. 35 The C lench House, Niagara-on-the-Lake ...... Aug., p. 291 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture ...... June, p. xxviii St. Andrew's Presby terian Church, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Sept. , p. 3 13 Locust HaU, St. David' s ...... Nov., p. 389 Secretary' s Page, The- Jan., p. 38 ; F e b ., p. 45; june, p . 234; july, Editorial.- j an., p. 4 ; Feb. , p. 44; Apr., p. 121 ; May, p. 163 ; june, p. 271; Au g., p. 277; Sept., p. 312; Oct. , p. 379; Nov., p. 386; p. 201 ; July, p. 239; Aug., p . 275; Sept., p . 311 ; Oct., p. 347; D ec., p. 453 Nov., p. 385 ; Dec., p. 421 School of Hygiene, The, University of Toronto, by Eric W. Halde nby E uropean Studies, by F. Bruce Brown, M. Arch .. Sept., pp. 319, 321 : ...... Aug., p . 279 Oct., pp. 349,350; NO l ., pp. 387, 388; Dec .. pp. 451, 452 Schools, E lementary, in Canada and the United States, by J. Raw- Excavations at Mizpah ...... Aug., p . 278 son Gardiner ...... Feb. , p. 47; Mar., p. 99; Apr., p. 150 ; May, p. 188 Excavations at The Byzantine HippodrolTIe ...... june, p. xxxiv Schools, Typical of the Province of Ontario, by C. E. Cyril D yson Exh ibition of DOlTIinion and Colonial Architecture at the Royal ...... july, p. 255 ; Aug., p . 302 Institute of British Architects ...... Jan., p. 35 Schools, T y pical, of the Province of Quebec, by E. B. Palme r . . Sept., p. 327 Schools, Typical, of Western Canada, by j. N. SelTIme ns .... Nov., p. 401 FaITlous British Artist, Death of ...... S ept., p . 318 Shrinel-s' Hospital for Crippled Children, Montreal...... July, p. 242 Fifty-Seven Lamps of Architecture, The ...... Jan., p. 27 Standardization of Brick Sizes ...... May, p. xxviii Fine and Graphic Arts at the Canadian ' N 'a' t 'i~;"' ~ l ' Exhibition, b y F. H . Brigden, Pres. O.S.A.. . .Oct., p. 369 Treasures of Ur ...... June, p. xxxiv Unsightly Buildings, Vancouver considering proposal to prohibit Illinois Society of Architects on Professional Ethics. ... Sept., xxviii erection of ...... Dec., p. 454 International Congress (Eleventh) of Architects . . .. Aug. , p. 276

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A Bit of Carnblldge, E n g la nd, from Onginal Drawing, by W. L. Dominion-Douglas Church, Westmount, P . Q.- Hugh C. jones, Somerville ...... Aug., p. 274 Architect- Altar for Bishop Bethune College Chapel, Oshawa- Designed by From the North-West ...... Oct., p. 357 WITI. Rae, Sculpture b y Miss Florence Wyle, Painting b y J. C. FrolTI the North Transept ...... , ...... Oct., p. 359 K eeley ...... May, p. 177 Sedilia and CornlTIunion Table . .. . Oct., p. 361 Arch D' Titus, Rome, from Original Sketch b y A. Leslie Perry, B . Arch...... ' ...... July, p. 238 European Studies from Photographs by F . Bruce Brown, M. Arch.­ Ball Room, C hateau Fronten ac, Montreal, P . Q.- E. and W. S. D etail of Rotonda by Paladio- The Villa Z anini, near Vicenza, Maxwell, and Maxwell and Pitts, Architects ...... June, p. 213 ...... Sept., p. 319 Bank of Nova Scotia, Otta wa, Ont,- John M. Lyle , Architect .. Feb., p. 51 Window and Fountain, Brunelleschi, Palazzo Pitti, F ire nze ...... Sept., p . 321 Canadian Bank of Commerce, Montreal, P . Q .-Darling & Pearson, Detail by TOlTImaso Fremantone, from the Municipis or L a Architects ...... Feb., p . 55 Loggia at Brescia ...... Oct., p.349 Chalice for St. Michael and All Angels Church, Toronto, Ont.­ D e tail by Sanmiche li from the Capella Pellegrini, in San Bernar- Designed by A. Scott Carter, Executed by H . M . Doret .... May, p. 162 dino, at Verona ...... , .... Oct., p.350 Charterhou se School War Memorial, Surrey, England- Sir Giles D etail from Villa Medici, Rome ...... Nov., p. 384 Gilbert Scott, Architect ...... Sept., p. 325 Sixteenth Century Detail froITl Ste. Croix, Provins ...... Nov., p. 387 Chinon, France, from Orig inal Colour Sketch by F. H. Marani . Mar., p. 76 Thirteenth Century Detail froITt Contanceo Cathedral .. Nov., p. 388 Clench House, N iagar a-on- the-Lake, ant. , The Stair Hall .. .. Aug., p. 289 D e tail Pont Alexandre III, Paris ...... Dec., p. 451 HColulTIns," from HManhattan, The Magical Island," by Ben Stone Pavillion, by Gabriel, Statue by Cortot, Place d e 1a Con- Judah Lubschez ...... Dec., p. 433 corde, Paris ...... '" ..... D ec., p. 452 Console Table, Mirror and E lectric Light Stands , b y Edgar Brandt, of Paris, France _ ...... Apr. , p. 135 Evening Breeze, The , frotTl Original Painting by F . S. C hallene r , Crane Limited Office Building, Montreal, P. Q.- Hugh Vallance, R.C.A...... Jan., p . 17 Architect ...... Feb., p. 57 Fireplace in Billiard Room, Residence of E. R. Wood, Esq., Toronto, Ont.- Molesworth, West and Secord, Architects ...... Nov., p . 395 Decorative Panel in MelTIorial Arch, Kingston, Ont., from Detail Fontana de Frevi, R ome, Salvi, 1735, from original Sketch by A. Drawing by A. F. Harvey-J ohn M. Lyle, Architect ...... Apr. , p . 120 L eslie Perry, B. Arch ...... D ec., p.420 Decorative Wrought-Iron Stands- Designed b y A. F. Harvey, Exe- Foyer, The, Bedford Theatre, Toronto, Ont., Murray Brown, Archi- cuted by Mark Srnith ...... May, p . 175 teet ...... Nov., p.397 Dr. Young Mernorial, Kew Gardens, Toronto, O nt,- Mau rice D. Foyer , The, Georgian Room, The T . Eaton Co., LilTIited, TOI'onto, Klein, Architect . . .. Apr., p. 133 Ont.- Sproatt and Rolph, Architects ...... Mar . p . 81 I ~ D F. X (1927) Continued M o nth and Page Month a nd Page Ontario Government Build ing, Canadian National Exhibition, House for F. C. Wilson , Esq, Westrno unt, P ? ~ ~r.o~ . ~~Ja:;~~~ p . 209 Toronto, Ont.-C hapma n and Oxley, Architects- b Nobbs and H y d e, Architects line Budding, Unlverslty of Toronto, O nt.- Mathers and H a l- Main Entr a n ce ...... J a n ., p. 11 Night View . . . . J a n ., p. 13 H yg denby, Architects- . Aug ., p. 283 Detail of Main Entran ce ... . . Aug. , p . 285 Pal'k Road Ba ptis t C hurch , Toronto, Ont., J . Francis Brown a nd Entrance Hall ...... Son, Architects- D etail o f W est E levation ...... Dec., p . 429 Cartier Room C hateau Frontenac, Montreal, P . Q .--E. and interior, looking towards Ch a n cel ...... D ec., p.431 Jacqwess Maxwell and' Maxwell a nd Pitts, Architect,s ...... June, p. 215 Pl'inces' Gates, Canadian Natio nal Exhib itio n , Central Archway- vis' C~ lI eg i ate Instit u te, Tor?nto, Ont.- Archltectur a l Dept., Chapman and Oxley, Architects . .Oct., p. 355 J ar Toronto Board o f Educatlon- Entrance Bay .... ' .July, p.251 Quebec, P. Q ., from t h e St. Ch arles River, fl'om Original Etching Entrance Lobby . . July, p. 253 by Stanley F. Turner, O.S.A ...... Oct., p.346 Queen Anne C hina Cabinet-D esig n ed by John M. L y le, Execu ted by J. C. Scott Co., Limited. Carvin g by W . B . Bruce .. .. May p . 173 1 C, thedral E n gland - Sir G. G ilbert Scott, Architect, Queen's Hotel, Montreal, P. Q.- John Archibald, Architect. June, p. 21 1 Ll ve~~O~t w~ll appe~ I ' w h en completed, T. Raffles Davison , Pin- 8S xit ...... Mar., p . R esidence o f Mrs. M . E. Ross, Toronto, Ont.- Mathers and Halden- Design 'i~r' Centl'al Space under Tower ...... Mar., p. 87 by, Architects ...... Apr., p. 13 1 Riverdale T echnical School, TOI'onto, Ont ., Corridor-Architectura l D ep t ., Toronto Board of Edu cation ...... Aug., p. 287 f t rers' Life Insurance Co., T oron to, Ont., Entrance Portico Mt1n~S~r~att and Rol p h , F.F.R. l.B.A., Architects:... . . '. ' . Nov., p. 393 St. Andrew's Presbyt eria n Church , Niagal'a-o n-the-Lake, O nt., Masonic Peace Me mori~l , ~ondon , England-D esign s u bmitted by from photo by K . B . J ackson ...... Sept., p. 310 David R. BI'own, Alchl t ~ct ...... J a n ., p. 15 St. James Cath edral Cross- Sproatt a nd R o lph, F.F.R.l.B.A., Memorial Gold Plaque- Design ed by A. S cott Carter , Executed b y Architects ...... Nov., p. 399 H. M. Doret...... May, p. 171 S t. Stephen's, Wa lbrooke, London, England, from Orig ina l W ater Colo ur Sketch by A. Leslie P erry, B . Arch ...... Jan., p . 2 Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh, Scotland, The Shrine Narthex S creen in Chapel, Bishop Strachan ~chool, Toro n to, Onto - Sir R obert Lorimer, Architect ...... Sept., p . 323 _ Sproatt and Rolph, F.F.R. I.B.A. , ArchItects ...... Apr., p . 129 S hriners' H ospital fo r Crippled Children , Montreal, P. Q.- North ern Ontario BUIlding, Toronto, O nt.- Chapman and Oxley, J. Melville M iller , R.C.A., a nd Hugh Va llance, R.C.A., Architects- Architects...... Mar., p. 83 Approach to Main En tran c~ ...... July, p. 247 otre Dame, L a mbelle, B rittany, from Origina l Etching by H er bert Main Entrance...... July, p. 249 Raine... . .Feb., p. 42 Vic to ria College Library Entran ce, Toronto , Ont.- Sproatt and Rolph, F.F.R.I.B.A., Architects . . . Feb., p. 53 Old Homestead , Lakeside, P. Q., £rOlTI 0 1'i J?; ina l Etching by Roland J. A. Chalmers...... June, p. 200 Window in the Church-au-Recollet, P. Q . . D ec., p . 435

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Amos, S. A.,C.,}. Saxe ,Ernest Cormier ; New Cou rtHou se, Montreal, Hutton, J . D . ; Memorial School, Hamilton, Onto .. Aug., p. 304 P. Q ...... Feb., p. 59 Archibald, J ohn S., Connaught Sch ool, Montreal, P. Q. Sept., pp. 328-329 J acqu es a nd Allast er; St. Angela R. C. Separate School, Windsor, Heroes Memorial School, Cowansvtlle, P . Q ...... Sept., pp. 334, 335 Queen ' s Hotel, Montreal...... '.' ...... June , p. 211 J o n~~k~gh: ' G~ ; . Do~i '~i'~~' D~~gi ~s . Ch~~ c h', ' W~~t~o~· ~t ,JF! ~Q.P. 259 Architectural D ept., TOI'on to Board of EducatlOn­ Alexander M uir School, TOI'onto, Onto ...... Au g., p. 305 St':'dy . fo~ . S ~~ tio';' of Facade of ~ ' C;'n';di';";" Rail;,,~~t'St~fi'o~ 57 - 368 Gen eral Mercer School, Toronto, Onto . . .. July, p. 261 ...... June, p. 227 Hillcrest Junior School, Toronto, O n t ...... July, p . 262 R oss and Macd o nald, John M. L y le; Union Railway Station, J arviS Collegiate [ns titute, Toronto, O nt ...... July, pp. 25 1-255 Toronto,Ont. .. F eb., pp. 68, 69 Rivel'dale Technical School, Toronto, O nt . . . Aug., pp. 287, 306- 308 K lein, Maurice D. ; Dr. Young Memorial, Kew Gal'dens, Toronto, Barnum House, The, Grafton , Onto (Early AI'chitecture) , Aug, pp. 295-298 Onto ...... Apr., p. 133 Barott and Blackader; Summe rhill Terrace, Montreal, P . Q .. Feb., p. 70 R esidence of Gordon Hicks, Esq., York M ills, Ont ...... Apr. , p. 140 B enzie and Bow ; NO I,th Vancou ver Hig h Sch ool, Vancouver, B. C...... Nov., p . 4 11 Labelle, J. l-l., J. B. Baillargeon Express B u ilding...... June, p. 223 Brown, David R.; Design for Masonic P eace Memoria l, Lo ndon, Lawson and Litt le; Bank of Montreal, Kingston, Ont. . June, p. 224 England...... Jan., pp. IS, 28-31 Locust I-Iall, St. David's, Onto (Early Architecture) .... Nov., pp. 389- 392 Memorial Gates, University of Saskatchewan ...... June, p. 217 Ly le, John M. ; Bank of Nova Scotia, The, O ttawa, Ont ...... Feb ., p . 51 Rosemount School, Montreal, P . Q...... Sept., p. 327 D ecor ative Panel in M emorial Arch, Kingston. Ont ...... Apr., p . 120 Brown, F . Bruce, M. Ar ch. ; European Studies, Ross a nd Macdonald, Hugh G. Jones; Union Station, Toronto, S ept., pp. 319,321; Oct., pp. 349,350; Nov., pp. 384, 387, 388; Dec. Onto ... Feb., pp. 68, 69 pp. 451 , 452 Brown, j. Francis and Son ; Park R oad Baptis t Church , T oronto, MacFarla n e, David H. and R oss, Geo. A. ; C h ateau Laurie r Hotel, Ont...... Dec., pp. 424-431 Ottawa, Ont...... Feb., p . 6 1 Brown, Murray; The Foyer, The Bedford Theatre, T oron to, O nto Marani, F . H. ; R esid ence of Dr. Golding , Den tonia Park, Toronto, Ont ...... Feb., p. 70 Bro";n; . ~ho~i: ;'~ls.:':;'.il~~,~8~itC . Sc i e~ce . Roo"" • Prince of . tt~l ~s p. 397 Marani a nd Paisley; Apartment H o u se, The St. George, Toronto, Ont...... Apr. , p. 146 Staircase, Prince of Wales Sch ool, Hamilto n , O nt ...... ~;{ : ~: ~~~ St. Andrew's College, Aurora, Ont...... Apr., p. 137 P lan of Three Story School ...... May, p. 189 Mar ch and, J . 0.; St. Ambroise S ch ool, Montr eal, P. Q. . . Sept. , p . 330 Sou art S ch ool, Montreal, P . Q...... Sept., p. 330 Carless, Prof. \Villiam; Ch apel in the G rand S e minary, Quebec Marchand , J. O. and Pearson, John A.; Parliament B u ilding, .. ... June, p. 225 Ottawa, Ont...... F eb., p. 64 Chapman a nd Oxley; Havergal College, Toron to, O nt ...... Apr ., p. 144 Martin, Frank P. ~ School at H epburn, Sask...... Nov., p. 413 TNh e Llb l'ary, Havergal Coll ege, Toronto, Onto ...... Apr., p. 142 Mathers and H a ldenby; Dining R oom , R esid ence of E . W. Hal- atlOnal BUlldlng, foronto, Onto . . Apr., p . 149 d enby, Esq., Toronto, Ont...... Apr. , p. 140 Nort h ~ rn Ontario B uilding, Toronto, Ont ...... Mar. , p . 83 Garage, Dominion Transport Co., Toronto, Ont...... Apr., p. 145 O ntano Government Building, Canadian Natio nal Exhibition, Hygien e Building, U niversity of Toronto, Ont ...... Aug., pp. 279-285 Res iden ce of Alla n R oss, Esq., Poplar P lains R oad, T oronto, Prin~~;,o ICi~te~n\~h~ ~ . C~~:~ ~d i ~ ~ ' N~ti'~~~ i . E~h' ib'iti~~ ~ · t~~~~t~~· 5-13 O nt...... Feb., p. 72 Res idence of Mrs . M. E . R oss , Toronto, Ont ...... Apr., p. 131 ChiVM's,°B.t\v: ·W:;· G~~do~ ' B ~ ii j~;"' i~~' "High' 'sch oo i ,' ~~~ nfg~g~51-355 S h op Fron t, 96 B loor St. West, Toronto, Ont ...... Apr., p . 147 Maw, S. 1-1 ., A.R.I.B.A., D esign for R.A.J. C. J o urnal Cover .. Nov., p. 416 ~~0Cchhn~f 't'h e ',Vi~i't~'t~o;-",' S~~' l t-a ~ '- R e~~ il ~t ~ 'P: Q: .. ·. ·.·.~D:~.,p~P .4g~5 _~~g Maxwell, Edward a nd W . S. , Montreal Art Gallery, Montreal , H ouse, fhe, N lagara- on-th e - Lake, Onto (Early Architecture) P. Q ...... Feb ., p. 62 Corm e E ...... Aug., pp. 289- 295 Parlia nlent Buildings, Regina, Sask ...... Feb. , p. 65 trle~ i , p'.nQst, C . J Saxe, S. A. Amos ; New Court House, Mon- Maxwell, Edward a nd W. 5 ., Bruce Price and \V. P ainter; Ch a t eau Fro nten ac Hote l, Quebec, P. Q ...... F eb., p. 60 C.P.R. AlChl tectura l ·DeP·t·.; · ' C~ n a di a l~ ' p~c ifi c ' H ~ 't~ i , · B ~~·ff;F~~~. p . 59 Maxwell, E. a nd W. S. and Maxwell a nd Pitts; Ball Room, Chateau Front en ac, Quebec ...... June, p. 2 13 C r a i ¥~" a~d ' 'Madill ; ' Ap'a' r' t~ e '~ t ' H~us e" 'ioo ' St: C la ir Ave. ~~~t'.,P ' 63 J acqu es Cartier R oom , Chateau F r o nten ac, Quebec, P. Q . . June, p . 215 o ro nto, Ont ...... ApI'. , p. 146 (see correction June, p . xxviii) Maxwell and Pitts; L iving Room, Residence of Percy P. Cowans, Esq ...... June , p. 2 18 Darling and Pearson ; Can a dia n Bank of Commer ce, Montreal, P. Q. Miller, J. Melville, R.C.A., a nd Hugh Vallance, R.C. A. ; Sh r iners' H ospital for Crippled C hildren , Montreal, P . Q . . . .. July, pp. 242-249 ~~~lii5~r~BC? l~~t ; The~ ' A~t ' G~i i ~~y ~{T'~r~~t~; O nto . . . : ~~~'. : ~: 1~~ Moleswor t h , W est a nd Secord ; Dining Roo m , R esiden ce of E. R . D YSOn C ke C ul mg, Mon treal, P. Q...... Feb., p. 69 Wood, Esq., Toro n to, Onto ...... Apr., p. 141 , . . . , R ose Avenue Schoo l, Toronto, Ont...... May, p . 190 E ntra n ce Doorway, R esidence of E. R. Wood, Esq.; Toronto, Ont ...... Apr., p. 142 Eadie, Arthur, H . ; Calgary War Mernoria l ...... Dec., p. 423 Fireplace in Billiard Room, R esidence of E . R. Wood, Esq., Fether stonh h H L . Toronto, O n t ...... , ...... Nov., p . 395 P . Q. . a ug , . .; ReSIdence , Redpath C r escent, Montreal, The Library, Residence of E. R. Wood, Esq., Toronto, Ont . . Apr., p . 140 GeO~~~tMo'OOO~h~~ 's"e' ~~ci ' I(:i~'g ;' Shop' F~o~t, ' j: 'M : D e nt ' &: 'C ~~nT~_ p. 220 N ichols, Sheppard and Masson; Essex County War Memoria l, G · , nt.. A 147 Ont ...... May, p . 185 OUlnlock, C. Rop~ ; '; E;'st York l:ligh S ~ hool, O~t.. . :":':'g:: p~~'30~; 303 Nobbs and H y d e; Bancroft School, Montreal, P. Q. . Sept., p . 336 H eu g han, R. W. G .; Re ina War Me . H o u se for F. C . Wilson, Esq., West m o unt, P. Q .. . .. June, p. 209 H orWOOd and Who R ~ rnonal...... May, p . 184 P eace Centennia l School, Montreal, P . Q ...... Sept., p. 337 Ont lte; eSldence of Nonna n Campbell, Esq., Toronto, R esiden ce at Dorval, P. Q ...... Feb., p . 71 ...... Apr. , p. 140 R osemount School , Montreal, P. Q...... Sept., p . 327 INDEX (1927) Contin ued Month and Page Month and Page Page, Forsey; Residence of Dr. V. W. McCormack, Lawrence Park, Chapel, B ishop Strachan School, Toronto, Ont . .. Apr., pp. 143, 145 Toronto, Onto ...... Feb. , p. 71 Entrance P ortico, Manufactu rers' Life Insurance Co., Toronto, Page and Warrington; St. Clement's Church, Toronto, Onto .. Onto ...... Nov., p.393 ...... Apr., pp. 143,144 Entrance Porch to Chapel, Bishop Strachan School, Toronto, Painter, W., Bruce Price and E. and W. S . Maxwell ; Chateau Fron- Ont...... Feb., p. 67 tenac Hotel, Quebec, P. Q...... Feb., p. 60 Entr ance Victoria College Library, Toronto, Ont ...... Feb., p. 53 Pearson, John A . and ]. O. Marchand; Parliament Buildings, Hart House, UniverSity of Toronto, Ont., .. . . _ Feb., p. 66 Ottawa, Ont...... Feb. , p. 64 Metnorial Chapel , Ridley College, St. Catharines, O nto Feb., p. 66 Portnall, F. H ., School at Punnichy, Sask...... Nov., p. 410 M e morial Tower, University of Toronto, Onto ... . . Feb., p. 67 Price, Bruce, E. and W. S. Maxwell and W. Painter; Chateau Fron- Men's Residence, Victor ia College, Toronto, On to .. Feb., p. 67 tenac Hotel , Quebec, P. Q. .Feb., p . 60 Narth ex Screen , Chapel , Bishop Strachan School , Toronto, Ont...... Apr., p. 129 Rae, Williams ; Rood and Chancel, Church of St. Mary Magdalen e , St. Jarnes' Cathedral Cross, Toronto, Onto ...... Nov., p. 399 Toronto, Onto ...... Feb., p. 71 The Foyer, Georgian Room, The T . Eaton Co. Ltd., Toronto, Robb, Fred.; Proposed New E ngineering Buildi,ng, McGil1 Uni ver - Ont...... Mar ., p . 8 1 sity, Montreal, P . Q ...... June, p.229 Storey and Van Egmond ; Central Collegiate Institute, Regina, Ross, George A. and David H. MacFarlane; Chateau L a u rier Hotel, Sask...... Nov. , p. 412 Ottawa, Onto ...... Feb., p . 61 Ross and Macdonald; Maisonneuve School, Montreal, P. Q. . . Temple of the Children of P eace, Shal'on, Onto (Early Architec- ...... Sept., pp. 331-333 ture)...... Aug. , pp. 299- 301 ... The Chateau , Montreal, P. Q...... June, p. 222 Turne r , Philip ; B ishop's University, Lennoxville, P. Q. . . .. June , p. 219 Ross and Macdonald, Hugh G. Jones and john M. Lyle ; Union Twizell a nd Twizell ; David Lloyd George School, rv1arpole, B. C. Station, Toronto, Onto ...... Feb., pp. 68, 69 .. Nov., pp. 408, 409 St. Andrew' s Presbyterian Church, N iagara-on-the-Lake, Onto Underwood, Edward ; St. Alphonsus R. C . Separate School, Edmon - (Early Architecture)...... Sept., pp. 310, 3 13- 316 ton, Alta. Nov. , pp. 414, 415 Saxe, C. J., " .Pan sy Pa tch," Re5id ~ nce of Hayter R eed, ~sq., St. An- drews-by-the-Sea, N.B...... Fe!:., p. 72 Vallance, H u gh, R.C.A. ; Crane Limited Office Building, Montreal, Royal Montreal Golf Club, Montreal , P.Q. . . Feb., p. 72 P . Q ...... Feb., p . 57 Saxe, C. j., S. A. Arros and EI'nest Cormier; 'N~~' C~~;t House, Vallance, Hugh, R.C.A. and J . Melville M iller, R.C.A.; Shriners' Montreal , P. Q...... Feb., p. 59 Hospital for Crippled Children, Montreal, P. Q. . July, pp. 242- 249 Sewmens, j. N. , D a nie1 McIntyre Coll egiate Institute, Winnipeg, Venne, Ludger ; Eglise Catholique, Jackman, Maine ...... June, p. 226 Man...... Nov., pp. 403-405 Viau and Venne; Hopital du Sacr.;:: Coeur, Cartierville, P. Q. June, p. 221 haac Newton Junior High ~choo l, Winnipeg, Man. Nov. , pp. 401-402 Twelve-Roc m El ementary ~choo I, Winnipeg, Man ...... t\o ... . , p. 400 Waters, Mackenzie; Pine Room, R esidence of R. B . Hickrnan, Esq., Sh orey and Ritchie; High School. ~haw i nigan Falls. P . 0 .. . Sept., p. 338 Coburg, Ont . .. ' ...... Apr., p. 148 Smith and Wright ; Public School and Community Building, Dixie, Residence of F. B . Carling, Esq. , Ottawa, Onto . Apr., p. 138 Ont...... July, p . 260 Watt and B lackwell; Ryerson School, London, Ont ...... Aug., p. 303 Somel'ville, W . L. ; Entrance, Residence of W. L . Somerville, Esq., White, Mr.; Ontario Dept. of Works ; Types of Small Rural Schools Toronto, Ont ...... Apr., p . 139 Living Room, Reside n ce of S. J. Allin, Esq., Toronto, Onto . Apr., p .142 Wicks';n ~;';ciGregg; ' R~~icie;';~e of Mrs. D . A.D;.mlap!Ij;;"I~~ds~56 - 258 Residence of S. j. Allin, ESQ., Toronto, Ont ...... Apr. , p.138 Onto ...... Apr., p. 139 Sproatt and Rolph, F.F.R.I.B.A. ; Bishop Strachan School, Toronto, T. Eaton Memorial Church, Toronto, ant. .Feb., p. 68 Ont.. . Feb ., p. 66 Wiggs, H. Ross ; A Suburban R esidence . . June, p. 228

FOREIGN Adams, Holden and P earson, FF.R.I.B.A ., New Offices for London Powell, Warren C. and A Ten Eyck Brown , Samuei M. Inman Electric Railway, England ...... July, p. 269 School, Atlanta, Ga...... Apr., p. 157 Allen, James E.; School, Lawrence, Mass. . . .Apr., p. 157 Proctor, Benj. , Jr., and Charles M.Baker; KingsburySchool,Welles- ley, Mass. Apr., p. 152 Blackhall, Clapp and Whittemore; Edwin P . Seaver School, Boston, Mass...... Mar., p. 100 Scott, Sir G ilbert, G.; Charterhouse Schoo l War Memorial , Surrey, Embury II, Ayrnar; Public School, Aberdeen, N. C. .May, p. 190 Eng...... Sept., p. 325 Liverpool Cathedral ...... Mar., pp. 80, 85-96 Goodwillie and Moran; Central School, G le n Ridge, N. J .. Mar ., p . 100 Proposed Roman Catholic Church, Ashford, Middlesex, Eng . Hacker and Hacker; School, Teaneck, N. J...... Apr., p. ]51 . . . July, p. 268 Sibley, Ernest, L . C. Light a n d Hacker and Hacker; Detail of En- Itterer, Wm. B. ; Cote Brilliante School, St. Louis, Miss. . Feb., p. 50 trance, Roosevelt School, Ridgefield Park, N. J ...... Apr., p. 150 Mount Auburn School, Dallas, Texas . . Feb. , p. 47 Sou ster , E . G . W. , F.R.I.B.A., St. Katherine Colernan Hou se, Lon- William Clark School, St. Louis. M iss. . .. Feb., p . 48 don, Eng...... July, p. 269 Lorimer , Sir R obert ; The Shrine, Scottish War Memorial, Edin- Sturgis R. Clips ton ; The Fisher School, North Walpole, Mass .. Mar., p. 101 burgh . Sept. , p. 323 Thornely, Arnold, F.R.I.B.A.; Northern I reland Par1iarnent Build- Perkins, Fellows and Harnilton ; H u bbard Woods School. 111. .. Mar., p . 102 ing, Belfast ...... July, p. 268 School, Evanston, 111 ...... Mar., p. 102 Walker, C. Howard and Son ; Assembly Hall and Gymnasiurn, Skokie School, Winnetka, 111 ...... Mar., p. !O3 Washington Irving School, Boston, Mass. . . May, p. 191 The Arthur H. Howard Sch ool , Wilmetts, Ill. . .Apr., p. 153 Whitney and Davis; School at Artesia, Cal. .Mar., p. 101 PAINTINGS AND SKETCHES Barr , Allan; "Charles G. D. Roberts, Esq." ...... J an., p. 22 MacDonald, J. E . H., A.R.C.A.; Design s for Jubilee Coins ... Oct., p. 348 B eatty, J. W., R.C.A. ; "The Madawaska Valley"...... Jan., p. 21 MacDonald, Manly , A.R .C.A.; "Madame Gaskins" ...... Jan., p. 23 Brigden, F. H., Pres. O .S .A . ; " On the Way to Lake Superior" . Oct., p . 373 Martin, Henri ; " La Carnpana, D epart des Voiles" . Oct., p. 372 Marani, F. H.; "Chinon, France" (Colour Sketch) . Mar., p. 76 Carmichael,' Frank, O.S.A. ; "A Northern Village" ... . Oct. , p. 374 McLaren, J. A. ; "The Dumbell"...... Jan., p. 25 Casson, A J , " Sunrise" . . Jan., p. 21 Mitchell, Thomas W., A.R.C.A.; "Astoria Pass" . . .Oct., p. 373 Challener, F S., R C.A. , " The EvenIng Breeze" ...... Jan., p. 17 HHudson Bay Point, Mattawa"...... J a n ., p. 20 Chaltn ers, Roland J. A . ; "Old Homestead, Lakeside, P . Q ." , Etch- Munnings, Alfred J. , R.A., A.R.W.S., R.P. ; " The Royal Carriage ing) ...... June, p. 200 Waiting for Their Maj esties in Windsor Forest" . . .Oct., p . 373 Chester, John W ., A.R.C.A. (London) ; Decorations for Dinner of Arts and Letters Club . . . Jan., p.37 ;Mar., p. 98 Opsonier, Isidor; " Old Town in Flanders" . . . Oct., p . 374 Palmer, H. S., A.R.C.A. ; " Gatineau Hills at Wakefield". . Jan., p. 20 Gailliard, Frans; '''The Cliff at Etretat" ...... Oct., p. 370 Parke, John A.; "Au t umn Light" ...... Oct., p . 372 Grier , E . Wyly, R .C.A.; "Portrait of a Lawyer". . . Jan., p. 22 P erry, A . Leslie, B.Arch.; "St. Stephens', Walbrooke , London, Eng. (Water Colour Sketch) ...... J an., p. 2 Hahn, Gustav ; Design for Jubilee Coin ...... Oct., p. 348 "Arch D'Titus, Rome" (Sketch) ...... July, p. 238 Harvey, A. F.; Detail Drawing of Decorative Panel in Memorial Arch, HFontana de Frevi, Rome, Salvi, 1735" (Sketch) . . Dec., p . 420 Kingston, Ont ...... Apr., p. 120 Proctor, Ernest; "The Mischievous Boy"...... Oct., p . 369 Hewton, R . S.; HMary Macintosh" ...... Oct., p . 371 Raine, Herbe rt ; "Notre Dame, Lambe lle, Brittany" (Etching) .Feb., p. 42 Jackson, A. Y. , R.C.A.; " Barns" ...... J an., p. 25 Reid, G. A. , R.C.A.; "A Lake in the Hills" ...... J an., p. 21 J e fferys, c. W., R.C.A.; " The Founding of Halifax" ... Jan., p. 19 Robertson, Sarah M . ; " L e Repos"...... J an., p . 25 Johnston, Fran z, A.R.C.A. ; "Moon Ring" . . . J an., p. 24 R u ssell, G . Horne, Pres. R.C.A. ; " Hayter Reed, Esq." . . Jan., p. 23 J o urdan, Louis: " Les Meules en Dombs" ...... Oct. , p. 372 Somerville, W. L. ; "A Bit of Cambridge, England" (Sketch) .. Aug., p. 274 Suzor- Cote, M.A., R .C.A. ; "Symphonic Pathetique". ... Jan., p . 24 Knight, Mrs.Laura,A.R. W.S.,R. W.A.; "Tights and Tarlatan" 1 Oct., p. 370 Kulmala, G. A. ; "The North Cou ntry" ...... Oct., p. 371 Thompson, William J.; " The Hub of D etroit" (Dry Point) .. Oct., p. 375 Turn er, Stanley F ., O .S .A . ; HQue b ec, from the St. Charles River" Lapine, Andre, A .R.C.A. ; " Dans La Carrie re". . Jan. , p . 20 (Etching) ...... Oct., p. 346 Lyall, Laura A. , A.R.C.A. ; HA Madonna" ...... J a n ., p. 24 Tushingham, Sidney; " Amalfi" (Dry Point) ...... Oct., p . 375 SCULPTURE Suzor- Cote, M.A., R.C.A.; " Logging in Winter, Quebec" .. .. Jan., p. 26 Wood, Elizabeth; Winnipeg War Memorial . . Dec., p . 423 ALLIED ARTS Burke, Horwood and White ; Grandfather's Clock.. . . .May, p. 166 Harvey, A. F.; D ecorative Wrought Iron Stands. ... May, p. 175 Brandt, Edgar; Console Table, Mirror and Electric 'Light Stands .. Apr., p. 135 Keene, Caleb ; Early Eighteenth Century English Bureau Desh.May, p. 167 Carter, A. Scott; Chali ce for St. Michael and All Angels Church Lyle, John M . ; Iron Balustrading...... May, p. 170 Toronto, ant...... May,' p. 162 Queen Anne China Cabinet . .May, p. 173 Memoria l Casket and Cornmemorative Booklet ...... May, p. 165 Memorial Gold Plaque ...... May, p. 171 Rae, William ; Altar for Bish op Bethune College Chapel...... May, p. 177 Menu for Complimentary Dinner to Messrs. Sproatt and Rolph ...... Jan., p. 33 White, Sidney; Marquetry Table a nd Chairs ...... May, p. 168 wqr 310urual moyal Arrqitrrtural lIU!ltttutr of <1Tattubu

Serial No. 17 TORONTO, JANUARY, 1927 Vo l. IV. No. 1

CONTENTS

PAGE THE PRESIDE,iT'S P AGE . 3 EDITORI AL 4 O NTA RIO GOVE RNM EWl' BUILDI NG, C ANA DI AN NATIO NA L EXHIBITION, TORO NTO 5 TH E :-\ CA DEMY EXHIBITIO , , by F. H. Brigden, O.S.A. 19 A NNUA L l\1EETIKG, ROYA L C ANA DIAN A CA DEMY OF ARTS 27 T H E FIFTY- SEVEN L AM PS OF ARCHITE CTU RE . 27 D AV ID R. BROWN'S D ESr GNS FOR T HE 1 AS ONI C P EACE MEMORI A L COMPE TITIO N, LONDO N, E NG . 28 COMPLI :-1ENTA RY DI NNE R T O MESSRS SPROATT AN D ROLPH 32 EXHl131TlON OF DOMI NIO N A N D COLONI AL ARCHITECT U RE AT THE ROYA L INSTITUT E O F BRITISH ARCHITECT S 35 SECRETARY' S P AG E 38 A CTIVITI ES OF P ROVI NC I A L A SS OCIATIONS 39 NOTES XXVI CORRECTJO N . XXV I B OOK S REVI EWED XXVIli O BIT UA RY XXVIII

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ST. STEP H ENS, \"'A LI3ROOKE, LONDON, ENG LAND, from Water Colour S~etch by A. Leslie Perry FRONTISPIECE M AIN ENTRANCE, ONTA RIO GOVERNMENT B UILDING, CA NADIAN NATIONAL EX HIBITION, TORONTO 11 NIGHT VI EW, ONTARIO GOVERNMENT BUILDING, CANADIAN NATIO NAL EXH I BITION, TORONTO 13 D ESIGN FOR MASO NIC PEACE MEMORIAL, LONDON, ENGLAND 15 TH E EVE NI NG BREEZE, from Painting by F. S. Challener, R.C.A. 17

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Faced Throughout With TERRA COTTA

A cherished speculative formula went to the winds in the de­ signing of the Buhl Building. Co.stly lower story finish at the expense of suitable dignity in finishing the shaft above formed no part of the conception in this fine office building.· It is faced throughout with T erra Cotta in a beautiful mottled grey glaze harmonizing with the g ranite base and entrance columns .

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Serial No. 17 TORONTO, JANUARY, 1927 Vol. IV. No.1

THE PRESIDENT~S PAGE

HE latter part of February next will be rather an interesting one for Architects who can be in Toronto at that time. T The Toronto Chapter of the Ontario Association of Architects will hold their Architectural and Allied Arts Exhibition in the Art Gallery, and as it is receiving the hearty support of those connected with the Gallery, as well as of other interests, a most outstanding Exhibition is assured. While the usual subjects for Architectural Exhibitions will be in abundant evidence they will be largely supplemented by exhibits of Handi­ craft and Industrial Art, and also by the Carl Hamilton Collection, a large and valuable exhibition of historic art objects which is being exhibited this winter in several of the large cities in the United States. The Exhibition is being held from February 11 th to the 27th, and the Ontario Association of Architects are taking advantage of this opportunity by holding their Annual Meeting on the 17th of February in the exceptionally congenial surroundings of the Art Gallery. The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada will also hold its Conven­ tion in the same place on the 18th and 19th of February. During the Exhibition, and especially during the Conventions, lectures on Art subjects will be given by authorities well qualified to speak on the topics assigned to them, thus stimulating and sustaining the interest in the Exhibition. The focusing of interest on the several events happening at about the same time will no doubt attract public attention, thus assuring public interest in Architecture and resulting in considerable publicity in the press. We believe that we can safely count on the attendance and interest of the general public, but unfortunately past experiences do not assure us of the Architects being in evidence in such numbers that an occasion of this importance would warrant. May I urge every member of the Institute to make a strong effort to attend this Convention of the Institute. Never before in Cana ia has there been an occasion when so much of interest to the Architect has taken place in one city at the one time. If such an opportunity as this should be over­ looked by the Architects, can they blame the public for overlooking Archi­ tecture? The Institute's Executive are taking steps to have every Provincial Association represented at this Convention in order that a record attendance of the members may be assured. In the last few days the outlook for a really big Convention has become so fairly certain that t he details of the pro­ gramme tentatively set will have to be entirely revised. Copie:; of t h is pro­ gramme will be mailed to each member as soon as available. The present object is to assure your attendance at the Convention as its success depends upon the utmost co-operation of every member. The most effective co­ operation, of course, is to be present at the Convention and we should take full advantage of the opportunity offered to make the oc",asion a n auspicious one for the Architectural Profession in Canada. J. P. HYNES, P: esident.

3 THE JO UR NAL ROY AL AR CHITECT U R AL I NSTIT UTE O F CANADA Januarv, '27 EDITORIAL FRONTIS PI ECE their own with any of their fellow practitioners in H E beginning .of a new "ear is an appropriate other countries, a;l d Canadians should feel justly tIme for new Ideas, and one of the new th111 gS proud of their architects. T that we are attempting to do in this the fi rst DINNER TO MESS RS. SP l~OATT AND l

0:\TTA 1UO GOYE IlNMENT B u ILDI:\TG. C. N E . TORO:-.1TO Chrt1J'mrW & Oxlcy , Architect.,;

Ontario Governmen t Building Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto

By A . H. Chapmall , /l.R. CA., R.A.I. C.

lll~~ site chosen fo r the ~ ew O ntario Govern­ the centre of the im portant entrance on approach­ ment Building at the Canadian National Ex­ i ng from the N orth-East and can also be seen over T hihition Crounds was triangular in shape, the centre of the other two facades. hounded on the North by D ominion Street, on the T he building had to house the Agri cultural exhibit, East hy the street parallel to the Automobil e Build­ the Lands and F ore t exhibit, the Mining exhibit and ing and on the South-west by the Boule\'ard Drive. the H ealth exhibit, and for these exhibi ts it was de­ It was desirabl e to have a l11 0numental facade fac­ cided that large well lighted rool11 s 42 feet wide ing the Boulevard Dri\'e with an il11p :.J rtant ce n ~ ral met the average condition. This width of r00 111 runs fe ature on account () f the hroad aspect and the im­ ri ght around the perimeter of the building produc­ portance of the thorough fare which is the l11ain ing two rooms about 200 feet long on the short entrance to the City. sides 0 f the triangle and the lon

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ONTARIO GOVERNMENT BU ILDING. C.N.E .• TORONTO C Iw.pm 1.n (t; Oxley, Architects 8 THE J OUR ?\AL R OYAL ARCHITECT U R A L I ~STITUTE OF CANADA January, '27

COL'RT- O"lTAHIO COYEH X:\'JE!\T n U l I.J:; I i\C, c. N. E., TCH C\ T O Chaprutn &; Oxley, Arc/a·teet.., acute angles cut off, and surrounding this court is fore, to obtain the monumental effect and perl1l an·· a colonnade wide enough to gi ve circulation and to ence of construction for a very li mited appropriation accommodate other exhibits that do not require a considering the size and accommodation required. wid e space. The O ntario Go \'ernmen t Building cost about $600,- 000.00 or about $0.25 per cubic foot, if douhle thi s A mO\'ing picture theatre seating over 400 persons amount had been spent. and $0.50 per cuhic foot is was provid ed in the space by cutting off the acute normal for monumental buildi ngs. there would ha\'e angle on the interi or, and a small suite of rooms for been ve ry little difference in its general eff ec ti \'eness the Goyernment official s was provided in the opposite as an exhibition building or it .. permanence o f con­ angle. structi on. A restaurant seating about 600 people was pro­ The function of the Ontario CO\'ernment Buil ding vid ed on a storey above the colonnade surrounding more nearly approaches that of a museum than all Y the Court. There is a basement under the main other type of building but the cold class ic se\'e rity part of the building, but not under the colonnade. that would be sui tabl e for an ordinary museum This basement i used fo r large public laYatories, woul d not be suitable for an exhibition bui lding. general storage rooms and lavatories for the restaur­ The spirit of the C. N . E . is that o f a fete starting ant help and also lavatori es fo r the exhibitors. off the year's work, a h er the relaxation of the SUIll ­ In developing the des ign 0 f the building the pe­ mer, with an optimistic outlook. Something of this culiar conditions of exhibition work and particularly spirit ought to be expressed in the architecture or those of the C. N . E. had to be carefully considered. added to the expression of the normal functi on of The important buildings of an exhibition should, it the building. This has been obtained by the towers was felt, be impressive and monumental 1n scale. gi\'ing a bl'Oken skyline, the fla g poles and a general This eff ect can be obtainecl in the \Vorld Fairs' tel1l­ relaxation from the usual severity that would per­ porary buildings without unreasonable expendi:ure \'ade a museum . but the annual exhibitions such as the C. N . E . the 1\. balance was sought in the architectural expres­ buildings ought to be of as permanent a nature as sion betweell the di gnity in keeping with a bui lding ordinary urban buil dings. T he probl em is, there- housing the exhibits demonstrating the resources o f THE J OURI AL ROYAL ARCH ITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA 9 ,r allual ,. ) , '27

" Ol' TH ELEV ATI 01\-OKTAIUO GOV r,ltN"m:-.rT BU ILDING, C. N. E . T ORONT O ChnpnuU/ & Oxley . Architects

EAST E LE\'AT lO N-O~ T AH I O GO\,EIlNMEKT B t ' ILDI NG, C . N. E., TOIWNTO- SO t 'TH WEST F. LE \, A T lO~ Ch_Lpnnn & O.rley . Arcln'if'ct.-; 10 TIlE JOURNAL ROYAL ARCBTl'ECTCR:\L I:\STlTUT E OF CANAD_\ January. '27 a gr eat proyince and the gaiety required fo r a bui ld­ crete ground down to eXJl~)se the aggregate which ing that forms an important part of a great shovv' or at the entrances has been coloured to form simple fete. To express the aboye character and to ach 'an­ pattern s. The plank form ing the roof, has been tageously take care of the practical requirements of sli ghtly stained on the underside and the steel beams the plan, we were led into a style of architecture haye been enclosed with wood forming a simple somewhere between a late Roman and earh' Rennais­ timber ceiling effect. sance character. J n conclusion we would say that the most interest­ ing and unique element in this problem was the man­ The build ing is entirely cons tructed 0 [ concrete ner in which. after trying almost every architectural and bri ck with the exception of the roo f or cei iing. possibility on the irregular site. the solution of the This concrete is faced on the uutsid e and partly on triangle solved all our probl e111 s. It may be noted the in side of the en tralL'es with a combin ation of that the dominating feature of the dome is on the cement stone ane! Queenston l ,im cstone. Owing to four i111portant axes, a condition that can be ob­ usin g the concrete stone for the mouldings, co lumn ~, tained in a square plan with a central featu re. The fri ezes. etc .. and the Queenston L im estone fo r the square plan. howeyer. besides not fitting the site. plain ashl ar work, we were enabled to keep the cost woul d produce a main facade abuut one-half the clown and at the same time obtain a building faced, length of the triangul ar one produced for the same to a large extent, with stone from Ontari o quarri es. area of building. This extensil'e facade was of great The main clome with the lantern above is of mOn (1- importance owing to the scale 0 [ the broad expanse lithic concrete construction coloured on the outside upon which it faced . with cement paint and it is hop:ccl that an appropria­ The fig ures, lions a1l d modell ed friezes are the tion may be .tOt1Ilcl to de ~o rate the interi or at some work of Mr. Charl es D. lVkKechnie. fu ture date. The General Contractors fo r the building were The fl oors of the main exhibit areas are of COI1- :\'[ essrs. Sulli I"an &. F ri ed. of T oronto.

" O:-,r GL~HD " - O:-,r T AR[O GOVERNME:-,rT BUlLDI NG . c. N. E .• TORONTO Clwpntan & O.dey, Architects - By Conrte,,>y . Publicity Dl'pt.., C.N.E., 'I'oTon}o. \1.\1'-: E"iTRM,CE, ONTAR IO GOVERNlII ENT BUILDING l"A"ADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION. TORO'-:TO

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D esign submitted by D avid R . BrowlI, ArcMtecl , Montreal

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THE FOUNDING OF HALIFAX C. W . Jeffery s, R. C.A.

The Acad.emy Exhibition

By F. H. BRIGDEN, O.S.A.

HE F orty-eighth A nnual Exhibition o f the sence of more important work by this artist. R oyal Canadian Academy, which was on view Architecture and Sculpture seemed inadequately T in the A rt Gallery of T oronto from November represented when consideration is given to the num­ 18th tiIl the end of D ecember , while containing much ber of noted men and women in these branches of excell ent work was far from being the representati ve the fine arts who have been honoured by election show which might reasonably be expected from Can­ to the Academy. Now tha.t Toronto has its enlarged ada's premi er A rt body. Gallery, one r 00111 could well have been devoted to The Jm y 0 f Selection. who had set a high standard Architecture. \ i\f hile not disparaging the few pieces and who rejected half of the 422 pictures submitted, of SCUlpture displayed in the hall , we might look mi ght ha\'e possibly eliminated some which would to the Academy to make a more important showing have added interest to the exhibition, but undoubtedlv in this department, using the spacious Sculpture the chi ef weakness lay in the fact that a number o-f Court for a display which would be indicative of the Our leadi ng painters fail ed to make their usual con­ hi gh place Canadian sculptors are taking in the world tributi on. O ne noticed in particular the absence of of art. works frUIl1 such men as Horatio \ \falker, Clarence A . Having dealt with the absentees and limitations Gagnon, ::- raurice Cullen, Lauren :I rarris, J. E . H. of the exhibition, it is a pleasure to make some ~ IIacD o n a ld. Frank Carmichael, F . H. Varley, R. S. comment on the works which safely passed the jury, -lewton, F . :\IcC . Knowles, Franklin Brownell and and which were so admirably arranged. One thin O" Curt" 1 \\" I 11'lam son, whIle. A rthur Lismer was repre- was at once apparent, that the standard set by the sented by black and white clrawinO"s which were jury did not prevent the acceptance of work by many brilliantly execu ted but did not make'" t:p for the ab- young, and in some cases unknown, pain ters ; nor did 20 THE J OURNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA. January, '27

that our women painters have individuality and vitali ty. as well as a feelin g for beauty of form and colour. Others whose pictures gi ve emphasis to design rather than to a full presentation of nature are Albert I-I. Robin­ son, Mabel H. May. Kathleen M. Morris and Franz J ohnston, the last named showing one 0 £ his landscape decorations, entitled the ":Moon Ring", a harmony in blues, ori ginal in conception and with romantic suggestion. Of the newcomers two were noticeable, Charl es F. C0111 fort and G. A . K ulmala. Regarding Comfort's contribution we take the liberty of quoting the estimate of the di scerning critic who writes the A rt Column for the Mail & Empire.- "A remarkably clever painting t hat will repay considerable attention is 'Quebec Landscape', by Charles F . Comfort. It HUDSON BAY POINT, MAr!':\ w II. T. W. Nlitcil.eli is an original picture, done boldly and it 1T1ilitate against works which have a decidedly modern slant. O ne of the charac­ teristi cs of this Academy was in fact the wide range of art expression displayed, from the large realistic sea piece by W illiam Cutts, which attracted more favourable attenti on from the average visitor to the Gall ery than alm ost any other picture on the walls, to the clever patterned figure subject by Sarah H. Robertson hanging beside it, on which the average visitor noted with surprise and some annoyance that the features usually found on the human face were entirely absent. A mong the pain ters who are experiment­ ing with the newer methods, Miss lVl:cGil­ li vray of Ottawa, had some very sati sfyin g cam'ases, interesting in colour and handling. Mary \Vrinch Reid in her admirable fl ower study, "Autumn Colours", also reminded us DANS LA CARRIERE Andre Lapin e" A.R.C-A.

evidently with a great deal of thought. The foreground is put on so broadly that it almost suggests sculpture, and the dis­ tances are delicately impressioni stic. It is quite the 1110st experimental canvas in the exhibition. and amazingly effecti ve. It immediately places Comfort among the painters with indi viduality who are not to he overlooked." K ulmala, who is a graduate of the O ntario College of /\rt and a pupil of J. \lIl. Beatty, gave in "The Mill" a splendidly conceived and well carried out composition, breathing a real Canadian spirit. The work of these two young men, each di stinctly individual, demonstrates that it is not necessary to be C.\Tl l\£,\U HlLLS AT WAK£F Jl~ r.D imitative in order to achi eve something ar- H. S. Pallller, A.R.C./l. THE JOURNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA 21 January, '27 resting and truly Canadi.an in feeling and "e While we hold 111 hIgh reg-ard the 111 0 tl \ . • talented artists who have hrought OTOU I) 0 f honour to Canada abroad, it would be regret- table to ha \'e a Canadian school develop which encourages our students to work along the li nes of anyone method or style. T he Group of Seven, apart from their re­ cent rec ruit, i\. J. Casson, was I-ep resented in this exhibition hy one canvas, "l3arns" by A . Y. Jackson. It was, however, one of the strongest pictures on the walls, depicting un­ kept farm huildings in the setting of a dreary winter landscape. E ven the average visitor paused before it, receiving a shock which, no doubt. added zest to his tour through the Ga lleries. One wonders whether the pure art interest of line, rhythm and composition SU1\RISE A . J. CassoIL

The retiring president, C. Home Russell, showed a li fe- like presentati on of Hayter Reed, Esq .. which, as is the case with all M r. R ussell's work, made a strong popular appeal. H is large canvas "The Duck Pond", was one of the favourites with gallery visi­ tors. Occupying the central position on the north wall Mr. E. vVyly Grier's "Portrait of a Lawyer", commanded attention. The in­ teresting li ght which diffused the canvas, together with the placing of the figure and the refined character of the painting com­ bined to give an added aesthetic appeal to a picture which is also a successful portrait. Mr. Grier's other exhi bits were admirable exam ples of his work, masterly in handling and with fresh notes in the colour schemes. A llan Barr's two portraits have strength THE :\1.\D:\WASKA VAl,tEY J. W. Beatty, R.C.A. and simplicity with a decidedly modern

predominated with the artist, or whether he was more intent on telling the story of a farmer's struggle with an unproductive soil. A. J. Casson, the newly elected member of the GrollI' of Seven, who was also this year honoured hy admission to the ranks of the .A' SSocla tes oj. the R.C.A. was represent- ed .111 the exhihition by an oil, "Sunrise", whIch hacl < (lgllIt·1····y ot co mpOSI. tIOn. and un- usual effect of morning li ght ; also by a water colour "l3"'1 ." f . 11 C. 1es ,0 great heauty 111 colour and des io'n C· '" ' . b ' a~son Ilas a personal and 111. - tl111ate Yie Wpo.111t ' an d I'lIS adoptI.on hv the ?" roup is additional eyidence that that- hodv IS not so I ·1 . fi - nUl 1 con ned to one mode of ex- pression as the puhlic have heen led to helieve. T.he po rtraits in this year's Academy were an Iml)orta t f · " . A Li\K J ~ 11\ THE HILLS < n actor 111 ItS general 1l1terest. C. / 1. R eid, R.C.A . 22 THE JOUR NAL ROYAL ARCHITECT U R AL INST ITUTE OF CANADA January, '27 fl avour. This young Illall has been in Canada long enough to become more defin itely associated with the Canadian art mo\'el1l ent and should ha\'e member­ ship in one of our art bodi es, I,enn eth Forbes, a more recent addition to the group o f portrait paint­ ers showed . in '·:\rrs. Clifford Sifton", one of his well painted and hi ghly fini shed cal1\·ases. The yeteran portrait pain ter. J . \ V. L. Forster. must have enj oyed painting the Indian :\1aiden. As a pleasant change from the more prosai c su hj ects which offer fo r the portt'ait painter, it added a li yely note to the East n.00 111 . :\1anly MacDonald . more generally k1l own as a landscape painter, with considerahle charm of colour, showed a well painted head 0 f Madame Gaskins. The success 0 f thi s effort would justi fy hi s goin g further into thi s fi eld of A rt endeavour. Here also were two quite well painted heads by M rs. f lelen Da\'ic1 son, a new name for T oronto. O ther artisb wh o gave fi gure suhj ects, which were something more than portraits, were Charles Simpson of Montreal, whose picture entitled PORTR AIT OF .A. L !\ WYER "Kathleen ", is particularl y fin e in colour interest, E. Wyl.l' Gricr, R.C.A. and :\1arion Long of Toronto, wh o showed a suc­ cess ful canvas enti tled "Girl with F ruit". was al so represented by four pieces of Sculpture, additions to the seri es depicting F rench-Canadian Figure subjects, which are rare at our exhibitions, li fe which have been greatly admired at recent ex­ partly because our A rtists cannot afford to pay for hibitions. vVhile in his fi gure painting and sculpture, the models, were morc in ev idence at this year's Suzo r-Cote is enriching our native art, some of us Academy than usual, adding strength and balance look back to the thrill we received from his winter to the show. landscapes h om O ld Q uebec and hope he will find Suzor-Cote had two nude fi gures which were time to do S0111e more of these. Mrs. Laura 'Muntz capable in drawing and execl1ti on, as might be ex- Lyall had two beautiful canvases of Chi ld L ife and pected from this outstanding Canadian artist. He 1\10therhood. A modern " Madonna", is one of the fin est pictures we ha\'e seen fr0111 the brush of this artist who has developed along lines which give hel­ a unique position amongst Canadian artists. F . S. Challener's large 111ural decoration repro­ duced on page 17 occupied a prominent position on the East \ Vall of the Centre Gall ery and was a sati s fy ing demonstration that we do not need to go outside 0l11- own country to fi nd painters qualified to do the fin est work for the decorati on of our public buildings. In this connection we are reminded of a remark by Mr. Tack, the A meri can artist. w'h o was awarded the commission to decorate the Manitoba Parli ament buildings. The writer was looking over the fini shed work with the artist himsel f who said "You have a man in Canada who could have done thi s just as well," referring to F red Challener, whose l1lut'al decorations on the wall s of the dining room of the Royal Alexander H otel, \\,inni peg, were 111uch admired by T ack. A mong the figure pain ters should be mentioned Charl es de Dell e, whose deli cate pastels have poetic fancy and illusiye charm. :McLaren's " Dumbell" is. a capable performance with a touch of humour CH ARLES G. D. ROn ERTS, ESQ. characteri stic of this young man who numbers paint- A linn Barr T HE JOUR NAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL I NSTITUT E OF CANADA 23 January, '27 Canada could afford to use the unusual combination of artistic ability with historical knowledge possessed by this Canadian painter and commission him to decorate some of our public buildings with themes drawn from the dramatic and colourful incidents of our past. GeOl-ge A. R eid has fo r many years ad­ yocated that Canadian painters should have the op­ port unity of doing work such as this ?.nd has done much unselfish work in hi s efforts to a rouse public interest in the subj ect. At this i\cadem) he had the preliminary sketch for a mural painting which has been completed on the wall s of the Earlscourt Public Library, and for which he was last year awarded the Academy prize for the bes t design for a public hall deco ration. M r. Reid had also three ~o rth Country landscapes in the exhibition-a new departure for him, ancl one in which he has not failed to win dis­ tincti on. His "Lake in the H ill s" was a beautiful symphony in blue and green. The "Beech T ree" was a typical canvas by F red. S. H ain es, fin e in colour and decorative in design. J. \V. Beatty who is making an important contribu­ tion to the cause of Canadian art in hi s summer landscape class, connected with the O ntario College HAYTER REED, ESQ. of A rt, sustained his reputation for vigorous broad C. Hortle RlIssell, F.R.C.A. painting in three typical canvases, of which the ing am ongst one of several o' ifts with which he is Mada wabka Valley made, perhaps, the strongest endowed. appeal. H. S. P almer showed an unusually virile painting of Gatineau Hills, demonstrating that this Andre Lapine presented another of his horse sub­ painter of poetic pastorals is not averse to experi­ jects-"The Gravel P it". In this he succeeded in menting in fresh fields of art expression. The vet­ givi ng the effect of out-door light admirably and eran, H omer \ iVatson, was well represented. His we reckon it as one of the best he has so far pro­ colour is subdued but the statement of form is as duced. IIe had also several out-door studies made in his old home district while on a recent visit to Russia. .-\nother Landscape Artist who has given the added attractions of fi gures is T. 'vV . Mitchell, one of those electeci as an Associate of the Acaciemy this year. II e di splayed two large can vases pulsating in li ght and colour, the eff ect bein g produced by a modifi cation of the impression ist technique which is original with this artist. Both his subj ects were Xorthern Ontario scenes on the u pper Ottawa. In "Hudson Bal' Point" he made effective use of the figure of a iUlllberman returning from work with his axe and saw.

C. \Y. Jefferys exhibi ted two of the originals fo r the seri es of hi storical l)ictures which are beino' l)ub- . ' b II shed by X elsons for use in the schools throughout Canada. The importance of the work Mr. J eff ervs doing in thi ~ and other hi storical illustrations ca~1- not be ol·erestimated. X ot only do they rank hi gh as works of art, strong in drawing. composition and colour, but they are the result of long years of re­ search and study, winning for the arti st recognition a an authority on many points con nected with our past hi story from the leading students and writers On Canadian hi story. Has not the tim e come when l\1i\DAME GASKI NS 110111), Jlocdoliold, A.R.C.A. 24 THE JOURNAL ROYAL AR CHITECTUR AL I NSTITUTE OF CANADA January, '27

showy yellow fl owers gave an excellent opportunity to the artist fo r building up an interesting composi­ ti on with the rich background effects which he loves to introduce. It is hoped by many that M r. Holmes' \Vild F lower pictures can in some way be secured as a national possession. Peter Sheppard and Loveroff showed typical ex­ amples of their colourful paintin gs whi ch have been attractive features in our exhibitions for some years past. They are graduates of our own College of A rt, and like Kulmala, are developing Canadian themes, each in his own distincti ve way.

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Frail .':.' i OJlltsfOIl J A.R.C.A. strong as ever. Evidently the joy of the country is still with the painter of Doon who has devo ted hi s li fe to depicting O ntario landscape. Robert Holmes in "Gerardia", added another to his unique collection of paintings of Canadian 'W ild F lowers. T hi s comparatively rare plant with its

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A rchibald Brown was represented by one of hi s poetic interpretations, this time a winter landscape entitled "The F rozen Lake", an unusual colour effect in reds and purples . J. L. Graham, one of the Montreal group, whose work is well known in T oronto, had two landscapes with cattle somewhat rel11iniscent of the Dutch Schoo l whi ch was so popular in Canada some years ago. Robt. \V. P il ot, another 'Montreal artist, has been exploring the beauties of the New Brunswick Coast and showed several subj ects of 1\.ock and Sea with excellent out-door qualities . They reminded us of the contention of the late C. M. Manly that thf New Brunswick coast with the Island of Grand NIa nan off ered the fin est sketching ground to he found on the Atlantic seaboard. The F rench-Canadian Habitant driving hi s pic­ turesque sleigh on the winter highway and at work in the woods was again seen in the well painted canvases by F . S. Coburn. The work of this artist L\ 1\'[ ;\DONNA 1.a"ra A . Lyall, A .R.CA. gi ves pleasure to gallery vis.itors wherever it is january, '27 THE JOURNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA 25 shown. Some critics have suggested that there is considerable similarity in his suh­ J'ec'ts . . , but if this is a fault it is one which Collurn has in common with numbers of dis- tinguished Artists. A new name amongst the exhibitors was that of Elizabeth S. Nutt of Halifax, whose pictures showed evidence of experi ence and sound workmanship. "Evening Twilight" was especiall y noticeable. The etchi ngs, drawings, block prints anel architectural drawings justified a better dis­ play than was possihle in the Hall in which they were placed. Those who have been going to the exhibi­ tions of the Graphic A rts Society of To­ ronto, recently organized into a national body under the name of the Canadian So­ I.e: REPOS ciety of Graphic A rts, will have some recog- Sarah }\,1. Robertson and is a member of the recently formed Canadian Society of Painters in vVater Colour. Phillips had two prints in the ex­ hibition, the first of a new series of Rocky :V[ountain subj ects. Freel S. H aines, the well known Canadian painter and president of the O ntario Society of Artists, has also won fame for his native lanel through his colour aquatints. By using special methods of hi s own he has produced quite distinctive effects, and his prints, owing to their interest of subject and heauty of colour, make a wide popular ap­ peal. He, too, has secured a large sale for his work outside of Canada. At the Academy he was represented in the Print Section by "The Dead Tree", a successful and typical example. TIi\RN S Arthur Lismer's drawings have already A. Y . Jaehsoll. R.C.A. nition of the great advance which native art is taking in this direction. In the department of Prints we have two men who have won international recognition. W. J. P hillips, A.R.CA., is acknowledged by critics on this continent and in E urope to be one of the leaders in the intriguing art of colour block printing. Quite recently C0111- plete sets of his prints were purchased by both South Kensington and the British ~T useUl11 , and the leading dealers in London and New York are handling hi s work. \iV hile receivinbo ' his earlv_ art training' in Eng'-• land, Phillips has lived for the past fi fteen years in vVinnipeg anel developed his woo el block printing in that city, far removed from the stimulus of an art atmosphere. He is TIlE DUM [JELL also an expert in the water colour medium J. A . Mcl.aren 26 THE JOURNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURi\f~ I NSTITUTE OF Cf t\,.:\.[),\ January, '27 been referred to, For the artists they were amongst ;Vlemorial, which was admired by thousands who saw the most stimulating work in the exhi bition, The it last fa ll at the Canadian National Exhibition, where subjects were from Q uebec and Georgian Bay, it occupi es a splendid location outside the Ontario where he has found inspiration for some of hi s GO \'ernment building. facing the lake. Hahn also most notable cal1\'ases, exhibited a sketch model for a cenotaph. S l1 zor Cote further displayed his \'ersatility bv Other sculptor whose work was seen at the some masterly charcoal drawings . and C. \ V. Academy were Henri Herbert who had a striking J efferys gave added interest to the black and white bronze of Alphonse J angers, S l1 zor Cote whose secti on with a nUl11ber' of hi s pen and ink hi stori cal French-Canadian subj ects haye already been noticed, illustrations. :IVIe rl e F oster, A dele R ead. F. A . Scrotin o of Mont­ E tchings were contributed by I-Iebert. J\.a in e. R . real and E li zabeth \Vynn Wood of O rillia. \ iV. P il ot, Charles Goldharmer, P hillis A rmour. The attendance at the A rt Gall ery in Toronto IS Kathleen Daly and Owen Staples, the latter show­ showing steady growth and ITlU ch credit is due to jng one of his successful C ni ve rsity of T oronto th e public spirited citi zens who ha\'e supported the series. Gall ery in its recent enlargement. The writer does not fee l competent to enlarge on t he A rchitectural work in the exhibition . but was A further encouragement was deri ved from the s truck with the clever handlin g of some o f the campaign for new members this win ter which added drawings, and was particulad y interested in the upward of eight hundred new annual subscribers. water colour treatment of :VI r. Lyle's Gage JVlemorial \Vith the hearty co-operation of the art bodi es of Fountain. Canada a substantial fo rward movement in aesthetic Sculpture wa represented in this secti on by a de\'elopment can be looked for during the coming p hotograph of E manuel Hahn 's Edward Hanlan years in Toronto and other Canadian cities,

LOGGING IN WINTER, QUEREC M. A. S"oor·Cote January, '27 THE JOUR:\AL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL I NSTITU T E OF CANADA 27

Annual Meeting of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

T the an nual meeting of the Roya! Canadian \ VIII , Hope, Montreal.

Academy whIch was held 111 l oronto on Custcl\'e Hahn, Toronto . A .:\ O\'em ber 19th last, ~1 r. Henry Sproatt, \ \" S, ::-Iaxwell , Montreal. r\rchitect, of T oronto, was elected President, A , Y . Jackson, Toronto. succeeding ::-1 r. G. H orn e Russell, Montreal. This C. \ \'. Simpson, ~'[ontrea l. is the Ii rst tim e in the hi sto ry of the Academy that The fo ll owing A rchitects were electeel Academicians : an architect has been elected to that offic e, The Ernest Cormier, :vIontreal. foll owing are the offi cers electeel for the ensu1ll g H ugh G. J ones, ::-Ifontreal. year: J ohn ~1. Lyle, T oronto. President-Henry Sp1'Oatt, Toronto. J. 0 , Marchand, Montreal. Vice-Presid ent- E. \Vyly Grier, T oronto. J. Melville Miller, Montreal. 'freasurer- c. \ V, impson, Montreal. H ugh Vallance, Montreal. Secretary-E. Dyonnet, ::-rontreal. The fo ll owing Painl'ers were elected Associate COlIlICil, Ollf' Year- Academicians: G. W. H ill , Y1ontreal. A , J. Casson, Toronto. I-To mer \\'atson, Doon. Paul B. Earle, Montreal. John 1I all1 1ll 0nd, Sacb'ille. T. \ V. Mitchell, T oronto. A Laliherte, ::-ron treal. ,-\ rchibalel Browne, Lancaster. The forty-eighth A nnual Exhibition of the p, E . .l\obbs, Montreal. Academy was held in the A rt Gallery in conjunction Coull cil, Two Years- with the Annual Meeting, opening on November 18, C, Horne Russell , Montreal. 1926, and closing January 2nd, 1927.

The Fifty-Seven Lamps of Architecture

I I E:\ I decided to build me a house I thanked him politely and paid him hi s fee, I fe lt Ju st a little afraid But sundry acquaintances cried: W T hat plan and design were not qui te in 111 )' "That stuff you should shun for it hasn't been done line, Sin ce Benjamin Harrison died." So I sought .\rchitectural aid; And they took me direct to a new . rchitect, And I said: Show me, pray, something 111 0st \ Vho arg u ~ d with logic compelling rec herche : For a Quasi Delsartean, For I'Ill wean' of han o' ino' mv hat ~ b b . Post J3onapartean, In an ea rly V ictori an \\'holl y Beaux-1\ rtean dwelling. Pre-:-Iontessorian Plain two-hy-foul 'teen fl at. My down fall had started; I groped in a maze Of traces, transitions, and trends, The r\ rchitec t puffed at his peri od pIpe, A nd I laboured anew over prints that were blne, As he sat in hi s Renaissance chair, vVith the aid of my numerous friends. And he ga\'e me a smi le in the pure Gothic style, But I don't knit 111 y brow about building plans now, Though he spoke with a Rorn anesq ue air. For all my money is spent, Said he : I f you r taste is not wholly debased, And my home's an A rcadian The best you are certain to find Second-Crusadean J s th e later Colonial, Pink-Lclll onadean Tent. Pseudo Baronial From th e "Architectural and Building ] our'lIal of G. \\'ashington kind. Queensland." 28 THE JOURNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA January, '27

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A rchitects, and as a result some \'ery stri king and The cost of the bui lding was not to exceed $2,500,- original designs were submitted. 000 and the conditiuns called fur a simple and T he competiti on was held in two stages. From di gnified building. the designs submitted in the first stage, the pro­ Generally, the accomlllodation to be pro\'ided was fessional assessors selected ten, the authors of which as fo llows :- were requested to submit final des igns. Each of the ten A rchitects wh o submitted a bona fide design, in ( 1) The T emple. etc., with seating capacity of accordance with the cunditions in the ['lIlal cOlllpeti- 2,000. T o haye necessary Cloakrooms, I.a va-

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G lWUl\]) FLOOIl T'LAK, l\IASOl\ IC 1'8t\C8 ;\ 18i\lO IlI AL COilll'ETlTIO:-i Dart(/, a. BTown, An ,Mt(,('t, 111[ onl1'cfl[ tion, recei veel an honorarium of approximately tories, Registration Hoo1ll s, etc. A ll entrances $2,500.00, while the winner was to carry out the to be [rom broad co rridors, with special en­ work. making such changes as the U nited Grancl trance di rect f rOI11 the street. L oc\ o-e of E ngland deel11ed necessary. The remuner­ (2) The Administrative and Executi ve rooms, ation to be in accordance with the Schedule of Grand and Past Grand O ffi cers rooms, etc., Charges as published by the Hoyal Institute of and Offices of the R oyal Masonic J3enevolent British A rchitects, with the prov iso that if the build­ Institution. T he Grand O ffi cers r00111 S to be ing was not co ml11 enced within twelve months after on same Aoor as the T emple, with a private the award was made, the author of the winning de­ street entrance. The A clministrati ve Offi.ces sign would be paid at the rate of one alld one-half and the Offices of the Royal Masonic J3 enevo­ per cellt. on the fi rst $250.000, and one-half per lent Institution to he on Ground Floor. cent. on any sum in excess 0 f that amount on his estimate of the cost, sti ch amount fo rmi ng- part of (3) The L odge R ooms, etc. Provision to be made the commission if the building was proceeded with for fi fteen Lodge R ooms, one to accoml11 odate later. 600 person " one 350, two 200, tl11'ee 150, four January, '27 THE JOURNAL ROYA L ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA 31

100, two 75 , and two 50. Lodge R ooms to Brown's desire, while not expressing secrecy in the be on any Aoor and to have all neces ary ad­ strict sense of the word, endeavours by means of joining r00 111 S. tall upper stories. almost un fenestrated, to excite one's curiosoity as to the purposes behind this treat­ (4) T he L ibrary, Museum, R eading and Writing ment. As will be seen from his perspecti ve the Tem­ Rooms fO l' visitol's from the Provinces and ple receives a certain measure of expression, it being Oyerseas. T he Library to be provid ed with treated with a complete Greek I-Iexastyle front Galleri es and to have two fire and burglar- mounted on a very tall lower story.

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proof Strong Rooms adjoining. In addition M r. David R. Brown's drawings were favourably to the Reading and Writing Rooms three commented upon by the A rchitectural Press in Eng­ Con ference Rooms were to be provided. land. They were outstanding for their draughts­ ( 5) :\ li censed restaurant to replace the existing manship, as might be noticed from the accompany­ Connaught rooms and Mark Masons' Hall ing reproductions. 1\![,-. Brown also submitted a to be erected at a future date. beautiful water colour perspecti ve of the building which is reproduced on page 15. ~I 1'. Drown's solution of the problem is rather an interesting one, although he does not seem to have The winners of the competItI on were Messrs. taken full adnntage of the valuable site on which Ashl ey and \Vinton Newman. th~ building was to be erected. Notwithstanding The professional assessors for the competition thIS. howe\'er. hi s plans show careful stud v of the were Sir Edwin Lutyens, R.A ., F .R.I.B.A.; Mr. conditions. \ Vhil e some of the c0 1l1p e ti ~o r s en­ \ 'V alter Ca ve . F .R.I.B.A.; l\h. . Durnett Brown, deal'Oured to cloak their building in a mysteri ous F.H.I.B.A .. F.S.1. fastness whi ch seemed des irahl e on account of it T he promoters of the competition were the U nited bein o' tIle 11 0 f . . 111[ " me 0 a great secret organlzatlOn, 1\ r. Grand Lodge of E ngland. 32 THE JOURNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA January, '27

Complhn.entary Dinner to Messrs. Henry Sproatt and Ernest Rolph

R OBABLY one of the most unique and long as their stone tracery and vaulting will last, notable events eyer held in Canada took place and longer- because the influence of such things P recentlv when a dinner was tendered in honour outli ve them. of Canadian' Architecture at Hart House, Toronto. In all their work these gentlemen have shown an The dinner which was held in the Great Hall was uncompromi sing fidelity to the highest principles of really a compliment to two of our foremost Archi­ their art. Nothing meretricious, no short cuts to an tects-MI". Henry Sproatt and Mr. Ernest Rolph of effect, no shams, have been allowed to enter their Toronto. work. In short they are, in the strictest sense of a Seldom has there been such an impressive and fin e word, artists. representative gathering as that which graced the My own friendship with Mr. Sproatt and Mr. tables on this occasion, and it speaks well for those Rolph is of nearly twenty years standing. During who were responsible for it. Over 250 men from this time some of my happiest hours have been spent every walk of li fe came to pay their respects to the in their drafting-room Where the in vasions of an two men whose achievements ·had brought honour to amateur architect were treated both with charm and Canadian Architecture. It was significant that the consideration. dinner should be held in the building for which they had received the Gold Medal of the American In­ Last summer I had occasion to go to the town of stitute of Architects. Simcoe. As my wi fe and I approached the town we suddenly caught sight of a square Norman tower. A t the head of the table were R. Y. Eaton, P resi­ Its proportions were perfect; its masonry superb. dent, Art Gallery of Toronto; Geo. Reid, President, Somehow this tower seemed to cast a glamour over Ontario College of A rt; E. Wyly Grier, Vice-Presi­ the whole landscape. It was the \Var Memorial of dent, Royal Canadian Academy of Art; Sir Robt. Norfolk County, one of the less familiar works of Falconer, President, U niversity of Toronto; J. P. your two guests-simple, even austere, but possess­ Hynes, President, Royal A rchitectural Institute of ing all the eloquence to be found in restraint. Let Canada; Sigmund Samuel, Royal Ontario Museum; this one fine example serve to remind us of what the Hugh Vallance, Province of Quebec Association of architects of Canada are doing to record the history Architects and the honoured guests, Henry Sproatt of their country, to translate its feeling and to fore­ and Ernest Rolph. Sir Robert Falconer, presided at cast its greatness; and more particularly what our the dinner in place of the Hon. Vincent Massey who distinguished guests have done, are still doing and was unable to be present on account of illness. Sir will, let us hope, long live to do, as masters of their Robert in his opening remarks referred to the keen splendid craft. di sappointment felt by Mr. Massey in not being able to attend the dinner and read the letter he had re­ P lease tell MI". Sproatt and Mr. Rolph how sorry ceived from him. I am not to be with them to-night and give them my affectionate greetings. Yours sincerely, My Dear Sir Robert:- I am more di sappointed than I can say, not to be VINCENT MASSEY. able to be with you to-night at the dinner to Mr. Following the reading of Mr. Massey's message, Sproatt and Mr. Rolph. Ever since this occasion Sir Robert read the following letter that had been was originally planned I have looked forward to it sent to Mr. Massey by the President of Royal In­ with the greatest pleasure. A ll day I have been hop­ stitute of British A rchitects :- ing I could come, but a "temperature" and the veto of the doctor make it impossible. Dear Mr. Massev:- Nothing could be more appropriate than this trib­ It was with ,;ery great pleasure, that I learned ute on the part of this community to the work of from your letter of the 23rd N ovembel- that a dinner your two guests to-night. They have been the recipi­ is about to be held in T oronto in honour of Mr. ents of late of two very distinguished honours. In Henry Sproatt and MI". Ernest Rolph, and that you 1925 the American Institute of A rchitects awarded are to take the chair on this interesting occasion. I them the Gold Medal for collegiate architecture in a feel that the Council ci f the Roval Institute of British wodd-wide competition and later they were elected A rchitects were happily inspired when some months to membership of that hstoric body-the Royal In­ ago they decided to con fer upon Mr. Henry Sproatt stitute of British A rchitects. In these awards and Mr. Ernest Rolph the honour of election to the honours have come where honours are richly de­ Fellowship of the R.I.B.A., by the exercise of a served, but apart from these special marks of dis­ special power conferred upon the Council by Royal tinction it is our pleasure to honour Mr. Sproatt and Charter which enables them from time to time to Mr. Rolph because of the di stinguished place which select architects of eminence and elect them directly they have rightly won for themselves in their great to the F ellowship by a vote of their own body. As profession, and because of the debt which we as you say in your letter, now that our friend Mr. citizens owe to those who have created beautv in our Frank Darling, has passed away, Mr. Sproatt and midst. This commun ity will be grateful to -them as Mr. Rolph, together with lVIr. J Ohll A. Pearson, who THE JOUR NAL ROYAL ARCHITECT URAL I NSTITUTE OF CANADA 33

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REI'RODUCTWN OF PART OF MEN U GIVEN T O EACH G UleSI' AT THE COMPLIMENT ARY DIN NER D (!'~ 'i {}n ed by A . Scott Ca.rter 34 THE JOU RNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTU RAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA January, '27 has just been elected in the same way, are the only H ai ght, who as our assistants were invaluable. Mr. Canadian architects upon whom this honour has been Carter had charge of the detailing and M r. H aight con ferred. \ i\/ e have long been famili ar with the o f the details of planning. brilliant work done in Toronto and elsewhere bv I recogni ze that this dinner is gil·en in honour of Messrs. Sproatt and Rolph, and in the Exhibition 0·£ A rchitecture, and I think you will agree wi th me Dominon and Colonial Architecture which closed in when I say that there is some fin e work being done our Galleries a few days ago we had no les · than now in this country. T he work of many of the older fourteen examples of their work. l1l en is di stincti l·e and scholarly. and the younger I t is a pleasure and a pri vilege to us to use every men have fo r the most pa rt had good training. O n means in our power to strengthen the ti es which these young men depends the future of Architecture unite us to our professional iJretlwen in the Domin­ in Canacla, and this future does not entirely depend ions Overseas, and I shall be .indebted to you if, as on themsel ves . T he people of Canada must show Chairman of the Dinner, you will kindly ex press to interest in the A rts or they cannot expect to have lVr r. Sproatt and M r. R olph 111 y hearty congratula­ great A rtists. T hi s is shown in the }\ rt history 0 [ all ti ons upon the honour which j . heing paid to them countri es . Apprec iation and sympathy beget great by their fe ll ow citi zens in Toronto. work. 13eli el·e me, Yours yerv tntlv I beli eve the time has come when we ha\·e a publ ic of a cul tivation of mind that will demand good archi­ E . G C;Y D ·~IWB E ~{: Presidell t, tecture. \ Ve may he optimi stic about the materi al Royal fllstitllt r. British Architects. of prosperity of Canada in the near future-[ certainly Sir Robert then ca ll ed on Mr. Henry Sproatt who feel so-and the fi rst way in which such prosperi ty responded as fo ll ows :-- shows itself is alway · in the expansion of bu ilding. T hat expression has not always meant also the exalta­ Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen :- tion of architecture, but I think it does now. W e This is indeed a great honour that you have con­ who are fi ni shing our work may well en vy the oppor­ fe rred on Mr. Rolph and myself in associating our tunities that are coming to the younger men who fo l­ names with architecture at thi dinner. I know that low us. But I rejoice to think that we need not M r. R olph feels as I do. regret that the opportunities are passing into othel­ hands; for the hi gher culti vation 0 f the profession It is something never to be forgotten- and far of architecture has more than kept pace with the exceeds anything that our executed work entitled us general cultivation of the people, and we may expect to expect. the new generaton of architects to whom falls the work of the new era of building in this country, to I personally have felt for some time, that our be well able to mould its material so as to make it fri ends have been over appreciative of our efforts also an era of beauty. and that Ii fe has been very kind to us. As we all know, the character of our cli ents has much to do with the success of the work we do for them, I can­ not look at the building we are now in without feel­ Following M r. Sproatt's response, ~i[r . J ohn lV1. ing that I must add another tribute of appreciation Lyle gave a very interesting and entertaining talk on to the manv that the late NI r. Chester Ma sev has Canadi an }\ rchi tecture. His address was illustrated received. fur r. Rolph and I had many kinch;esses with slides and hi s critical comment on some of the from him- kindness seemed to have been the key buildings shown proved very in structi ve and was note of hi s nature. His sympathy, helpfulness and thoroughly enj oyed by the audi ence. keen insight as to the difficulties to be overcome, were in valuable to us, and on his death we lost one of Special mention must be made of the elaborate our greatest friends. menu ca rds given to each guest. The accompanying illustrati ons do not give a correct idea of their size, Mr. Vincent Massey has said many kind things which was approximately 100" x 15 ", nor of the in hi s address, and I must say here that, both M r. coloured insert and design, all o f which was the work and Mrs. :Massey were of the greatest assistance in o f M r. Scott Carter. the designing and building of this H ouse. T he e\·ent will long be remembered by the fo rtv Mr. i\fassey was a very young man when we began odd A rchitects, who were present, as probably the the work. He had an intuitive feeling fo r architec­ fi rst occasion on which Architects and Archi tecture ture and foll owed everv detail. H is criticisms were had been honoured by non-members o f the pro fes­ always constructi ve. ' H e insisted on simplicity sion. throughout and we had many strenuous times to­ gether. I think I may say that the efforts we made * * * to meet hi s criticism have been an influ ence in our EDITOR' S :;OT E :-;\1r. Lvle's address on "Cana­ work to this day. dian A rchitecture·' will be 'publi shed in full in the February issue of the ] oUnlal, together with the \i\/ hil e on the subject of Hart House I should men­ illustrati ons of the buildings on which he passed tion the wo rk of 11r. H arold Carter and M r. George comment. January, '27 THE JOURNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA 35

Exhibition of Dominion and Colonial Architecture at the Royal Xnstitute of British Architects ;\,\TADI ANS should justly feel proud of the the most interesting one ever held in the R.I.HA. showing made at tl~e recent EXhibi.ti on of Galleries. In opening the Exhihition Lord Burnham C Domini on and Colo111al Architecture 111 Lon­ made special reference to the performances of the don by the eighteen Canadian A ~' c hit ec t s who, at the Dominions and Coloni es and said that "Canada request 0 f the H .A.I.e., sent \11 photographs and especially was well in the foreground in the wa \. her drawings o f their w o rl ~ . great cities were now being extended, not on'ly in This Exhibition which was sponsored by the their town-planning, but also in their buildings. both Royal fn stitute of British A rchitects, was probably public and private." The following is a list of the Canadian exhibits: 13l1ildill.

A noteworthy outcome of the Exhibition was the most distinctive works. To facilitate our bri ef re­ f avo~rabl e comment made by some of the influential view it will be preferable to follow the order of the Enghsh newspapers and A rchitectural J ournals. catalogue commencing with Canada. Here and Some of these articles contain fine criticisms and as again assortments of typical craftsmanship are inter­ they will no doubt be of interest to our readers we spersed between the larger subjects. The first series are pleased to quote therefrom. includes some plaster work and wrought-iron chapel Til e Timcs, October 19th.-"In comparison, most screens and park gates from Montreal, sent by of the Canadian buildings look too directly imita­ Messrs. Nobbs & Hyde. 'The Hart House,' a col­ ti ve of England. But there are some fine examples, legiate establishment in association with the Univer­ such as the Mausoleum, Toronto, by Messrs. si ty of Toronto, is of considerable extent and digni­ Sproatt 8..: Rolph; Bank of Nova Scotia Buildino­ fied by a Soldier's Tower, enriched, too, by vaulted ~ttawa , by lVIr. John lVI. Lyle; the Crane, Limited: cl oisters conceived in refined Gothic by Messrs. B ud d~n g, by M r. Hugh Vallance, and Sun Life Sproatt & Rolph. The great hall has a florid stone AUd dmg, Montreal, by Messrs. Darling & Pearson. staircase tower which differs greatly from the digni­ R speCial word is due to the fine massing-up of the fied vaulted fover with its circular arches in connec­ w~s ; den ce, Foster. Q uebec, by Mr. David R. Brown, tion with the U ni versity Theatre. The same archi­ tects show a small classic mausoleum built at Toronto I e the late Gothi c U niversitv of Saskatchewan bv the .s ame al -c Illtect, . has remarkabl'e consis .tency." ' - in an unpretentious manner . The Bllildcr, October 22nd.-"\Vith so ~ast an "The Royal :Mi litary Coll ege Memorial A rch at as semhlag'e of, 1 . . 1 fi . . c ~ exam]) es covering so WIC e a etd. \11- Kingston, O ntario, designed by Mr. J Ohl1 M . Lyle, 1 cd udm . bO' hkewi' se representations. 0 f 1)til '11 C m' gs erected is simple and impressive. The same exhibitor's shop unng the past few years, it is impossible to allude t building for the Thornton Smith Company is very o more th an a comparati\. Te ly small number of the up to date with its draped arcade of windows, ri sing :36 THE J OURNAL ROYA L ARCHITECTURAL I:\STITU TE OF CAN .'\n.\ January, '27 naturall y ol·er the p:ers of the shop openings where rIcrwocd & \Vhite. of Toronto. As a contrast both ample space for gr ouping goods artisti call y is insured. in size and stvle we note the last Canadian exhibi t, The name fascia is set below the cill lel·el of th l" a Dranch BanJk. :Vrontrea l, by l\'[r. P hilip J. T urner. second Aoo r fenes trati on. M r. L vle's B ranch Bank quite unpretentious and appropri ate." at Ottawa (23) is equall y cOlllmendable. The war The Architect al1d BliddinfJ Ne'it's, October Z2nd. memori al by Mr. Stanley T. J. F ryer. at Hamil ton, -"As the oldest of the Dominions, Canada has the also merits approva l. although the work is unimport­ first claim to our attention. Like Australia . Canada ant. is a country in which the I'ast majority of the popu­ "A skyscraper sort o f structure called 'Crane lation is concentrated in a comparative ly small num­ Building,' built in U nion a ve nue. ::\i[ontreal, looks well ber of towns. \'Ve must not, therefore, hope to find handled by M r. Hugh Vallance. who used many any peculiar archi tectural development such as would vertical lin es which are moderated in their own have refl ected the influence of immense territori es accentuation by wider piers at the corners of the upon the mentali ty of peopl e who were overhorne by premises. 'vVe pre fer the narrow f ront with the the vastness of their environment. \Vhile the bulk triple arches below. Three sketches for the Chemis­ of Canada is sti ll uninhabited those secti ons of it try Building for Saskatchewan U ni versity, by Mr. which have been the scene of an intensive civi li za­ Dal·id R. Brown. of Montreal, are based on T udor tioll have adopted a manner 0 f urban Ii fe which is Gothic of the modern manner treated tastefull v. The not so ve ry different from that which ohtains in frontispiece with the main portal between the angle countries which have had an architectural develop­ set wings of this College extension lacks breadth. ment extendin g over many centuries. O wing to the "The monumental proportions and masterly hand proxi mity of the U nited States it might ha ve heen of the architect mark the Sun Li fe Assurance Build­ expected that Canada would ha I'e suhmitted herse! f ing in Dominion ' Square, Montreal. as a work of to American inAuence. but although a certain in ter­ great distinction, by the architects, Messrs. Darling change of ideas between the two territories has taken & Pearso n. Of course the latter's skill at O ttawa, place it is yet true to say that Canada has preserved where he built the Parliament Buildings, is acknow­ its spiritual independence in a remarkable manner, ledged, and these palatial buildings rank by their and such architectural affi nities as it possesses are size among the most important national works in the British rather than Ameri can. \Vhat, for instance, E mpire. . could be so fully expressive of domesticity. as we "They certain Iya re worthy a f a more adequate understand the term in this country, than the very description than space a ll ows at the moment. there delightful residence at Toronto here illustrated. This being much to say about the chequered hi story of design by Messrs. Molesworth. West & Secord is these elaborate buildings. T he singularly diffe rent a perfect exemplar of a quiet, di stinguished and ur­ ideals of design exempli fied by the exterior and bane dwelling. Again , let us look at the facade of some of its internal important features may be due a shop building of Toronto by l\IJr. J ohn Lyle. This to manifold changes necessaril y made by the alThi­ is another example of refined and accompli shed tect, NIr. J ohn A . P earson. T he Senate entrance work which expresses a modern development of the hall , w1th its acutely pointed Gothi c arches carried Georgian tradition in street architecture. O ne notes by detached sha fts, correspondingly spaced wi th the with satis faction the grouping of the two lower arcaded sides of the building, emphasize this mani­ storeys in an arcade 0 f five bays, which is surmount­ fest di vergence of ideals employed more recently, ed by an attic, of which the fenestration is di sposed and which are represented by the Classic concep­ in an interesting way so as to vary the arithmetical tions illustrated bv 47 and 49 in this exhibition. The sequence of the openings helow. T he treatment of Gothic main en tI~a nce hall has a central detached the til ed roo f with its corbelled eaves is highly origi­ shaft from which four I'aubng springs after the nal, but yet by its emphasis of the main horizontal manner of a rich chapter-house of a mediaeval cath­ li nes of the composition takes its place as a suhor­ ed ral. The Speaker's L ibrary looks extremely com­ dinate unit in a satis factorv street facade. The H ud­ fortable and is ve ry handsomely furn ished. The di­ son Day Company's Jh;ilding at Vancou ve r, by versifi ed sky-line of the group bustl ing with turrets Messrs. Horwood & White, has less subtlety than the and high pitched roofs to many pavilions harmoni ze design just mentioned. but it is an interesting ex­ with the central campanile. well surmounted by a ample of commercial architecture somewhat marred. gr ace ful spi re. The Court of Honour, boldly va ult­ perhaps, hy weari som e repetition of parts. T he Dank ed between arcaded walls, a p pea r ~ to be still unfi ni sh­ of Nova Scotia at Ottawa , Ontari o, by Mr. J ohn M. ed as blocks of masonrv remain uncarved. Lyle. has just the appropriate character for its pur­ "The Chateau F r Ol~tenac, Quebec, by lVr essrs. pose and fi ts well into a street compos ition, but it is ::\bx well &. P itts, of Montreal, domi nates an elll­ perhaps questionable whether the basement. which brasured forum set on a height above the town. after proceeds the whole length of the facade without a the character of a famous castle. with a tall centre­ break. takes adeq uate cognizance o f the important pi ece and a big expanse 0 f roof set off by tourelle" col umnar part 0 f the main storey above. T he Crane, midst tall dormers. The interiors also exhibited Limited. building, Muntreal. 1)1' H ugh Vallance, show their elaborate treatments merely for the ex­ shows that Canada is allied with some of the modern travagant needs of a fashi onable modern hotel. Of archi tectural inAuences coming from Germany, and a different type is the Notre Dame Hospital. de­ the grouping o f the windows into tall vertical slits signed by Messrs. Stevens & Lee. with 1\11-. /\. I-I. is yet another exalllple of this novel experim ent in Lapierre as joint architect, famili ar with the require­ design. which, however. is attended with greater suc­ ments o f such buildings (61) . l\lore utilitarian still cess in this instance, than is usually the case. It is is the Hudson Day Company's Store. VancoU\·er. one noteworthy that the Gothic style still fl ourishes in of the largest structures shown in thi s gall ery. with Canada, where there are to be fo und many excellent its numberless windows, built from plans of ::\[essrs. craftsmen capable of reproducing the in tri cacies of THE J OUR NAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL I NSTITUT E OF CANADA 37 January, '27

', e\'al ornament. I n the interi or of H a rt H euse, of Montreal. The scale of the Sun building is i1l1 - meeI I,l . . S Q, l' I I mense, and full-size windows appear in the frieze of ·' . 'ersit)T of T oronto, by ".\[essrs. proatt L'( 'U,pl. L nil .' . . I I the main order, thus recalling what is said to have . , a c0 11l ])lete Gothi c tower 111 mlll Iac ure enc osee we see G , • I . If' . l'O()111 \\ hIle however. tle tower Itse IS heen the ori gin al function of the metopes in the 1n. 1 .a· 'Iv des io'n ed, the artists, do not appear to Ilave Greek Doric fri eze . c elCI b ., I' ' ffi 'ie;ltlv distinguished oetween w lat IS proper 111 N ext to this in effect, and ahead of any other work su '~1 'ide' of a building from the fo rms which an I ~ ..' " in the exhibi tion for reticence and purit), of style, is habitually charactenze ItS extenor. the Dank of Nova Scotia in O ttawa, a beautiful adaptation of Greek forms to modern use w ithou t JOllrll(liOf lli e l~oyalillstitl.ft c of Britisli Arcliitcc- anv interference with the practical purpose of the turc- "The CanaeiI a~l section IS undouhtedly the most huilding . 111. tel'cs. tin bo- and ll1 splrIng. as we. should expect from the architectural advantage which that country has O n the other hand, there are some successful ex­ periments in Perpendicular Gothic. which seems to '1 hein o' next door to the United States. and ahle to II b . I . I I '1'1 be accepted as the Collegiate style in A merica, for share in its \,Igorous aliC proo-ressl ve out 00 <. le the l.:niversities of Toronto and Saskatchewan. T he :Ilustrations are somewhat lI mited 111 number and ca n only be takcn as typIcal rather than exhaustive : Parli ament buildings at Uttawa bel ong to the Vic­ the !l1uch larger coll ection hrought over bv '!Vlr. torian age, though recently rebuilt in their original X obbs for his lecture at the Insti tute, and later fo rm after a fi re : they take us back to the days of shown at \\'el1lhly in 1924. is still touring the globe, :!\ Tanchester Town Hall and the Law Courts, and of and is heli eved to be at present in New Zealand. so their period and kind are neither better nor worse than the English examples, though equally "dated" that the Canadian architects have had to compile :'l seconcl seri es . F resh from a visit to Montreal m)'­ and remote from the present day point of view. sel f. I mi ss sel'eral hui Idings here which I should Lastly there is the Chateau F rontenac. which have placcd high on the li st for illustrati on, fore­ would probably tie with the West Point lVfili tary most among them ".\l[cK im. l\Iead, and \ Vhite's Academy on the Hudson as the most picturesque magnificent Bank of M ontreal, which helongs to that building on the American continent. Should you be select group of buildings (notahly St. George's Hall, so fortunate as to have your fi rst view of Q uebec Liverpool, and Trinity Coll ege Library, Cambridge) f rom the deck 0 f a liner at sunset. and see the where the finest feature of the whole is a masterly Chateau as a vast pi led-up mass of gables, towers, "back" elevation. conceived as a purely abstract de­ and pinnacles, silhouetted agaInst a fl aming sky, and sign. There are. howe\'er. good photographs of the gli ttering with ti ers 0 f li ghted windows, you may Sun Life huilding. one of the finest modern office we ll feel yourself back in the romance of Grimm's bu il din gs in America, standing detached on an ideal fairy tales, confronted with the enchanted castle of site next to the small-scale replica 0 f St. Peter's, the princess, crowning the gloomy and dragon­ which is the 1l1 ost prominent object in the sky-line guarded cli ffs of its ri ver promontory."

0,,[> OF THE SERIES OF TE~1I'OI{AI{Y DECORATlO"S AT THE DI NNER OF THE ARTS A"D LP:rl'l:. HS CLUB. TOROt\TO. 1926 B!J Jult1/. W . Chesfe?', A .fI.C.A. ( Lulldon) 38 THE JOURNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTUR AL INSTITU TE OF CANADA January, '27

.- ALCIDE CHAUSSE Honorary Secretary, Royal Architectural Institute of C anada

HE Twentieth Annive rsarv of the Founda­ from 1110st of the Ameri can countries attended, and tion of the Royal A r c hite ~tural Institute . of this time we eagerly expect the attendance from Canada, w1ll be celebrated at the COl11l11g Canada. T Annual Meeting of the Royal Institute which A t the same time with the Congress, the Third will be held at Toronto, on Friday and Saturday the Pan-Ameri can Exposition of Architecture will take 18th and 19th Febraury, 1927. A very interesting place, and judgi ng by the enthusiastic spirit shown progr amme is being prepared, and it is hoped that by the architects of the countries in vited, it is logical every member of the Royal Institute will be in to predict the magnifi cent outcome of the same. Toronto for that occasion. Doth the Congress and the Exposition have the * * * auspices of the A rgentine Government, and this To accomplish more effective work through co­ Executive Committee has alreadv taken the neces­ ordination, the Board of Di rectors of the American sary steps to have the official invitations sent out to Institute of A rchitects will hold a joint session with all nations of America, as soon as possible. the chairmen of the Institute's standing and special Being sure of the special interest taken by the committees in Washington, D.C., December 2. lns-titute in all matters concerning the betterment This procedure, in the opinion of the Board, of the profe ssion, as well as the convenience of pro­ marks an innovation which is of great importance moting strong ties of fellowship between the archi­ to the future work of the Institute, tects of America, this Executive Committee feels highly honoured in placing in the hands of the Royal * * * A rchitectural Institute of Canada, the organizati on The following com1l1unicati ons have been received of the attendance from the Dominion of Canada to from the Executive Committee of the Third Pan­ the coming Congress and Exposition. }\merican Congress of A rchitects : VIle feel this to be the best way to invite all Cana­ Buenos Aires, October 27th, 1926. dian architects to partake directly or indirectly in Mr. Alcide Chausse, A rch. the Third Congress, helping in the most efficient 70, St. James Street, 'Montreal, Canada. manner to the ultimate success 0 f the said Congress Dear Mr. Chausse : and Exposition. The Executive Committee of the Third Pan-Am­ In a few more days you will receive the General erican Congress of A rchitects is presently engaged Regulati ons for the Congress and the Programme of upon the work of organizing the same. It will take the Exposition, printed in E nglish in sufficient place in Buenos Aires from the 1st to the 10th of quantity to be di stributed to all Canadian Associa­ July, 1927, and at the same time the Third Pan­ tions and A rchitectural Schools. American Exposition of A rchitecture will be held. Thinking that the legitimate desire of winning the As the Dominion of Canada has joined the Per­ due recognition of our profession, sought by the manent Committee of the Pan-American Congresses, Pan-American Congress, is similar to the ideals we hope to have a large attendance of Canadian always pursued by the Royal A rchitectural Institute, architects to both the Congress and the Exposition. is that we count upon the staunch support of your In Ol-der to organize this attendance the Executi ve association. Committee is addressing the enclosed letter to the \Ve take advantage of this opportunity to renew P resident of the Royal Institute of Canada, and not our best wishes, and to remain, knowing the person who fill s at present that pos ition Yours ve ry truly, we beg of you to have the said lettet- handed to him. for the Executive Committee, A ll the printed literature concerning the Congress ALBERTA CONI MOLIN A, President. and the Exposition will be sent to you in a few more days. FRANCISCO SQUIRRU, General Secretary. H~ping that you place your personal influence in * * * order to obtain an important attendance of Cana­ Vie have replied as fo llows: dian architects to the coming Congress, I beg to 25th November, 1925 . remain Yours very truly, Sr. Francisco Squirru, General Secretary, FRANCISCO SQU {RRU~ General Secretary. III Congress Pan-Americano de Arquitectos, * * * Comite Ejecutivo, To the Pt-esident of the P iedras 80-Buenos A ires, Republica A rgentina. Royal A rchitectural Institute of Canada. Dear Sr Squirru, Dear Sir, I beg to acknowledge your communication dated The Executive Committee takes the high honour 27th October, 1926, enclosin g a letter for the Presi­ of announcing to the Royal A rchitectural Institute dent of the Roval A rchitectural Institute of Canada, of Canada that the Third Pan-American Congress respecting t,he -Third Pan-American Congress and of Architects will be helel in Buenos Aires , from the Exposition of A rchitecture to be held at Buenos 1st to the 10th of July, 192 7. Aires , from 1st to 10th July, 1926. This Third Congress is the continuation of the This im portant matter will he brought to the splendid work done by the two preceding Congresses attention of our Council at its next meeting. held at lVlon tevideo in 1920, and Santiago de Chile Yours very truly, in 1923. At those two Congresses the delegates j\LCIDE CHAUSSE, Honorary Secretary. January, '27 THE JOURNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURA L I N STITU TE OF CANADA 39

Reports on Activities of Provincial Associations

EDITOR'S NOTE Secretaries oj Provincial Associations and Ontario Chapters will please be advised that all reports oj their activities to be inserted in the next issue oj the R.A.I.C. Journal must be mailed to the office oj publication, 160 Richmond St. West, Toronto, not later than January 29th, 1927.

The Arclbtitectullral Inst itllllte of lBJrJitish Colllllmlbia S ecretary E . W . T urnquist, 307 Shelly Building, Vancouver.

The Annual ]\f eeting of the Architectural Insti­ for their services on the Council the past two years. tute of B.C. held Dece mb ~ r 1st, was the best atte.nded On December 10th the Councillors elected the meeting held by the I nstItute so far. T~ e PresId ent fo llowing officers of the Institute for the C01l1111g of the Institute, M r. J ames A. Be n z l ~, acted as year : Chairman. The addres s of the P resIdent. M r . M r. J ames A. Benzie, P resident Benzie was followed by addresses by the Honorary Mr. P ercv Fox, Vice-President S e c r e t ~ry, Mr. S. NT. E veleigh, and by the Honorary Mr. S. lVi:. E veleigh, Honorary Secretary T reasurer, Mr. Andrew L. Mercer. Mr. John Y . McCarter, Honorary Treasurer Mr. Percy Fox and Mr. A ndr ~ w L. Mercer w~re E. 'vV. Turnquist, Secretary elected members of the CouncIl for the commg Councillors--Prof. 'vVm. E. Duckering, MT. year. Mr. J. c. M . Keith, an~ M r. G. L. T. Sharp R. P . S . Twizell , ·Mr. J ohn J. Honeyman, Mr. the retiring CouncIllors were gIven a vote of thanks Andrew L. Mercer.

The M anitoba Association of Architects S ecretary E. Fitz Munn, P.O. Box 1404, Winnipeg. The Manitoba Association of A rchitects received engineers should be employed on Canadian con­ with a great deal of pleasure a letter from the Cana­ struction. It was felt that the Canadian E ngin eer­ di an Manufacturers Association as follows :- ing and A rchitectural P rofessions deserve considera­ tion and that everything possible should be done to "I t affords me pleasure to advise you that at a support them. " well attended meeting of the E xecutive Committee of the Prairie Division of the Canadian Manufac­ The A nnual Meeting of the Manitoba Associa­ turers Association held yesterday a resolution was ti on of A rchitects is to be held on January 17th, passed, unanimously, that Canadian A rchitects and 1927.

The OntaJrJio Association of Architect s S ec1'eta.ry R. B. W olsey, 96 K ing St. west, Toronto, February 17th has been decided on by the Council public offices. A protest was recently made to the as the date for holding the Annual General Meeting Board of Contro! against the city architect making of tl:e Association, just previous to the A nnual the plans for the new East E nd Hospital, but the Meet1l1 g of the R.A.r.C. delegati on did not meet with a very sympathetic re­ ception. A. F r a~k \Vickson, who was requested to investi­ g,ate t~ e alms and obj ects of the Provincial Appren­ F ollowing on the notice of the determination of gceshl p Board, made a favourable report to the the State of Michigan to rigidly enforce its Regis­ ,ouncIl and was appointed to represent the Associa­ tration Act, a copy of a letter from the Michigan tIOn. States Board of Examiners to Mr. Allaster, giving as a reason for not registering him or M r. Jacques, H ·! P . Hynes, A. F rank \Nickson and E ri c C. that no reciprocity was possible between the State Jl . a cenby, han been appointed a Comm ittee to draft of Michigan and the P rovince of Ontario, the duty a memorial fo r presentation to the P rovincial Gov­ on architects' plans coming into Canada was so high e r~m en t asking that the preparation of plans fo r as to be prohibitive, consequently their applications pn vate undertakings should not be permitted in were declined. 40 THE JOURNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF CANADA January, '27

The Royal Institute of British Architects. is asking The Building Code Committee of the Department fo r in formation that wi ll assist in its applI catIOn to of Commerce. \\·ashingt on. has issued a report on Parliament for a R egistration Act. "Recommended Building Code Requirements for \ VorkinO' Stresses in Building Materials" 0 f \V'hich The Board of A rchitectural E ducati on of the copies are being obtained and will be sent to mem­ I\oyal Institute of BI'itish A rchitects has under con­ bers on request. sideration the exemption from the fin al exa111111atIOn W ith regard to duty on plans. :\/[r. Hynes reported for its fi ve year course to graduates in arch itecture that this matter was being taken up by the Institute. from the U niversity of T oronto. The Secretary was instructed to send this Cor­ James Mather, for 36 years a m ember of the respondence to ~fr. Hynes, P resident of the Royal O.A .A .. who has been practls111 g In Ottawa. and A rchitectural Institute o f Canada. to be used in now an i11l·alid. has been recommended by the Coun­ connection with the application about to be made cil fo r H onorary :-Iembershi p. to the L egislature.

TORONT O CHAPTER O.A.A. Secretary 1. :-farkus. 223 H oward Park A I·e. , T oronto. O n account o f the T oronto Chapter Exhibition the Board of Control hut un fortunately did not re- taking place the latter part of February. the r:.xccu- ceil'e fal'ourable consid eration . . til'e has decided to hold the /\nnual :-Teeting of the It has been deCIded to present a duplIcate of the Cl t · · '1' 1 19T/ :-redal of Honour to the owner of the most out- lap el 11l J.l alc l , '-. stand11l. g lhll' 11'( mg at t 1le CIlapt · er E Xll'l"I )Itlon . .A r- T he E xecutive Committee protestcd again st the rangements ha ve been made to have the Canadian City Architec t's Department preparing the plans fo r Exhibit at the recent Dominion and Coloni al E xhibi- the new East E nd H ospital. F oll owing thi s protest ti on held in London. England. shown at the Chapter the Chairman, M r. i\. H. Gregg, appeared hefore Exhibition.

The Saskatchewan Associat ion of Anclh.Jitects Secretary E . J. Gilbert, 2950 R obinson St. , Hegina. The Annual Meeting of the Saskatchewan Asso­ th e battlefield memorial designed and copyrighted ciation of Archi tects was held at the U ni ve rsity of some years ago by F. Chapman Clemesha, a mem­ Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. Sask. , on October 27th. ber of this Association. and was followed by the annual banquet at the Barry Other members were of the opinion that the de­ Hote!' sign !1l no wa v was an in fringement on M r. The two retiring members of the Council , Pres i­ clemesha's copyright. dent F. B. Reilly and \\T . G. VanEgmond, both inti­ As a resul t of the discussion, and without casting mated that thev did not wi sh to stand for re-elec­ any refl ecti on on the sin cerity of the Assessors of ti on, and i\'[. \V. Sharon and E. J. Gilhert were the competition in question, it was resoh'ed to send elected to fill the vacancies. The electi on of officers a copy of th e co rrespondence to the RA.I.C. with resulted as follows : it request that in order to make architectural com­ P res iden t-M. \ V. Sharon petitions more equitable. assessors appointed in First Vice-President-F. H. POI-tnall future should he impressed with the importance of Second Vice-President- David \ Vebster making an award strictl y in conformity with the Secretary-Treasurer- E . .T. Gilbert. conditions, which are lai d down fo r the guidance Other members of the Council are Professor A. R. of assessors and competitors ali ke. Greig. Frank P. i\ lartin and R G. Bunyard. T hat this is not always reali zed is proven by the Library Board-Prof. Grcig and F. P. Martin , fact that in the R egina competiti on. seyeral designs Delegate to R. A.I.c. Council-F. P . Martin. set apart fo r final consid erati on did not comply with Suhstitute- F·. H. P ortnal!. regulations as regards scale. number of drawings Vari ous matters of busin ess were di scussed. required and height of models. . among which was the des irabi li ty of hal'ing proper Some of the best architectural talent, having !11 plans and specifica ti ons appro\'ed fo r the erecti on mi nd the awards made in competitions in the past, of buildings in rural di stricts whi ch are not gO\·e rn .. hes itate at employing thei r time and eff ort on wO.rk ed by municipal building by- laws. The Council was of this nature. Competiti ons should either be cbs­ authori zed to appoint a committee to inten'iew the couraged altogether. or judged strictl y by the con­ Local Goyernment Board on the subject. ditions which conscientious competitors have worked The Hegina War :\:[cmorial Competition. which weeks to fulfil. and it is only by attracting the best caused considerable controyersy in Regina at the talen t of the profession that promoters can hope to time the award was made public, drew forth the ohtain the res ul ts for which the\' striye. greatest di scussion. It was considered bl' mam' The suauestion reo·a rdin g· the- aI)I)ointment of as" membcrs that the di stin cti ye feature of the desig;l sessors is h'" reco mmended" for , the consideration of a II placed first and el· en tually erected, was a copy of P rO\' incial O rganizat·iol1s. '27 THE J OURNAL ROYAL ARCHITECTURAL I NSTITUTE OF CANADA xxv Jan uary,

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"Pencil Poin ts" announce an archi tectural compe­ Notes ti,ti on sponsored by the A rkansas Soft Pine Bureau 11 r. H . H. Gillingham , A rchitect, of Vancouver, fo r a residence and garage to be built of A rkansas Soft P in e. T he competition is open to all architects announces the l- emoval of hi s offi ce to 207 Northwest and draftsmen and prizes are offered of $1000, Building, Vancou ve r. $500, $250 and $100 for first, second, third and M r. Earle L. Sheppard, Architect, fo rmerl y with fourth designs. T he competition is being conducted Herbert Horner, A rchitect, has opened an office for by R ussell F . W hi tehead who is the professional the practice of al-chitecture at 57 Queen Street west, advisor, and the jury of award will be H . T. Linde­ Toronto. berg, New York ; F rank B . :iVI eade, Cleveland ; :Mr. F . H . Portnall, Architect, R egina, vice-presi­ A rthur 1. lVIeigs, P hi ladelphia ; H ubert G. R ipley, dent of the Saskatchewan Associati on of A rchitects, ]3oston ; and E rnest J ohn R ussell 0 f St. Louis. The has left for a three months' trip to E ngland and the competition closes on March 14, 1927. Programme Continent, accompani ed by Mrs. P ortnall. and conditions can be secured from " P encil Points". M r. Ralph C. Sil ve r, Danville, Q uebec, has been The Port Colborne plant of the Canada Cement awarded the J enkin s ]3 rothel- Limited scholarshi p Company were recently awarded a trophy hy the fo r students entering the fourth year of engineer­ P ortland Cement Associati ol1 for a perfect safety ing at McGill U niversity. record in 1925_ M r. H orace L. Seymour of Vancouver was elect­ M r. G. S. Brown , P resident of the A lpha Port­ ed P resident of the Town P lanning Institute of land Cement Company of Easton, Pennsylvania, was Canada to succeed the late James E wing, of Mont­ recently elected president of the Portland Cement real. Association at their anual meeting in Chicago. M r. Henry Sproatt, LL.D., R.C.A., A rchitect, of Toronto, was elected P residen t of the Royal Cana­ dian Acadenw of A rts in succession to M r. -G. Horne Conection Russell at th~ 48th annual meeting o f the Academy e regret the error made in our article on the which was held in T 01"O nto on November 19. 'vV Nurses' National Memorial, Parliament ]3 ui ldings, Sir Edwin Lutyens was awarded the Royal Insti­ Ottawa, appearing in the November-December issue. tute of British A rchitects' Medal and Diploma for The I-Ion. P. C. Larkin, Canadian H igh Commis­ hi s " ]3ritannic House". This medal is awarded an­ sioner, was mentioned as a member of the Advisory nually to the best street frontage and architectural Committee. This was incorrect. M r. Gerald Larkin, building completed wi thin a radius of four miles a son of the H igh Commi ssioner, was a member of from Charing Cross during the past three years. thi s committee.

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