Personal.

Progress, Volume XVII, Issue 3, 1 November 1921, Page 63

Personal.

We are always glad to be able to record the success ot iNew Zealand s young architects, and it gives us pleasure to learn mat tor tne Victory Scholarship, 1921, of the Society or Architects, imndon, the jury Pave seteccea two designs in tne hnal competition as being ot equal merit, and they Have recommended that the prize ot £IOO shall be divided equally and the gold medal duplicated. One ot tire successful candidates is Mr. J. H. White, A.R.1.R.A., of Dunedin. the other is ivir. 16. Fraser, M.S.A. doth are students at the hirst Atelier of Architecture. the jury’s report or recommendations is subject to continuation by tne Council of the Society of Architects. During his course of study at the Architectural Association, Mr. White has been a very successful student, and it will be remembered that he was one of seven in the hnal for the Rome Scholarship last spring; while in association with Mr. B. Natusch, also of Aew Zealand, his design was selected tor the Ideal Inn. The Victory Scholarship competition is held yearly by the Society ot Architects and carries with it the gold medal of the Society and ZIOO prize, and is open to all students of the Umpire under thirty-five. It consists of two competitions. First one of twelve hours, open to everyone, and then ten are selected to sit for the hnal. his consists of a twelve-hour “en loge,” in which Re candidate has to set down roughly the solution of the problem. After that he is given a month to develop it, but any serious change from the hrst idea disqualifies the competitor. This year the hrst subject was “The Facade of a Theatre, ’’ and there were hfty-one entrants. The second subject was “ The Arts Group of a University, including Museum, Administration, Lecture, Ampitheatre, and four Lecture Halls with necessary adjoining rooms; 16 Ateliers arranged round a formal garden and a loge building with 100 cubicles on each floor.”

According to all the building papers, Mr. White was unlucky in having to share honours and the prize. At present he is designing one of the largest stores in London, and he finds it really most interesting work, but, unfortunately, he will not even see it started, as he . left for New Zealand in October. He has completed his course at the Architectural Association, and he had the good fortune to gam the Association Diploma—one of the first three awarded. This is equal to the A.R.1.8.A. Degree.