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Little Succeeds Gamble as AIA District Director 4 Consultant Will Survey FAA's Insurance Needs 6 Revelation, Reason and Action 9 Convention Keynote Address by Samuel T. Hurst, AJA Post-Convention Report . 11 By John Stetson, AJA New FAA Officers for 1960 11 Committee Named to Select New FAA Eecutive Director 12 Between The Business Sessions 13 Five Awards Named from Exhibit of Architects' Work 13 FAA Honor A ward - 1959 Convention 14 1959 Convention Resolutions 17 FAA Standards of Good Practice . 20 News and Notes 21 Advertisers' Index 27

F.A.A. OFFICERS - 1959 The FLORIDA ARCHITECT, Official Journal of the Florida Association of Architects of the John Stetson, President, P. 0. Box 2174, Palm Beach American Institute of Architects, is owned by the Florida Association of Architects, Inc., a Robert H. Levison, First Vice-President, 425 So. Garden Ave., Clearwater Florida Corporation not for profit, and is pub­ Verner Johnson, Second Vice-President, 250 N. E. 18th St., Miami lished monthly, Suite 414, Dupont Plaza Cen­ Arthur Lee Campbell, Third Vice-President,. 115 So. Main Street, Gainesville ter, Miami 32, Florida; telephone FR 1-8331. Francis R. Walton, Secretary, 142 Bay Street, Daytona Beach Editorial contributions, including plans and photographs of architects' work, are welcomed Joseph M. Shifalo,. Treasurer, Suite 8, Professional Center, Winter Park but publication cannot be guaranteed. Opinions H. Samuel Kruse, Immediate Past President, C of C Bldg., Miami expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the Editor or the Florida Association of Architects. Editorial material may be freely reprinted by other official AIA publications, Roger W. Sherman, Executive Director, 414 Dupont Plaza Center, Miami 32. provided full credit is given to the author and to The FLORIDA ARCHITECT for prior use . . . . Advertisements of products, materials and DIRECTORS services adaptable for use in Florida are wel­ comed, but mention of names or use of illus­ BROWARD COUNTY: Robert E. Hall, Robert E. Hansen; DAYTONA BEACH: trations, of such materials and products in David A. Leete; FLORIDA CENTRAL: Eugene H. Beach, Anthony L. Pullara, either editorial or advertising columns does not Robert C. Wielage; FLORIDA NORTH: Turpin C. Bannister, FAIA, M. H. constitute endorsement by the Florida Associ­ ation of Architects. Advertising material must Johnson; FLORIDA NORTH CENTRAL: James A. Stripling; FLORIDA NORTH conform to standards of this publication; and WEST: Hugh J. Leitch; FLORIDA SOUTH: James L. Deen, Herbert R. Savage, the right is reserved to reject such material be­ Wahl J. Snyder, Jr., FAIA; JACKSONVILLE: Robert C. Broward, A. Eugene cause of arrangement, copy or illustrations. Cellar; MID-FLORIDA: Robert B. Murphy, Rhoderic F. Taylor; PALM . . . Accepted as controlled circulation publi­ BEACH: Donald R. Edge, Frederick W. Kessler. cation at Miami, Florida. Printed by McMurray Printers

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DECEMBER 1959 3 Little Succeeds Gamble As AIA District Director

ROBERT M. LITTLE, Florida South Chapter, was elected AIA Director for the Florida District at the Jackson­ ville C01wcntion of the FAA last month. He will succeed CLINTON GAMBLE, Broward County Chapter, ~ who was appointed by the AIA Board to fill the unexpired term of the late ~~u!!o~2 Sanford \\!. Goin, FAIA. He was G OF ALUMINUM elected for a three-year term and will A wide range of quality aluminum products - assume his formal duties as an AIA h, doors, cu rt a i n - w a 11 extrusions - which can be Director immediately following the engineered to your own design AIA Convention in April. or specified in several standard types, sizes and finishes . . . . Though not a native-born Flor­ idian, the new District Director has been an active resident of the State for almost 30 years and has been in independent practice in Miami since 1933. He was born in Uniontown, ROBERT M. LITTLE, AIA Pa., and received his architectural training at the Beaux Arts and T­ Squarc Club in Philadelphia and in the office of JonN T. \VINDRIJ\I. For se,·en years prior to opening his own In 34 spark I ing colors for curtain walls that are non-fading, self­ office he was associated with the firm cleaning, high in insulating value of ROBERT A. TAYLOR in Miami and low in cost .... Beach. His AIA membership elates from 1942; and almost from that time he has been active in both Chapter and BROWN state association affairs. He has served on many committees of both and organizations, was elected president of GRIST the Florida South Chapter for 194 7 and of the FAA for 19 50. Rugged, heavy-section windows for all types of buildings where preci­ Little's nomination occurred as sion quality, lasting good looks something of a surprise development and freedom from maintenance G. CLINTON GAMBLE, AIA expense are important factors of design .... at the Convention. It had been gen­ erally assumed that CLINTON GAMBLE some position of higher responsibility would accept a nomination for a full at the national level. I believe our three-year term. He had been named AIA director should serve with the GEORGEC.c by the Nominating Committee; but willingness to accept the opportunity RIFFIN immediately thereafter he asked that for national office ·when it occurs. G 0. his name be omitted from the Cam­ "Another is my sincere wish to de­ 4201 St. Augustine Rood mi ttcc' s list. Pressed for reasons be­ vote more of my energies and avail­ P.O. Box 5151, Jacksonville, Florida hind his decision, the District Di­ able time to what can be called 'grass rector authorized this statement: roots' matters. ,\Juch needs to be "Some of the reasons controlling done at our own local state level to For full information call: my unwillingness to serve a new term improve the standing and perform­ as the Florida District Director are ance of our profession. And specifically in Jacksonville George Griffin purely personal. Beyond these, how­ there exists a fascinating opportunity in Tampa .... Doug LaHayne ever, are two which I think are to improve existing conditions at the in Tallahassee ..... Al Yates equally important. University of Florida and so to bring in Ocala ...... Van Akin "One is that I havz no ambitions the educational background for archi­ for any AIA national office. Logically, tecture in closer alignment with the in Palm Beach .... Ed Kader a three-year director from Florida problems and possibilities of profes­ could well become a candidate for sional practice."

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DECEMBER l 959 5 Consultant Will Survey FAA'S Insurance Needs

At the prc-cmweution meeting of the Board, November 11, CLIFFORD F. GouLD, C.L.U., of Coral Gables, was unanimously appointed as a pro­ fessional insurance consultant for the FAA. Ilis activity as an advisor on insurance ma ttcrs docs not i1wolvc payment of any salary or fee from the FAA's general funds; but the Board voted that the sum of $ 500 be allo­ cated to defray Mr. Gould's out-of­ pockct expenses incident to his work on behalf of FAA members. The FAA's new insurance consult­ ant's first activity 'Nill be to obtain facts relative to insurance situations and needs now current among the membership. This will be done through a survey-questionnaire to be CLIFFORD R. GOULD, C.L.U. mailed soon to each corporate and CHECKLIST associate member. Various types of tion. Partly also it has resulted from coverages will then be recommended as the fact that through an association, for service! may be required from facts uncovered coverages can be obtained to meet by the questionnaire. Insurance speci­ specifications at lower rates but with • Reinforcing Steel fications will be drawn up by the con­ better ser\'icc. l\Tr. Gould's appointment is for a • Structural Steel sultant; and on the basis of these he two-year period. It \rill then be sub­ • Complete Engineering & will then obtain bids from companies best able to serve the various phases ject to review at a prc-comTntion Fabricating Facilities of an overall insurance program. meeting of the FAA Board. • Bar Joists The survey-questionnaire will not • Aluminum & Steel Sash obligate the FAA nor its members. It • Steel Doors & Frames will be used solely as the factual basis Changes • Miscellaneous Iron & for specific insurance recommenda­ Aluminum tions. l\1 cm hers arc urged to complete T'he office of the Secretary of the • Ornamental Iron the questionnaire as fully as possible State Board of Architecture, l\ foR­ and to return it promptly after receiv­ TON T. IRONi\IONGEit, has a new ad­ • Steel Roof Deck ing it. dress. It was recently mo\·ed from • Steeltex Mr. Gould was presented to the 1261 East Las Olas Boulc,·ard, to 2 3 5 • Highway Products JI AA Board by CLINTON GAMBLE, S. E. 1 3th Avcn uc, l<'ort La uderdalc. • Corruform AIA District Director. I le is a mem­ The Board's post office address is P. • Sonotubes ber of the insurance firm of Gould 0. Box 2447, Ft. Lrnclcrdalc. • Metal Culverts and Gould, a Chartered Life Under­ FRANCIS E. TEI,ESCA, Florida South • Polyethylene Plastic Film wri tcr - generally equivalent to a Chapter, formerly ch i e f architect Fellowship in the AIA - and for the with the firm of Rader and Associ­ past several years has specialized in a tcs, has announced the opening of the field of professional insurance con­ his own office at 7299 S. \V. 7lJth FLORIDA STEEL sultation. He is currently a consult­ Court, Miami -f 3. C 0 RPO RATI 0 N ant to several national and state asso­ The Gaines\·illc partnership of ciations which, like the FAA, have CAl\IPBELL, ()'KELLEY and l\IAY has recognized the dcsira bili ty of utilizing been dissoh'ed. ARTHUR LEE CAl\IP­ the experience of an unbiased expert BELL has announced the opening of to coordinate their insurance require­ his own office at Room 203, Secur­ TAMPA 8-0451 ments. I Iis success in this field has ity Building, 110') \V. Uni\'crsity ORLANDO GArden 2-4539 been based partly on his technique of A\·cnue, Gaincs\'illc. Ilis former ad­ MIAMI NEwton 4-6576 preparing insurance specifications for dress \\'as 11 5 South Main Street, JACKSONVILLE Elgin 5-1662 group need based on survey informa- Gainesville.

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By SAMUl:L T. ~URST, AIA, Dean, School of Architecture and The Arts, Alabama Polytechnic Institute

No word or word concept today en­ mancls of technology and of business? take, \\-C require a reminder that un­ joys more use and abuse than the word Arc we trying to be all things to all less the architect he creator, he is not creativity. \Vith its many derivatives, men-as well as some things to a few architect. To that essential beginning it is waved about every cause like a women-and in the process suffering he may then add all the roles so skil­ banner of virtue, of action and of diffusion of identity and responsibility fully depicted by Mr. Ehrlich's car­ progress. \Vho can be against it? \:Vho beyond reason and beyond our ability toons \vhich hang in the next room.* is not creative? \Vho in his own mind to perform? Today I want to speak of the archi­ docs not march under that banner I leave the answers to these ques­ tect in both the individual and in the toward a better \\·orld-bc it in archi­ tions in the capable hands of others. corporate sense-as the office, the or­ tecture, education, business or indus­ It seems to me sufficient here to un­ ganization, the team \\·hich produces try? dertake some clarification of terms, a whole job. It is clear that the quality The housewife, even, is now being some statement of what creativity and we term creativity is not common to freed of drudgery in the modern the creative process is and what corner us all in any constant degree. All of kitchen by the modern miracles of of the wide creative field the architect us can, however, recognize that qual­ kitchen mechanics-freed to engage has in which to work. From such an ity and if we care enough insure its in "more creative activity." And the analysis and the personal statements preeminence in our corporate work. :Merchants of l\Iaclison Avenue allow of artists, scientists, philosophers and The alternate is to recognize a class the "creative man" to do his own theologians recognized in our time, we structure within the profession - an thinking-though inevitably he might gain understanding, gain insight aristocracy of crcati,·c architects, an chooses Viceroy! which will increase the productivity aristocracy which, to a marked extent, \Vhy is it that we constantly pro­ of our already developed intelligence already exists. In a broader sense, each claim what really is a natural, essen­ and may serve to increase our loyalty man must nurture creativity in the tial quality and force in our lives? Is to its demands. search for his own personal signifi­ that force so suppressed and our sense This, I think, is the reason we come cance, for individuality, for an affirm­ of inadequacy so great that we pro­ here to examine this most elusive ation of his life's purpose-or what claim creativity as a substitute for of architectural qualifications. In the the psychologists call an affirmative re­ practicing it? Arc \Ve like the husband complex professional role we under- lation to his \\·ork and to his time. who, rising on l\fonday morning, in­ ':'The reference is to a group of symbolic This necessity is powerfully presented sists to his wife, cartoons which Samuel Ehrlich. New York in the view of one psychologist, Louis "I love you, I love you, I love you, artist. created for the Architectural Record \Vay, in a book entitled "l\fan's Quest I love you, I love you! Now, damn it, in connection with a series of articles, de­ reloped by Emerson Goble, Record editor, for Significance". don't ask me again for another week!" OH the many-faceted functions of the ar­ In our architecture, is it that pro­ chitect in today's social complex. Some The great volume of work today by of these cartoons were reproduced, the group or the corporate architect fessional schizophrenia has made us through the generous cooperation of Ar­ lose contact with the direct emotional chitectural Record, as part of the decor­ relics not only on the protection and experience which is the artist's expres­ ative setting for the exhibit of architects' the utilization of individual creativity and students' work at the FAA Convcll­ sion in order to cope with the de- tion. (Continued on Page 10)

DECEMBER 1959 9 Five .. ."New life comes from out­ Revelation, Reason and Action ... side our world. Production by purely (Continued from Page 9) conscious calculation seems never to within the group, but as well upon stems from the fact that he always occur." a high order of group creativity. A use­ subordinates revelation to reason in Six .. ."\VILL belongs to the con­ ful story in this regard is told by WAL­ theological matters. Observing the cur­ scious life only. It is effective in ob­ TER GROPIUS concerning a meeting rent state of our world affairs, might taining objects in view, but it cannot held down in Mexico when he and we not concur with Brunner and look enable us to move in directions that FRANK LLOYD \'1RIGHT were sitting on for a more creative approach to pol­ have not yet been discovered." the same panel and discussing their itics, to peace and prosperity? Seven .. ."By no means all the crea­ personal philosophies. Gropius had a In this broad sense creativity is fun­ tive process is primarily a spontaneous great deal to say about collaboration damental to man's evolutionary proc­ development. Two important stages in and the group and team effort. Wright ess and indeed is a function necessary it are predominantly conscious and took his position on the panel and for his sur\'ival. What I have called critical; and in these WILL properly said, revelation-this process of ideation, of functions. It is of use in that prelim­ "Now, Walter, don't you think you giving form to our ideas-is, I think, inary labor, or sometimes less burden­ rather overdo this business of collab­ the result of the inter-action between some preparation without which there oration and team work? If you wanted knowledge and experience stored in can be no significant creativity, and to make a baby, you wouldn't go next our subconscious mind and the gnaw­ in the work of verification, correction door and call in your neighbor." ing problems we live with and feed and revision that ordinarily follows Gropius reflected for a moment. into that subconscious. and completes or refines its product. Then he said, \V1LLIAM PERIERA, speaking at the D. H. Lawrence is reported to have "\Vell, I might-if she were a New Orleans Convention, spoke of de­ written 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' three woman!" sign as "the lonely act of creation­ times." not problem-solving." I like that I think that doing a good building This has been very much a clinical phrase, but would say that creativity is, in fact, not unlike making a baby. approach to this subject. In the next itself is problem-solving on the very It takes two to conceive-a sensitive few days you will discuss what you highest plane. It is problems which architect and a willing client. It takes have already faced-some of the real­ make creativity and creative design a long time to deliver; the pain of ities of the architect's work. Can archi­ urgent. The compulsion for creativity labor is great; and it always costs more tecture be really both art and busi­ is the insufficiency of the existing than you expect. ness? Is creativity economical? I think known order and form of things. It Creati\'ity, we know, is the quality it is in the long-term sense of the is now predicted by some that the full of conception, of new conception, of architect's survival. In the immediate store of man's knowledge will double invention, of productivity, of forming sense, perhaps not-in point of view in the next ten years. \Vhat a stagger­ and bringing into existence. It is an of time consumed or risks involved. ing and really frightening challenge to acti''C quality of liberation, or aggres­ Certainly it is not easy, for every new creativity! siveness. Creativity is affirmative, not design idea requires the revision of negative; constructive, not destructive. From an excellent book on "The others and the a clap tat ion of the By its nature it adds to the existing Creative Process" by BREWSTER Gm­ standards and systems by vvhich we established order; and while it may SELIN we may draw the personal testi­ already work. mony of some 30 or 40 recognized challenge, overthrow or supersede the There is on my faculty one very existing order, it cannot erase it. creators from all fields. The consensus of their sta tern en ts as condensed by respected design teacher who came to Let us now try to see the crca tivc Ghisclin establishes some fundamen­ us from a very respected design office. process in its three components or tals of crca ti vi ty. I want to q note a In that office he had the reputation stages. Recognizing the wide variabil­ kw of them for you here: for doing buildings which always won ity of personal experience, I want to awards, but nen:r made any money. One .. ."The creative order is not suggest that these three components And yet I know that that office is as an elaboration of the established, but are revelation, reason and action. The busy as any office in our area and that a movement beyond the established­ creative act as revelation emanates they continue to win awards and that or at least the reorganization of it." from our subconscious mind and our they draw the best students out of our pure senses. It is directed then, tested, Two .. ."Vital change goes on de­ school. modified, challenged and judged spite all opposition and indifference." \Vhat arc the enemies of creativity? worth while, or not, by our conscious Three .. ."Even when an artist has They are many. Vocational education reason. Then, by action it is executed found his way, the opposition between in the name of architecture is one. and put to use. the new and old persists, for the un­ The conventions of a formalized so­ realized continues to draw him. The I like the theologian's term "revela­ ciety, the indifference of a large seg- tion", for I think it suggests the restlessness of the inventor is unend­ ment of the profession, the inability searching and the yearning which pre­ ing. He has an inordinate appetite for cede creation and the spontaneity and discovery and the ability to satisfy it." of the client to discriminate in many release which accompany it. Swiss the­ Four .. ."The faithful formalist has cases and the general prosperity of our ologian EMIL BRUNNER contends that no chance of creating anything. What time arc others. Compulsion toward much of modern man's predicament is needed is control and direction." (Continued on Page 19)

10 THE FLORIDA ARCHITECT Post Convention Report

By JO~N STE:TSON 1 AIA President Florida Association of Architects

The 4 5th Annual Com·cntion of and scn-ing as Editor for The Florida tinuancc of the present high standard the Florida Association of Architects Architect. This proposal was submit­ of publication with no interruption. will probably set an all time record for ted to the Board and to the Conven­ length of business sessions. I judge all Group Insurance tion. A committee composed of your The Convention voted approval to who attended will ha,·e returned home President as temporary chairman, com·inced that much was accom­ employ Clifford F. Gould, C.L.U ., as -vv AHL J. SNYDER, F AIA, RoY M. an insurance consultant to set up a plished. This report is being written PooLEY, ROBERT H. LEVISON and with a twofold purpose - to consoli­ master plan for the Association, offer­ FRANCIS R. \VALTON was elected to date in semi-report form the happen­ ing all the advantages of group insur­ negotiate a contract with RoGER \V. ings of the convention for the mem­ ance to all members. SHERMAN and to report to the Board bership as a whole, and to advise meeting on December 5th. A meet­ Legal Counsel those members not fortunate enough ing of the committee was held imme­ The Board voted, and the Conven­ to attend of the actions of the Asso­ diately following the close of the con­ tion concurred, that we retain our ciation in meetings assembled. vention and negotiations were begun present attorney, BEN l\I o NT 1\;1. with Roger on Monday, November TENCH, JR., on the present job basis F.A.A. Office Space 16. On November 17, ROBERT H. until after a new Executive Director The convention ratified the action LEVISON was appointed by your Presi­ is employed. The Board seems divided of the Board of Directors in rnting to dent to serve as permanent chairman as to whether a retainer or a job basis maintain the offices of the Associa­ of this committee. It is sincerely is the best method of employing legal tion at their present quarters in the hoped that successful negotiations counsel. Dupont Plaza Center, Miami, until arc forthcoming to permit the con- (Continued on Page 12) the lease now held by the Florida South Chapter, A.I.A. expires ( Febru­ arv 28, 196 3) or until we move our h~adquarters to another city. FAA Chooses New Officers for 1960 Executive Director A committee composed of VERNF.R J OIINSON, chairman, FRANCIS R. \VAL­ TON, RoY -M. PooLEY, ARTHUR LEE CAMPBELL and JORN STETSON was elected bv the combined Old and New Boards t~ interview applicants for the position of F.A.A. Executive Director and to report to a meeting of the Board of Directors to be held at Gainesville, December ~th. In the interim, the Com·ention ,-otcd to ex­ tend the employment of VERNA ~I. SHERMAN to continue current admin­ istrative duties under existing proced­ ures. This will permit the operation of the F .A.A. office with no interrup­ tion. Here are some of the 1960 officers of the FAA as the cameraman caught them Magazine Editor at the Convention's closing session, Saturday morning, November 14. Left to right they are, Francis R. Walton, Daytona Beach Chapter, re-~lected as FAA RoGER \V. SHERMAN, in submitting Secretary; John Stetson, Palm Beach Chapter, re-elected as Pr.es1de~t f~>r, 1960; his resignation as Executive Director Robert M. Little, Florida South Chapter,. chosen as the Florida D1str1ct s AIA Director, and Roy M. Pooley, Jr., Jacksonville Chapter, next year's Treasurer. of asked permission to submit a proposal the FAA. Also elected (but missing from the photo) was Robert B. Murphy, M1d­ to the Board rclati,·c to his operating Florida Chapter, as the FAA's Third Vice-President from the Central Area.

DECEMBER 1959 11 Post Convention Report ... Program for 1960 Your President desires to instigate something else under the heading of (Continued from Page 11) A poll of the Board indicated that new business. I have asked (and hope the following projects arc worthy of Charter and By-Laws he will serve) Bob Levison to be chair­ our consideration: man of a "Committee on Commit­ The changing over of the State 1. Better liai on between the tees." This would greatly reduce the Association to a District of the A.I.A. F.A.A. and Chapters. correspondence flooding the presi­ required certain Charter and By-Laws 2. Wider participation by the dent's office and would permit the revisions. In addition it appeared that membership in writing articles Board at each meeting to receive a re­ other minor changes and clarifications for The Florida Architect and port, from only one person, of the were in order. This required a careful other publications. entire committee structure and op­ analyzation and was time-consuming, 3. Closer alliance of the F.A.A. eration, greatly reducing this time­ but accomplished much to simplify Board and the Florida State absorbing factor. the problems of the Board and of Board of Architecture. By re-electing your president for a legal counsel. One important point 4. New building for the Univer­ second term, you have indicated a cer­ concerns membership. Associates are sity of Florida, School of Archi­ tain willingness to proceed further members of the Florida Association of tecture. with the type of program instigated Architects and must pay dues. If a 5. Expansion of our Public Rela­ in 19 59. It will never be possible for man objects to this (classification or tions program. an administration to satisfy every dues ) it is suggested that the Chapter 6. Continuance of seminars (like member. All a president can do is change its By-Laws to include a clas­ the Office Practice Workshop champion the program aimed at do­ sification of membership to cover this of this past summer) . ing the most for the largest percent­ type of individual, eliminating the 7. Setup of an annual meeting of age of the membership. Certainly the confusion that would exist if the Chapter Presidents, to be held work accomplished in 19 59 indicates F .A.A. By-Laws are not followed. in conjunction with the annual that never have so many members convention. taken such an active part in the work Future Conventions 8. Long-range legislative goal. of the Florida Association of Archi­ 9. A program for the edification The F .A.A. Convention in 1960 tects. We've still a lot to do, and of City and other government­ will be held probably at Hollywood, everyone's assistance is needed. Con­ al officials o f t h e v a 1 u e of with the Broward Chapter as hosts. trary to all that was once said about architects serving on boards Already they have indicated that the the profession, I have found the vast pertaining to building, zoning, theme "Designing For Our Climate" majority of its members willing and is being considered. This is an excel­ planning, etc. able to assist in any worthy program, lent choice and should prove an in­ 10. Organization of an "Architect but at the same time remain vigilant teresting topic for many discussion in Training" program. against outside interference, absorp­ periods. In 1961 the Palm Beach 11. Continued close association tion by others, or for one minute re­ Chapter will be hosts to the Conven­ with the School of Architecture linquishing control of any functions tion. Don't forget the A.I.A. Con­ at Gainesville to offer assistance of the Association. Your Board's one vention in April at San Francisco. to both faculty and students. desire, I've found, i to work for the Also, in 1963 the A.I.A. Convention 12. Set up of a long range program interests of the Association and its in­ will be held at Miami Beach. No to study our obtaining a head­ dividual members. They need your doubt we'll be busy. quarters building. support and suggestions.

.·.·.·.·.·.·.··:·:::::::::::::::::. •••::::: ••••• •••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••• :·:::::=:=:=:::::.:=:=:-:==:=:=:=: :~:I:f{:~:~f::~::r::::::=:: him for next year indicated an in­ Committee Named to Select crease, rather than a decrease, in both activities and responsibilities. New FAA Executive Director "During the past two years, particu­ larly, the FAA has expanded rapidly," A five-man committee was named communicated his decision to relin­ he said. "As a result, duties specified at the FAA Board's post-convention quish the Executive Director's post in in the service agreement executed two meeting for the purpose of selecting a letter to President John Stetson. The years ago have become increasingly a new executive director for the FAA letter was in the form of a resignation; complex. It is now evident that the and conducting scrvice contract nego­ but since it specified an effective date FAA needs to re-analyze its adminis­ tiations with him for subsequent rati­ as the termination of the service agree­ trative needs and re-orient its working fication by the Board. ment in force, the FAA Board was organization to care for them more Services of such a committee were under no necessity of either accepting adequately than is possible under the made evident during the November 11 or rejecting it. present setup." meeting of the Board when the FAA's Chief among reasons for his resig­ For the past four years-the last present Executive Director stated he nation was the Director's opinion that two as Executive Director-the FAA's would not be a candidate for reap­ duties with which he was charged had administrative officer has been charged pointment after expiration of his serv­ become too great to be discharged with a many-sided responsibility. This ice agreement which terminates De­ competently by a single individual­ has included: One, administering the cember 31, 19 59. Previously he had yet the service agreement tendered to operation of the FAA office and per-

12 THE FLORIDA ARCHITECT sonnel; two, acting as liaison between the FAA and various governmental Between the Business Sessions • • • and legislative agencies and represent­ ing FAA interests on a resident basis at sessions of the State Legislature; tlzree, acting as the FAA's liaison \vith various Chapters of the Association; four, general development and operat­ ing supervision of FAA annual con­ ventions. In addition, he has acted as editor-publisher of the FAA's Official Journal and has been charged with conducting this activity in such a manner as to provide the FAA' s gen­ eral operating fund with a source of additional income. In submitting his resignation, the Executive Director indicated a willing­ ness to continue an association with the FAA as editor-publisher of The Snapped at the Thursday dinner meeting above Florida Architect under a nmtually were Edwin T. Reeder, satisfactory working a gr c em c n t. At Kenneth Jacobson, Her­ bert C. Millkey, FAIA, press time, no conclusion had been Mrs. C. E 11 is Duncan, reached relative to the publishing pro­ Harold A. Obst, C. Ellis posal requested by the FAA Board. Duncan and Mrs. Jacob­ son ... Convention ladies A Board Committee composed of enjoyed the architectural ROBERT II. LEVISON, chairman, JonN exhibit as much as any­ STETSON, FRANCIS R. \VAT.TON, Rew one, especially this group which included Mrs. Rich­ ~I. PooLEY, JR., and \VAHL J. SNY­ ard Y. Pearson, Jr., Mrs. DER, FAIA, was studying the matter, Robert E. Boardman, Mrs. with a special Board meeting on De­ Norman E. Washer and Mrs. W. Mayberry Lee. ccm ber 5 slated as the target date for a final decision.

Five Awards Named from Exhibit of Architects' Work

From among some 50 submissions of architects' work which comprised the outstanding Architectural Exhibit of the FAA' s 4 5th Annual Com-cn­ tion, a fi,·e-man jury selected the fol­ lowing for awards: Honor Awards St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Sarasota, VICTOR A. LuNDY, architect; and Bath House for Hugh ~Iatheson, South Mi­ ami, PANCOAST, FERENDINO, SKEELS AND BuRNHAl\r, architects. i\1erit Awards: Civic Building for St. Peters­ burg Beach, \VILLIAJ\I B. HARVARD, Congressman Charles E. Bennet held an informal post-panel conference on architect, with B. E. JoLLY and ALLAN Saturday morning. Pictured here are, left to right, Congressman Bennett, RuDOLPH as associates; and Showroom Joseph M. Shifalo, Herbert R. Savage, Frederick W. Kessler, Kenneth Jacobson, for Galloway's Furniture Store, Sara­ Walter A. Taylor, FAIA, Roy M. Pooley, Jr., and (back to camera) Frederick Sherman, Real Estate Editor of the Miami Herald. sota, VICTOR A. LUNDY, architect. In addition, the jury selected for a Merit Award from submissions of stu­ Florida Architect. The award-winning BROWARD, host chapter chairman of dent work three abstract compositions bathhouse appears on pages 14 and the convention exhibit. The jury in­ by \VILLIAJ\I F. \VEDF.l\IYER, III. 1 5 of this issue. cluded PAUL H. HEFFERNAN, FAIA, Due to shortness of time before a The overall qua1ity and scope of chairman, Dean HENRY KAl\IPHOEF­ publication deadline for December, this year's architectural exhibit made NER, FAIA, HERBERT H. SWINBURNE, most of the awards will not be pub­ selection of award winners unusually AIA, DouGLAs HASKELL, AIA, and lished until the January issue of The difficult, according to RoBERT C. GARRET EKBO.

DECEMBER 1959 13 FAA Honor Award 1959 Convention • • • Bath House for Hugh Matheson, Jr., South Miami, Florida

Pancoast, Ferendino, Skeels & Burnham, Architects

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16 THE FLORIDA ARCHITECT 1959 Convention Resolutions • • •

The report of the Committee on money, time and efforts expended in \VmmEAS; The exhibits at this 45th Resolutions was presented at the Con­ current activities by pointing the di­ Annual Convention of the Florida As­ vention's Saturday luncheon meeting rection that current and future activ­ sociation of Architects arc outstanding, as the last order of Com·ention busi­ ities shall take to have accumulative both from a design view-point as well ness. ANTHONY L. PULLARA, as chair­ and long-term meanings; and, as the educational value; man, presented six resolutions which \VHEREAS; The officers and the Now, THEREFORE, BE IT RE­ had been considered by his committee, Board of the Florida Association of SOLVED: That this Convention express which included JAMES L. DEEN and Architects must have the expression its appreciation to the exhibitors par­ JACK MooRE. of the Association's long-range aims ticipating in this Convention for the The following, concerning building if its programs shall have continuity fine part they have played in making codes, was recommended for adoption year after year and shall reflect the it a success. by the Convention and reference to desires of the membership at large; the FAA Board for action. Conven­ Now, THEREFORE, BE h RE­ Appreciation to Jacksonville tion action was affirmati,·c on the SOLVED: That the following goals arc recommendation. the Florida Association of Architects' Council of The Arts long-term aims: \VHEREAS; The Jacksonville Coun­ Building Code for 1 ... The FAA shall develop a pub­ cil of The Arts has contributed much Unincorporated Areas lic understanding of sound community to the success and entertainment of growth and the value of competent the 4 5th Annual Convention of the \VHEREAS; The present lack of con­ architectural service in that growth; Florida Association of Architects; and, trol for the construction of buildings 2 ... The FAA shall be the center \VHEREAs; They have given so gen­ outside incorporated areas allows the for coordinating and rallying the activ­ erously of their time and talents in construction of buildings which are ities of the various clements of Flor­ making this Convention a success; many times dangerous to the health, ida's building industry toward improv­ and, safety and welfare of the general pub­ ing professional and trade practices; \VHEREAs; The Florida Association lic; and, 3 ... The FAA shall be the agency of Architects is desirous of creating \V HEREAS; It is recognized by many through which architects will continue and maintaining better understanding authorities and professions that some their education and improve their between all the professions encom­ measure of control is necessary, services for the mutual benefit of passing the fine arts; Now, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED architects and the public; and, Now, THEREFORE, BE IT RE­ BY THIS CONVENTION: That the policy BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That SOLVED: That this Convention ex­ of the Florida Association of Archi­ the Board and Officers of the Florida presses its wholehearted appreciation tects now is to proceed with all clue Association of Architects so direct the to the Jacksonville Council of The dispatch with steps necessary, as seems programs and activities and establish Arts for the high level of entertain­ best, to secure adoption of a building policies so that the main effort of the ment which they have contributed to code which will protect the unincor­ Association is channeled for the pur­ this Convention. porated areas of the State. pose of attaining the long-term aims A policy resolution was presented of the Association. A Bow To The Ladies by the Committee without recom­ The following four resolutions were mendation. However, its adoption by reported to the Convention with rec­ \VHEREAS; The \Vives and sweet­ the Convention was moved and sec­ ommendation to approve and their hearts have added beauty, compan­ onded from the floor and unani­ adoption moved by the Resolution ionship, gaiety and good counsel to mously ,·otccl. It, too, will be referred Committee Chairman: the various deliberations of this, the to the Board for subsequent action 4 5th Annual Com·cntion of the Flor­ relative to implementation of its va­ Appreciation to ida Association of Architects; and, rious phases. \VHF.RF.As; These wives and sweet­ Product Exhibitors hearts ha,·c contributed helpfully to FAA1 s Long-term Aims \V1rnREAs; The exhibition of the the overall success of every phase of various building products at the An­ this Convention; and, \VnEREAs; The Florida Association nual Convention is of very great inter­ \VHEREAs; These helpmates of all of Architects has not stated its long­ est and educational value to those Florida Association of Architects mem­ range goals to fulfill the purpose attending the Convention; and, bers have, from behind the scenes, stated in its Charter and to give direc­ WHEREAS; Such exhibits not only provided inspiration and active help, tion to current activities or contin­ give the architects the opportunity to not only to the executive elements of uing programs, or for the establish­ keep up to date with the latest build­ this Convention, but also to its gen­ ment of sound fiscal and operational ing products, but also afford us the eral character; policies; and, opportunity to personally meet those Now, THEREFORE, BE IT RE­ WHEREAS; The statement of its who handle and distribute these prod­ SOLVED: That this Convention recog­ long-range goals will conserve the ucts; and, (Continued on Page 27)

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18 THE FLORIDA ARCHITECT the boundless enters into his life, into Revelation; Reason and Action ... his conscience, into his virtue, into his (Continued from Page 10) philosophy." concerted creative thought and action through, down to their remotest de­ And, finally, from ADLAI STEVE - i greatest in times of cri i . Where tails according to the restless spirit's so in an wer to the que tion, "What our desire i sufficient, I think none will." i a Liberal"-an answer we might of these enemie i invincible. Then, from Victor Hugo I think paraphra e for the creative architect: Many writers have beautifully dc- thi particular passage peaks to archi­ "First, he believes in the existence eribed the urrender to creativity and tects again and again: of the future as well as the past-and the restle nes of the inventi e mind. "Every man has within him his own believes that it can be made a good In summation here I'd like to bring Patmos. He is free to go, or not to go, future. If he is my age, he may often you just three. Fir t, from THOMAS out upon that frightful promontory thiik of the past; and he may think MA introducing hi tory of Joseph: of thought from which one perceives of it with affection and nostalgia. But "For do I not know the feeling? To the shadow. If he goes not, he remains he rejects the idea that it was better me, too, has unrest been ordained; in the common life, with the com.man have not I, too, been endowed with conscience, with the common virtue, than what we face now. In answer to a heart which knoweth no repose? with the common faith or with the the conservative's question, 'Whither The story-teller's star-is it not the common doubt; and it is well. For in­ are we drifting?' the liberal says, 'We moon, lord of the road, the wanderer ward peace it is evidently the best. If cannot drift; we must go.' Although who moves in his stations one after he goes out upon those heights, he is he respects the past, he has no desire another freeing himself from each? taken captive. The profound waves of to tinker with the clock or to turn it For the story-teller makes many a sta­ the marvelous have appeared to him. back. He does not try to force it ahead. tion, roving and relating, but pauses No one views with impunity that But he does wind the clock! only tent-wise awaiting further direc­ tions; and soon feels his heart beating ocean. Henceforth he will be the And so I ask this today: do we care high partly with desire, partly, too, thinker dilated, enlarged, but floating; enough to wind the clock to move from fear and anguish of the flesh, that is to say, the dreamer. He will with time toward fresh adventures; to but in any case as a sign that he must partake of the poet and the prophet. venture on to Hugo's "frightful prom­ take the road toward fresh adventures Henceforth a certain portion of him ontory" and there be taken captive? which are to be painstakingly lived belongs to the shadow. An element of I believe and I hope that we do.

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20 THE FLORIDA ARCHITECT Students to Compete on briefed on the scope and possibilities Committees concerned with construc­ of the sketch problem-including tion industry problems. FAA Stationery Design suggestions regarding typography-by Purpose of the meeting was to A design sketch problem has been RoY CRAVEN, in charge of the adver­ acquaint AIA personnel with subcon­ scheduled for students in the U /F tising design curriculum. tractors' views on the retained per­ College of Architecture and Fine Arts centage problem. This problem is relating to the design of stationery recognized as a serious one by virtually and membership cards for the FAA's Subcontractor Conference every segment of the construction in­ administrative office. Dean TURPIN C. On Retained Percentage dustry. And a series of conferences BANNISTER has authorized the sketch The matter of retained percentage with various groups within the in­ competition and has invited students -long a financial thorn in the opera­ dustry has been held during the past of the Ach-ertising Design curriculum ting side of general contractors-was few years with little concrete results as well as those in the Architectural the subject of a day-long discussion in the way of an overall policy to Department to compete. The FAA's November 5 between architects, sub­ show for them. According to AIA office will make two prizes available; contractors and surety bond experts Executive Director Edmund R. Pur­ $2 5 for the design placed first for the at the AIA headquarters in \Vashing­ ves, FAIA, this most recent meeting stationery-letterheads and envelopes ton. Called by the AIA, the meeting "has undoubtedly made an impact -and $15 for that placed first for the included representatives of 12 na­ on the AIA leadership." Purves said membership cards. t i o n a 1 subcontractor organizations, that as a result of the discussion the The sketch problem has been sched­ building product companies, the Pro­ AIA Board "will most likely" again uled for December 4; and judgment ducers' Council, the Association of consider the Institute's policy on the will be rendered Deccm ber 5. It is Casualty and Surety Companies, The matter of retained percentages. hoped that winning designs can he Surety Association of America and the Economists have figured that the shown in The Florida Architect for National Association of Credit Man­ withholding of an unnecessarily high January. Assistant Professor \VILLIAr-..r agement. The AIA was represented by proportion of contract payments re­ STEW ART is in charge of the design six national officers and directors as sults m effectively freezing many competition; and all entrants will be well as chairmen of national AIA (Continued on Page 22)

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DECEMBER 1 959 21 News & Notes ____ (Co11tin11ed from Page 21) millions of dollars annually. In addition, it tends to raise the cost of construction since it often makes necessary additional financing, on an expcnsi\'e, short-term basis, on the part of contractors who cannot obtain payments for work clone and materials furnished until the building has been certified as completed. Almost a year and a half ago-in Jtme, 19 58-thc Specialty Contractors Association, at a meeting in Chicago, adopted the resolution that, "Re­ tained percentages of work completed THIS YEAR IT WAS NECKTIES ... The custom of identifying Host Chapter on all construction work shall be 10 committeemen started at the 1957 Convention in Clearwater by the red coats percent of all work completed up to of the "Clearwater Hunt Club" was continued in Jacksonville this year. Each 50 percent of the total contract price member of the Jacksonville Convention Committee sported a new necktie in the colors chosen for the styling of the Convention literature and program. on either subcontractor or general Here are some of them-and their badge of office. Left to right, C. Stanley work-the retainer fees not to exceed Gordon, Wayne P. Meyers, Lamar Drake, Robert E. Boardman, Taylor Hardwick, 5 percent of the total contract when Walter B. Schultz, John R. Graveley and Roy M. Pooley, Jr. work completed exceeds 50 percent approach to planning for community of the total contract." AIA Board Calls for Wider Civic Redesign building and re-building." Indications arc that this resolution In a statement issued immediately reflects the thinking of a large pro­ The AIA Board has called upon after its Portland, Oregon, meeting, portion of the construction inclnstry­ architects in every section of the na­ the AIA Board summed up the neces­ on both the general and the subcon­ tion to "take the lead in improving sity for professional action. In part, tract lcYcls. our cities by advancing a coordinated (Continued on Page 24)

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•22 THE FLORI DA ARCHITECT For a Better Job, Specify CRADLE DRAIN CRADLE DRAIN • • • Because ... 1. C.D. is the first major Now Used Exclusively by improvement in sub-surface drainfields. 2. C.D. has ten years of proven satisfactory usage. 3. C.D. costs no more than conventional drainfields. 4. C.D. insures a longevity of operation. 5. C.D. guarantees less chance of clogging. 6. C.D. is highly root-resistant. 7. C.D. eliminates rank growth and lawn streaks . ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• FLORIDA DEALERS L. C. Boggs Industries Hollywood, Florida Cochran Concrete Company Sarasota, Florida Dawson Company Riviera Beach, Florida F. A. Johnson, Inc. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Lake Alfred Concrete Products Lake Alfred, Florida Naranja Rock Company Naranja, Florida HOWARD JOHNSONS in Florida North Dade Septic Tank Co., Inc. North Miami Beach, Florida "In comparison to other types of drainfields, we do not hesitate to say Palm Beach Septic Tank Co. that it is every bit as good as any we have found available today, and we West Palm Beach, Florida Pence - Sitton Septic Tank Co. particularly like the cradle drainfield because a new installation can Melbourne, Florida be made very quickly and, even where large quantities of affluent have Sanitary Engineering Co., Inc. to be disposed of, it does not take a great deal of area as compared with Ormond Beach, Florida some other makes. It is very adaptable to a relay job without a long Geo. W. Shepard & Sons, Inc. Naples, Florida drawn out messy job."

1. Cradle Drain has been 2. Cradle Drain is the only 3. Cradle Drain has a peak- 4. Cradle Drain has been tested approved by the Florida drainfield in use today load storage reservoir above by the Wingerter Laborator- State Board of health on a where the distributor is the absorption area hold- ies, Inc. of Miami, Florida ... basis of a 1 to 4 ratio . .. a both above the reservoir ing the air-equivalent of and Report 44094 states con- 75% reduction in the length and above the 12-inch rock- 2Y2 gallons of water. elusively that Cradle Drain of the ordinary drainfield. bed absorption area. will withstand a destructive force of 12,000 pounds.

CRADLE DRAIN CORPORATION DUPONT PLAZA CENTER • SUITE 707 MIAMI 32, FLORIDA FRanklin 3-3371

DECEMBER 1959 23 News & Notes___ _ mittcc for their outstanding skill, in­ terest and exacting precision. Commit­ (Ccntinucd from Page 22) tee Chairman, ALFRED BROWNING the statement said: PARKER, VA.I.A., announced that se­ "Our first priority in this coming lections were made following personal decade must be to make our com­ inspection toms of the \\·ork sites nom­ Depend on Members of munities more li\'eable. efficient and inated, and after many inteffie\VS \Vith AIR-CONDITIONING beautiful. By 197 5 our total popula­ nominees' employers and fellow work­ tion will increase to around 22 5 mil­ ers. REFRIGERATION lion people, 70 percent of which will HEATING & PIPING live in cities and suburbs. Unless the ASSOCIATION, INC. habitation for this \'ast population ex­ 1390 N. W. 43rd ST. pansion is properly designed and built, MIAMI, FLORIDA our cities and suburbs will continue Phone NE 5- 8751 to generate slums and traffic conges­ MEMBERS OF RACCA - NATIONAL tion." C 0 N T R A Cl' 0 R S The AIA Board called for a more • Airko Air Condi1ioninµ; Company continuous and effective attention to • Cawtlio11, lludkv 1\1., l1w. • C1·111ral Hoof'" ·s"l'l'IY Co. soh·ing urban problems than has yet • Conditiorwd Air Corporation • IJonwsl ic Hefrigt·ra t ion been gi,·cn. • Ciff1·11 l11dustri1·s, Jnr. • llamilto11, Sam I.., l11e. "The decay of our cities is overtak­ • Ifill York C:crporatio11 • I\lcDonald Air Conditioning ing our limited on-again, off-again re­ • 1\lian:i Air Conditioning • l\liami Supn Cold, Inc. newal efforts. Our national pride, the • Poole & Kent Company • Zack Air Conditioning & RPfrigPration continuation of our high standard of living and our leadership of the free SUPPLIERS Hellmuth Thomas, tile setter, receives • A & B P1j" & • Corulas Corporation world demand sound and continuing his second annual craftsman award Steel Co. • Crn1·e.s Refr(l!eration reel c v c 1op men t programs based on • Air Filters Co. • Mr Murray, II./,., Co. from Florida South Chapter President • Brophy, Georf'C • Middleton, J. L, Co. proper planning and design. • Clark Eq11i pmeflt Co. • ()'Brian Assoriates Edward G. Grafton, right. In the back­ • 1JeaT1, A. C., Co. • Southern Metal !'rod. "\Vc must stop the pollution of • Florida Eler. Motor • S1l'if

24 THE FLORIDA ARCHITECT MEDALLION HOME AWARDS BRING PRESTIGE TO ARCHITECTS

This Medallion certifies that a home meets modern requirements The Medallion Home campaign for electrical living. It guarantees that the home is designed to is backed by multi-million dollar provide many work-saving and comfort features. It's a "most­ promotions in newspapers and wanted" home that turns clients into delighted homeowners. It magazines, on TV and radio. Call our office for full details and spec­ reflects the architect's professional pride in up-grading residential ifications to qualify your homes for standards for modern living ... Better Living, Electrically. Medallion Awards. a MEDALLION HOME must meet these basic requirements:

• ALL-ELECTRIC KITCHEN-LAUNDRY that includes at least 4 major elec­ trical appliances ... water heater, cooking range, clothes dryer, dishwasher, or other "Reddy-servants."

• FULL HOUSEPOWER (100-200 amp service) with large enough wire and ample circuits, outlets and switches for maximum convenience and efficiency ... now and in the future.

• LIGHT-FOR-LIVING properly planned for every part of the house and outdoors, for decorative beauty and utility.

FLORIDA POVVER & LIGHT CO.

DECEMBER l 959 25 News & Notes,___ _ In Cooperatives ... (Continued froni Page 24)

Economical Heating Is a MUST " ... not well understood, /Jurticularly by the less experienced practitioners and by clients, prospective clients and the construction industry . .. " To pro­ Yidc authoritative information regard­ ing such bonds, The Surety Associa­ tion of America-which comprises some 80 bonding organizations-has prepared a 44-pagc booklet entitled "Bonds of Suretyship". The little ,·olume has been enthu­ siastically endorsed by the AIA-and, in fact, has been prepared in close association with the Institute staff. In part, it constitutes a reprint from cer­ tain portions of the "Handbook of • Safety, room-by-room control, cleanliness and Architectural Practice"; but other por­ po s i ti v e, through-the-room circulation are tions offer clear dcfini tions of ,·arious equally important ... ELECTREND provides all types of surety bonds. In addition, the these essentials in one efficient, compact unit. booklet contains typical examples of various types of the most commonly utilized bonds. ELECTREND DISTRIBUTING CO. Extra copies of the booklet, for use by architects with clients or prospcc­ 4550 37th Street No. St. Petersburg tiYe clients, may be obtained by writ­ Phone: HEmlock 6-8420 ing to the Surety Association of Amer­ ica, 60 John Street, New York 38, N.Y.

7"4 u a. MOOR~ V~NT A. R. COGSWELL G LA Z ED "SINCE 1921" CEMENT THE BEST in . . . A vitreous wall Architects' Supplies surfacing, s u pp I i e d and applied through­ Placed 4' on centers at top and bot­ tom of walls, aluminum Moore Vents provide gentle air circulation to relieve out Florida by . . . water-vapor pressure, prevent inter­ Complete Reproduction nal condensaf1on . . . An effective, inexpensive means of assuring free­ Service dom from moisture troubles. Write for sample and full technical data ... BEN THOMSON, INC. 530 Putnam Road 1tfHU I /entr "Stop wa11 433 W. Bay St. West Palm Beach ve1 /\) Condensation" Jacksonville, Fla. JUstice 5-1122 P. 0. BOX 1406, WEST PALM BEACH Phone TEmple 3-1976

26 THE FLORIDA ARCHITECT Resolutions ...

(Continued from Page 17) F. GRAHAM WILLIAMS, Chairman nizc and pay tribute to the distaff JOHN F. HALLMAN, JR., Pres. Be Treasurer JACK K. WERK, Vice-Pres. Be Secretary side of the membership; and, MARK P. J. WILLIAMS, Vice-Pre&. FRANK D. WILLIAMS, Vice-Pres. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That special notice and appreciation of this Convention is expressed to the ladies of the Auxiliary of the Host Chapter.

In Memoriam ESTABLISHED 1910 \VHEREAS; God, m His infinite wisdom, has taken from this earth F. GRAHAM WILLIAMS CO. Jack Moscowitz and others; and, INCORPORATED \VHEREAS; These men had of their time and resources given much to the profession; and, "Beautiful and Permanent Building Materials" \VHEREAS; \Ve mourn their loss as personal friends as \Vell as fellow prac­ titioners; TRINITY 6-1084 ATLANTA 1690 MONROE DRIVE, N. E. LONG DISTANCE 470 OFFICES AND YARD Now, THEREFORE, BE IT RE­ GA. SOLVED: That the Florida Association of Architects does mourn the loss of these members and miss them from among its ranks; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to the FACE BRICK STRUCTURAL CERAMIC surviving members of the families and spread upon the minutes of the Asso­ HANDMADE BRICK GLAZED TILE ciation. "VITRICOTTA" PAVERS SALT GLAZED TILE UNGLAZED FACING TILE GRANITE HOLLOW TILE LIMESTONE ADVERTISERS' INDEX BRIAR HILL STONE ALUMINUM WINDOWS A-C, R, H & P Assn., Inc .. 24 CRAB ORCHARD FLAGSTONE ARCHITECTURAL BRONZE American Celcure Wood Preserving Corp. 19 CRAB ORCHARD RUBBLE STONE AND ALUMINUM A. R. Cogswell 26 CRAB ORCHARD STONE ROOFING ARCHITECTURAL TERRA COTTA Cradle Drain Corporation 23 Electrend Distributing Company 26 PENNSYLVANIA WILLIAMSTONE BUCKINGHAM AND VERMONT Featherock, Inc. . 22 "NOR-CARLA BLUESTONE" SLATE FOR ROOFS AND FLOORS Florida Home Heating Institute 18 Florida Power and Light Company 25 Florida Power Corporation . 28 We are prepared to give the fullest cooperation and the best Florida Steel Corporation 6 quality and service to the ARCHITECTS, CONTRACTORS and George C. Griffin Co. 4 OWNERS on any of the many Beautiful and Permanent Building Hamilton Plywood 21 Houston Corporation 7 Materials we handle. Write, wire or telephone us COLLECT for Moore Vents . 26 complete information, samples and prices. Mutschler Kitchens of Florida . l National Bronze Company . 16 A. H. Ramsey & Sons, Inc. . 5 Souhtern Lightweight Aggregate Corp. 3 Represented in Florida by Steward-Mellon Co. of J acksonvi lie 24 LEUDEMAN and TERRY Ben Thomson, Inc .. 26 3709 Harlano Street Tiffany Tile Corp. 8 Coral Gables, Florida Telephone No. HI 3-6554 F. Graham Williams Co. 27 MO 1-5154

27 Electricity does all better!

LIGHTING There's no substitute in commercial and industrial operations for modern electric light­ ing for illumination, advertising, decorating, or display. Electric lighting SELLS, INCREASES PRODUCTION!

. COOKING g . For cleanliness, safety, convenience and economy in commercial cooking, electric equipment has no equal, whether for the small lunch room, the luxury restaurant, the in­ plant snack bar or company cafeteria. Electric cooking is FAST AND EFFICIENT! MORE INFO,RMATION? YEAR-ROUND For further information from our staff of experienced commercial rep­ COMFORT CONDITIONING resentatives or industrial engineers, Nothing pulls in customers for the business write, wire or phone your nearest firm, or improves plant working conditions, Florida Power Corporation office, or like cool, comfortable air conditioning during A. H. HINES, JR., director of area de­ the hot sweltering months of summer, and velopment, or R. C. ROBERTS, director comfortable safe electric heat during the win­ of commercial development, Florida ter. Electric year-round comfort conditioning Power Corporation, St. Petersburg, Fla. means MORE CUSTOMERS, INCREASED Tel. 5-2151. OUTPUT!

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28 THE FLORIDA ARCHITECT Another Open Letter ... To Florida's Next Governor

l\IY DEAR GOVERNOR: In a former communication I ventured to ca11 vour attention to the need for a policy and program to halt the growth of unregt;lated, shoddy building which is threatening our cities with blight. I also suggested you concern yourself with legislative measures for improving construction practices as one means for meeting the need outlined. May I now point out another measure which can have a far-reaching effect in achieving the goals which I am sure we both seek. I refer to the pressing necessity for a new building at the University of Florida to house the educational plant for Florida's construction industry. As you must surely be aware, construction is now a giant among industries in our State. It is the background for the tremendous industrial expansion which we arc now enjoying. It is providing the means for the growth of our tourist industry. It furnishes the tools and know-hmv for the progressive development of our towns and cities; and thanks to the skill and experience and initiative of those who comprise this industry - architects, contractors, engineering specialists and suppliers of materials and products - Florida has grown and consolidated her growth at an almost phe­ nomenal rate. But educationally, construction is the step-child of progress in our State. At the University of Florida is the nation's fourth largest College of Architecture and Fine Arts. It offers instruction not only in the arts of building design, but as well in the techniques of building construction. Thus it is organized to serve eveff facet of the building industry. But it is operating under a handicap of so grave :1 nature that maintenance of its educational standards constitutes an almost-major miracle. This College, Governor, is housed in a series of shamefully inadequate, wooden shacks. These were originally built to provide temporary emergency space during \Vorkl \Var II. They now constitute a campus slum. They arc in poor repair, ill­ ventilatcd, poorly lighted. Some arc completely without toilet facilities or even water. They are not only unsanitary, but actually unsafe. They arc in fact, so desparatcly inadequate and crowded, that the National Architectural Accrediting Board must shortly be forced to withdraw its approval from the University as providing an accredited College for the study of architecture. For more than ten years constant efforts have been made to obtain an appropri­ ation from the Legislature to provide adequate housing for one of the most important educational activities at Gainesville. Prior to 19 57 no appropriatio:1 was made. Then a minimum sum was listed in the Appropriations Bill but subsequently withdrawn. In 19 59 - in spite of a high priority - this needed construction was again passed over. In the meantime, the make-do and do-without policv under which the College has been forced to operate has witnessed further deterioration in the grossly inefficient structures. It is logical to assume that the College can hardly continue to operate much longer under present conditions. Thus the 1961 Legislature becomes a critical dead­ line. If action to provide housing for the Co1lcge is not forthcoming then, national accreditation will undoubtedly be withdrawn. The able staff - which has kept educa­ tional standards high in spite of deplorable instructional conditions - will become too discouraged to fight longer and members \\·i11 yield to better opportunities else­ where. If this happens, Florida wi11 hm·c lost an educational center of first importance to the progress and effectiveness of one of her major industrial activities. To prevent this, Governor, firm and positive leadership toward decisive action is needed. I carm:stly urge you to furnish it in full and effective measure. Cordially, ROGER \V. SHERMAN, AIA The Florida Association of Architects U/F Alumni - Everywhere!

• Your University needs $90,000. That sum is required to provide funds on a matching basis so students at your University can take advantage of the National Defense Loan Fund established by the U. S. Government. For each dollar from the University the NOLF will allocate nine to provide a revolving fund of almost a million dollars to help struggling students complete their education.

• The U /F student body has pledged its help to raise some $20,000 of the sum needed. Students are looking to you alumni for the remaining $70,000. A gift from each of you will reach the goal-and every dollar thus donated is tax deductable.

• There is no better season than this to help your Uni­ versity-and there's no better reason for helping your University than to make sure that some fine, up-and­ coming youngster gets the loan he needs in time to help him over the rough financial spots on the road to a college degree. And who knows-maybe the boy your dollars aid today will be serving your business later with the skill and knowledge you heJped make it possible to acquire. -

WHY THIS MESSAGE: • Remember your own college days. If you had a rocky Because the University of financial path to walk-give so others may find the going Florida is a State-operated easier. And if things went smooth and fine for you-give and financed institution, it cannot budget nor borrow so that others can avoid some of the frustrations and funds needed to provide the heartbreaks you didn't know existed. one-to-nine matching sum necessary to assure an allo­ cation from the National De­ fense Loan Fund. Thus do­

nations must be relied upon 1 to raise the $90,000 needed MAKE AN XMAS OR NEW YEAR S PLEDGE to est ab Iish a basis for the total revolving fund required Write a check today to: for student aid during the University of Florida Endowment Corp. next four years. Hence this And send it promptly to: appeal for alumni help. University Alumni Association; P. 0. Box 3535 University Station, Gainesville, Fla.

WELCOME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HELP