THE ROYAL VICTORIAN INSTITUTE of ARCHITECTS
JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS
ISSUED SIX TIMES YEARLY.
JAN., 1908.
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R V.I.A. CONVERSAZIONE.
The close of the session 1907 was fittingly celebrated by a Conversazione, at the Vienna Cafe, Collins Street, Melbourne, on Thursday evening, December 12th. The weather was some- what warm, but 15o members and guests were present. As the Conversazione is regarded as a social function, there was a large number of ladies present. The visitors were received by Messrs. Bates and Oakden (Vice-Presidents) and Mr. Little (Hon. Sec.). After a period for social intercourse, the musical items on the programme (under the direction of Mr. F. L. Klingender) were rendered by the Orchestra, and by Mr. Rodney H. Alsop, whilst Mr. Alec. S. Eggleston contributed two recitations. During the interval, Mr. Percy Oakden (Vice-President) ex- plained the nature of, and announced the awards in, the R•V.I.A. competitions for 1907, the drawings submitted being exhibited on both sides of the room. In the silver medal competition, the subject was "A Roman Catholic Church in the Byzantine style, to seat zoo." The medal was not awarded. The second prize of £3 3s., together with the special prize of £,2 2S., kindly donated by Mr. E. A. Bates (Vice-President), had been awarded to Fredk. G. Biggs ; whilst the Certificate of Honourable Mention had been won by Gordon S. Keesing. [In Conversa3tone. 166
In the Bronze Medal Competition, the subject for measured work was "The Abutment and Half Pier of Princes Bridge, Melbourne, at the south end, facing east, and showing the roadway span," as per photograph supplied. The response to this competition for measured work was good. The medal had been awarded to F. G. Leslie Allan, who obtained 82 per cent. of marks. The second prize of £z 2s., donated by Mr. Percy Oakden (Vice-President), was won by M. H. Ah Mouy (68 per cent. marks), whilst the Certificate of Honourable Mention was awarded to O. B. Koch (6o per cent. marks). In the "R.V.I.A. Sketches" of "A set of four simple Aus- tralian towers or spires," only two sets of sketches were sub- mitted. The first prize of £3 3s. was awarded to F. G. Leslie Allan, and the Certificate of Honourable Mention to Fred. G. Biggs. The certificates, accompanying the prizes, were distributed, and it was announced that the prizes could be at once obtained in books of the competitors' own choice as early as they wished, subject to their selection being approved by the Council. We have much pleasure in illustrating tfie drawings which received the highest award in the various subjects. Mr. Biggs' R.C. Church in the Byzantine style showed signs of hurried draughtsmanship, whilst the joint lines of the courses of bricks, represented by somewhat scratchy and weak inked lines, do not—as might be expected—allow full justice to be done to the reproduced illustration. No line should be shown on a drawing intended for reproduction unless it has a meaning and a value. The contrast between this church and Mr. Leslie Allan's Princes Bridge shows what we mean by the remark. In this latter set of drawings—it could hardly be otherwise— every line has "a meaning and a value." The lines are all firm, and the drawings will bear the necessary diminution for the process work, by either half tone, or line blocks. Mr. Leslie Allan's towers and spires, it will be noticed, are executed in soft pencil lines, hence they lack the firmness of lines executed in
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