NEW ZEALAND ARCHITECTURE.
A Timare. architect who was intervie ,wtd concerning the criticism recently pasßeJ by Lord Plunket „on New Zealand a-chiterture, said he considered the Governor's remarks were fully justified. He (the speaker) had travelled to a good many Darts of the world and the conclusion ha had come to concerning New Zealand architecture, was that it is Queen Anne in front, and "Mary Ann" behind. He considered that the Go • vernment should set an example in ' good architecture in public buildings. Admiralty House, at Auckland, he considered was a frightful gimcrack looking structure—too great and awful to place in any category pertaining tn the art of architecture. It was disappointing to him in the extreme to rind such architecture in the Dominion, and so long as this\ and some other styles continued, so. long would the glorified dog kennel or piano case st>le remain paramount. With a view to raising the standard of architecture in the Dominion, he suggested that a Chair of Architecture should be established at the University.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 2998, 22 September 1908, Page 4
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172NEW ZEALAND ARCHITECTURE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 2998, 22 September 1908, Page 4
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