The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-15
EIGHTEEN ARCHITECTS
TO ENTER COMPET|T|Q
filc Notice of Desire to Prcpt
Plnus for New Municipal
Building.
NUMBER UNUSUALLY LARt
Expected Only Eight or Ten OF Firi
ana Individuals I'm Contest-Ti}
Limit Expires mt Noon TODD
Size Of Auditorium Causes Dell

Eighteen local architects had M
iast r,ii;ht noticed Clerk OF ,.ou,l
committees s. w. Mcdowell that I'll
hcHitc 10 cnt"r the competition for
pfcpa ration Of designs FOR the now nj
ni'ipal building. which IL is p-onol
'" erect on the old Ford Hotel
The time limit within which an an,
cations are required TO be fled. \
pircs 1T noon to-day
The mum her Of architects Who b.I
applied for programs and indica
'h'lr intention 10 compete is rc..rd
as unusually large. II Was rcprnse
ca 10 the committee. when ii decided
its meeting on Angus, s. 10 limit
competition to accredited local ard
'"cts' that not more than eight
ton would cntcr tho connection n
city DIRECTORY lists only twenty.
firms and individuals rated as arc
i.cts. AMI eighteen OF these have
rc"dN applied for programs
APPLICANTS ASSOCIATE:
WITH NONRESIDENT I'IRl
H.Ncrai OF tn" applicants have slJ
notice with their applications TIA, I'll
nave associated with Themselves pro|
'hcnt ncnrcsidcnt architects. who u
hsS'st them IN the preparation Of mi
plaiiS. The procedure Is authorized
| the rules adopted hy tn. Council cd
limit tho competition To resident ard
'iccts, who are given the privileged
associate with themselves ..rchit u
IRON out Of the city. All designs. hid
ever. VIII have TO tic Med under
maine OF the local applicants. and Cd
onf design VIII be considered fri
each.
Notwithstanding tho clear statcml
or The limitations that VIII govern
ltNT -
Graz inquiries from nonresident arcI
icctS VINO desire 10 enter the comnd
tion. In every case these were nd
hct. that the only Way thew could col
pete vas L. associate themselves wI
.o"al architects. VINO have ounl,flcd
the competition.
INC committee Vii meet some M
hcN' week 10 pass uuon all the apyI
cations that hay" been received
applicants "ho arc eligible under
committees ruling Viii within the n
few DAYS receive from Alfred q III
som. 81 New York, the committees j
VISOR architect, complete build
program setting forth in detail
terms or the competition and desert
ing roughly tho general character
me building that the city desires.
SIZE OF AUDITouII
HOLDS up PROGR
INC hnal preparation Of tho prorr
IS being held up by 2 difference
opinion which has arisen over Il
proper size OF tho auditorium. VIII
the new building will include.
iiossom has been instructed bv 4
committee TO provide in his program
en- auditorium seating not less tll
1000 He himself has advised al
the seating capacity be made not md
than 1000, and a majority OF the Co
mittcc. II Is understood, is now u
pared 10 accept his view. At the me
ing next week this point will be d,
nitely settled.
Unless there Is hitch in the pla
The programs should be in the hands
the compctin. architects within h
days. II is expected that connie,
designs viii be submitted by the ct!
tcstants to the committee within thin
day" after the distribution of the nj
grams. Under the terms or the comb
'ition the best design will receive
prize of $1,000: the next best $500. al
the third best. $3.50. 1t is provid|
however, that the first prize OF 81 II
shall be deducted from the per cd
fee that the prize winner Will reccI
on the entire cost of tho structure