Chair of Architecture for N.Z.

Progress, Volume XVII, Issue 4, 1 December 1921, Page 81

Chair of Architecture for N.Z.

N. Z. Institute of Architects -Takes Action. The annual meeting of the Auckland Branch of the New Zealand Institute of Architects was. held on Monday evening, November 28th, at the Chamber, of Commerce. The President reported that a sum of £l5O per annum, . guaranteed ' for three years, had been promised by architects and-others interested " in architecture towards' a* urra' for the

establishment of a Chair .of "Architecture at the University, but a further £l5O per annum for three years was required to complete the fund. The meeting discussed the re-erecting of the unsightly iron sheds on the water front, and resolved that the Institute support the protest against the action of the Harbour Board. The election of officers resulted as follows -President, Mr. B. C. Chilwell; Vice-President, Mr. H. C. Grierson; Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. M. K. Draffin; Hon. Auditors, Messrs. W. A. Cumming and C. Trevithick; Branch Executive Committee,

Messrs. Grierson, Gummer, Allsop, Wallnut, Trevithick, Savage, Aimer.