The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-27
COMPETING ARCHITECTS QUIT
WON'T DRiT RI tNS ron NEU
uONTEFIORE HOWE.
schemr Of BuiI,linE Committee Docs Not
Conform to the standards Of the
American institute az Architects
Effort for an AdIustm Gaiis.

An but enc firm of tho architects who
were invited 10 enter "A competition for
drawing the plans for IA" new build
ings Of the Montaiior" HON" for Chronic
lnvalds. Of which Jacob H. Schin IL
president. have withdrawn from tho
competition h.cauS" of dissatisfaction
with the programme of thu "ompatItlon
a. laid down 10y TN" huilduE committee
81 the hom"
The buildings for which tn" Comp"ti-
ton was to be held az" Ia be on an "xi"n.
slve scale They are tn be- Of the pavilion
order about twelve IA all. and will repre-
sent an OUTLAY of S7jn.,Hp The sit" chosen
- in The BrorN. bounded on the north
hv GunhilI road, on the west by Steuben
avenue on al" east by NoOdla~n ave-
nue. and IN the south hy 2luth street.
The letting ~ IN" contract for the
construction of tn" new plant ~ IN IA"
hands Of the binding committee, Of which
Mr. Schih - "a sort uf eN-officio head
hecaus" uf ms presidency of tn" home
and his long continued interest IA IT.
afaIr- Tn" chairman Of tn" building
comrnIt'"" - Adolph Licbmann OF y
Lebmaun n sons Brewing Company,
80 Forrest street. Brook iyn other
members NJ IL" committ'." ar" Samuel
sachs. banker ~ Wall street. Berthold
Hochschld. American Metal Company.
>, Broadway. B"ndel lsRacs. samuel
hrldcI. julius Robertson and Jacob Ross
back
Tn" architects invited ~ IN" COM
mltIce to pdrtICipat" ma IA" competition
cor th" contract included Charlie, n
Israols l-raclS 4 Harder 81 West Thirty
first -tr".t. Robert -. kohn. l7u i'Tth
avenue. Horts 4 Tallan'. lI3 Fast
Nineteenth street. Tay.or 4 lew,
ms West IurtIaih street, Edward
N,,arsu,ucr In7 EIfih avenue. Eou-r
Gulis'ou". - W'-' ThIrtv-S"Cpnd
street Harry Allan Jdooh- acr fifth
avenue. james 4 leo ~ West Forty
| fifth street, Pitcher & Tachdu. l0H Lex
iugton avenue. and J II Ire"dlaud"r
Pa Fifth avenu" According 70 several
uf tho architects named all l1y" with
drawn except James 4 I"n
some q thos" invited 10 submit plans
are rucrnt..rs pf rla American lusttut"
- Architects Tn" .ustltrgt" has a care
fuzzy worked oU' programme" dealing with
competitions which n"inh"rs Il IN" ustI-
tufe are invited - enter THIS model
programme" orNbrtir..~ what m" men m
control II ia" institute" CONSIDER good
professional PRACTICE Now and then IN"
Iu~ritu;" has To- deal with huiIdiug com
mI''... that won't follow the outlines
Of this yrn.'i',. and m that cas-, o. - ulIs-
torutry tor bee members 81 the institute
Int.r.st"d fp withdraw from IN" 'omu"-
luton
luaccUrda nee with I'm" rul. ID" schcrn,
f,r,f,arad by jn" l.uli.ug committee. of
II
'hr committee q IN" institute when has
-ucu 'hIugS M "hlrE" for IT. approval
lefur,' the members 81 the institute. in
yl'cd 20 Dornfs't" should l"gln preparing
plans IN" cuwmIftr" includes ~ ~
membership q Grant llFdrRs. John
Iirr,,r,. Of CAREER \ Hastings and other
well known architects III" INSTITUTE
CptuuItte" read over the Programme.
found several things m @ which they did
not consider mp Ia their standards and
suggested e. hp members OF 'hs Institute
Interested that they ask ~" building
cotnmitte.. for = cpuia-"nC" =" $500 Al th,-,.
POINTS could not te busted satisfactorily.
Among the features at IN" prog anime
di~ABproyed Of was tn" iaIIur" to pIoy3d.
that ia" findings If IN" jury Of award
should b" iruaI Instead - it, decision
b. tax final "a" jury OF award w,s to
retort A. findings To- ~" huIldiug com
miite,. and the committee was t. have the
actual -iy What plans should h" accepted
In th. opluion " the architects his pat TIN,
Jury 81 award N 'h" way II h"lug no
Jury 81 award at all
Nnuthrr point ~ dIf"r"nc" Was thai
he architects y ~" NOT q" haN" IA" right
- choosing rh"r own engineering assist
ants hut W"~" To tax" SICh assist ants a.
should u" snl"Ct"d for them bN IN"
nUldlnE Commute" \ third object lun
was 1hai the successful architect was 10
nav the cost u hiring ali "Nperts such ~
SANITARY and electrical and mechanical
engineers .Npen-sss wh'rh in tho pro-
grnfnue ~ tho lus'itu'. are rorne bv IN"
~ nars - the building
The huldng committee also fN"d To" ,