Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-31
ARCHITECTS PLAN
WORLD ALIGNMENT
International Congress to Be
Held in Holland Next
Month.

Plans to restore the world alignment
War are to be taken up by the
Eleventh International Congress of
Architects in which the United States
will participate at The Hague and at
Amsterdam, August % to September 4.
Representatives. of 20 nations are
10 take part in the congress, which
will focus the attention Of experts on
such subjects as architectural copy
right. protection of legal rights of the
architect and the artistic development
of the profession since 1900.
Six delegates to the congress have
been appointed by Milton B. Medary,
jr., of Philadelphia. president of the
American Institute Of Architects. They
are William Emerson. head of the de-
parment of architecture in Massa-
chusetts Institute Of Technology
Frank T.. Wallis. Paris: Charles But
Ter, New York; Maj. George Oakley
Tntten, ir.. Washington; Clement w.
Fairweather. Metuchen, n. j.; Eyer
ton Swartwout, New York. Prof.
Emerson is first vice president OF the
institute.
American Section.
incton headquarters of the institute
saws that an American section of the
nerna nent committee OF the Inter
rational Congress is to be held under
auspices of the government OF Hol-
land and has been organized with
cass Gilbert of New York as chair
NINA. Other members of the section
are Prof. William A. Boring, director
of the School of Architecture at Co.
l,mhia University, Glenn Brown
X-ashington. ]. Monroe Hewlett,
BrooIIvn: William Rutherford Mead
Now Work. e. Howard Walker. Bos'
ton. &: c. Zantzinger, Philadelphia
| George Oakley Tdtteu. Jr., Nashlhs
| TON. John Russell Pope, New YORK.
mo session of the congress was
held from 1911 until 1922, Wheh tne
cociete Centrale d'Architecture ue
Belcinle organized the tenth congress
which was held in 1872, salo 'he
| announcements of the institute. ..,
THAT congress was lnterndtlViidi
in the sense that it was open 10 dliieo
,nd friendly countries. The comihs
e al,u - viii be universally interna
| tional All countries are invited u
participate. .ho cor
cross the institute says: "Archltectura
conyright is a subject that has ions
worried our European confreres mucI
wore than it has us" says a repor'
| 70 the institute from Mai. Totten, "h'
has attended every congress since
| 1897.
Credit for Architects.
"Thev seem TO take the attitude thai
| somebody is going to copy their De
sign. and, therefore, they want u
copvright it. We do not seem to have
that feeling. If anybody initiates oul
design we feel rather flattered.
Another point that comes up IT
connection with the question or copy
right in books is the reproduction o.
| designs. The author of the deslgr
| should receive some recognition fol
| it. There is one factor that applies u
US here in America.
"On all the stands in Washington
are postcards of the buildings. l have
bought many of those cards anc
| looked over them in vain to find the
name of the architects.
! The committee on competitions OF
| the American Institute of Architects
| of which Arthur w. Rice of Boston
| is chairman. is studying a program
on international competitions framed
| bv the eighth International Congress
| OF Architects. and probably will pre-
sent recommendations to the eleventh
congress.
| The International Congress of Archi
| tects was organized in Paris in 1867
about the time of the organization OF
the American Institute of Architects