The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-10
ARCHITECTS FORM A
NEW ORGANIZATION
Utah Institute Adopts Circular
of Ethical Practice Like
National Body.
MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES
NEARLY ALL IN STATE
Plan TO Affiliate With National
Institute in the Near
Future.

Architects OF Utah, who tor many
wears have been distinctive IN tha'
they have been members of tho ohiS
important profession in which there WAS
no local or state organization, have
formed an association which bids falr
"a be successful Already, after three
or four meetings, the membership roii
of the Utah Institute of Architecture
includes the names of almost ever!
practicing architect in the state, anu
plans have been made 10 affiliate WIN
the National Institute Of Architecture
in the near future.
Tho most important work of the utah
institute so far, has been the Adoption
Of n code OF ethics which follows In%C
az the national association SO closely
that II even saws that 'advertlsihg
tends to lower the dignity of the pro
fession, and is therefore condemned.
There have been several previous az.
tempts on the part of Utah archlteeLs
10 form an organization which wonld
nromote their mutual interests and the
cause Of good architecture, and one or
these attempts, made nearly twenty
wears ago. was a success for several
wears and It's membership included near
lv all of the practicing architects OF
those days. Hard times in 1898 killed
the organization, however, and In re-
cent years the architects OF utah nave
had no occasion to meet each other on
any platform except that OF com
petition, and this competition has often
been on lines generally regarded as
unfair and far from ethical. The recent
remarkable growth of Salt Lake has
brought many additions 10 the ranks
Of tho profession.
Recently Organized.
As has previously been stated in
these columns, the Utah Institute of
Architecture was organized n few weeks
ago. with the following officers; w.
T.. Ware, president; Lewis Telle Can
non. vice president; T. D. Rutherford,
secretary; John Birch. treasurer, and
Fred A. Hale. S c. Dallas and ID. G.
Dart, members of the executive com
mittee.
Meetings held thus far have been
largely of a preliminary nature, but
hereafter they will be held regularly
each month and the regular programme
Will include some papers on an aTcfl-
tectural subject; these papers to be
prepared by the members Occasion.
ally these meetings will be held around
the banquet board.
The "code of ethics adopted by
the Utah architects, which is styled
80 A circular of advice relative 10 the
principles of professional practice" is
as follows:
"The Utah Institute of Architects.
seeking to maintain high standard
Of practice and conduct on the part
of its members as a safeguard Of the
important financial, technical and es-
thetic interests entrusted to them, Of
fers the following relative TO profes.
sional practice:
What Profession Calls For.
"The profession of architecture calls
for men OF the highest integrity, busi-
ness capacity and artistic ability, The
architect is entrusted with financial
undertakings in which his honesty OF
purpose must be above suspicion; he
acts as professional adviser to his client
and his advice must be absolutely dis
interested; he is charged with the ex-
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