The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-02
THE HiGIE PAL,CE or rE,CE
RemIn,ls On~ "T the Famous Old Town
Halls Of IlelgIum.

The Palace - Peac. noN m course of
cOns' rIcfiOn a. The Hague has the nohl"
proportion. of -"tn- % the old town halls
Of Belgium SAYS tho Buydsr- fDHrnaI Tho
site hrSt proposed l~> mile aNAN from the
pr~s.n, site on no other side Of The Hague
II forms part IT the grounds 81 The NINA
ture palace which belonged - and IA which
died Princess AIMS PauloNna. VT" of King
" ilham II and graudmoth~r ~ the reign
Ing queen Passing IN cour~" 81 ',me ant"
m" hands ~ COMPANY The grounds to IA"
extent at lra-' - about sixteen acres we're
. acquired bv the G"y"rnmsSI' ~ cost ~
over iis-o The old palace -ti.l stands
by the gate and Wtth - A,f'y rooms and
old fashioned decorations forms charming
quarters for the architects and their draN-
ing stan n will however he swept aNay
Wh~n the anne comes for LAYING ont the
grounds Of the Palace Of prac"
To mas. room Tor Tho great building now
IN course Of construction a large space
had 1r-i 10 he cleared IN the thick wood
which covers N" grounds The authors
of the -chcm" have -hoNn equal wisdom
and good taste IA setting the building we'll
back from the road The palace built
in brick and stone. NIih roof Of blue welsh
states Of an architecture partly Dutch and
partly Flemish IN character ha- the nobI.
proportions uf som" 81 the odd town hall- ~
Belgium The architect - VI l. VI COR
donnier OF Lille. Who has associated With
him resident architect q van der
Stsur Of HAariem His design was selected
out Of si6 from all countries hv bury com
posed Of -it leading architects 81 treat
Britain. Ho'lsnd France. Germany and 'h-
I nited states VI tord0Huisr- original
design has. however. been very consider
ably altered thereby gaining greatly IN
ComDactn~-s ~ internal arran cement a.
well a. IN lghtn"-- ~ external hppaararf,.
The wallace on which 2ur men are n
work and of which The roof Ma begun
last Ne-E. - sXpec'ed 20 b" finished m
1913 T. consists Of a half basement con
tanning pTe-- rooms. telegraph and other
OFFICES a heating and lighting plant vifh
fourteen boilers accommodation for the
stan Of the building and spacious r.sfau-
rant
The uain entrance j. approached hv
curving slopes not step. M arcade with
baIu-terr IN front sNtenfs on either side
On the LETT rises a square tower 20 height
Of rbout :oo feet ~ the opposite corner
Of the facade and In IN" outer vail Of the
great court - the foundation stone laid
on IuI, ~. 1901. by " lie N"liIOn president
Of the second r~sc~ conference The
great court which r. 81 course the Iuner
shrine 81 this temrle ~ I'-a'". - full
Gigh ON on. -tdr arr. three large u inflow.
on the other thre. zall-rie- ~ ore end
- a fourth large window ~ 'l" 80 her the
tIot. for the tribunal A. ne other end ~
a CORRIDOR lined with beautiful Greek snd
Italian marble and b-hin N" has, - the
toWef above mentioned j. The small court .
ALMOST exactly hall th. siy- ~ ~" great ,
anI having also thr.e galleries
The ceiling ~ ~" great court has 4
barrel yRulting that ~ 10. small = fa' .
aud heavily moulded IN" latter seems
likely TO produce the bett~r acoustic prop
critics Of The two The TeuaifN-f 81 THE .
noor j. occupied 10y reading rooms. 4 map .
room consultation rooms and other appro-
pirate accommodation fpr the paftis- To .
a case Un the upper floor. approached .
nv "A fnaRntns.nf -tairCa-~ GTprrTtlng into .
the central courtyard, ar" the rooms 81 .
{ he admlnistTatiN council and other pfl,tal- .
of the Permanent fourt 81 Arbitration. !
and library capable Of containing 2tDasO /
volumes. rrh . book lltt 4" ne feaiinS 7
rooms below The centre OI TIE building
a occupi-d by = courtyari iA feet long
and ~ feet wide w'tl q fountain ~ the /
lent 70 v here the air ~ ~ breafhsd IN ne
building viii he washed before hetng filtered /
= nj otherWise dealt with by tire ventilating |
Apparatus The phole building Is roughly |
No feet square.