Evening star., 1937-04-03
A. ARCHITECT
RECEIVES HONOR
Nv. Reyes Awarded Second
Mention for lie Brun
Scholarship.

J. Victor Keyes, architect in the
Housing Division OF P. w. A., has been
awarded second mention for the lie
Brun travelling scholarship for 1887
In a Nationwide competition, the
American Institute of Architects an
nounced today. The scholarship first
prize of ST 400 was awarded to Mat
thew Lapota Of haywood, ILL.,, the
announcement made by Oliver Reagan,
New York Chapter Of the A. !. A.,
stated.
The scholarship, established by
Pierre L. LIE Brun Ito promote the
artistic, scientific and practical eff
cheney Of the architectural profess
sion" entities the recipient to a six
months trip In Europe for advanced
architectural study and practice. The
subject OF competition this year was
the design Of a college library.
First honorable mention was won
by Raoul L. Du Bru OF East Rock
away, Long Island, N. Y. He was
first medal flnalist in the 1896 Paris
prize competition and is graduate
Of New York University.
Native Of New Hampshire.
Keyes, who lives at 1920 Sixteenth
street, has been employed at P. w. A..
for year and half. He was born
In Manchester, N. H., and was gradu-
ated in architecture from the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania in 1898. He
receives his masters degree from that
institution this June. Keyes, flnaliSt
for the Rome prize Of 1895, holds a
fellowship in architecture at Penn
sylvania University. Third mention
In the lie Brun competition went to
Harry Greenberg Of Brooklyn.
lapota studied architecture at the
University Of Illinois, finishing in 1885.
He placed second in the national
Beaux Arts competition for the Emer-
son Prize in 1898. He has worked In
the ot'ices of Ronald F. Perry, Chicago
architect, since 1880.
'LApota's solution of the competi-
ton problem, a library for woman's
college in the eastern part Of the
United States, shows creative ability,
Imagination, grasp Of the question
and nice feeling for the amenities Of
life" Reagan said.
His design is in the Chicago style
OF architecture, and reveals the in
huence Of the Frank Lloyd Wright
School. One Of the principal fea-
turcs Of the plan is the way in which
the reading rooms overlook pleasant
formal garden. Readers can wander
At will in the garden, to which they
have access by means Of a series Of
terraces from the second floor. An
other unusual point, requiring cour-
age, is the placing Of the library stack
rooms in the front Of the building in
stead Of In the rear, as Is customary"
Qualities Of design and planning
ability characterized the solutions
winning first, second and third men
tion," Reagan added. THE work Of
Du Brul and Greenberg, like that Of
IApota, is Of modern style. Keyes'
design Is OF a conservative, Georgian
type"
Each contestant for the prize was
nominated by member of the Amer
lean Institute OF Architects Lapota
was the nominee of John S. Van Ber-
gen OF the Chicago chapter. The
winning designs will be exhibited at
the Architectural League, lis East
Fortieth street, April to 10.
Members Of the Scholarship Jury
besides Reagan, were: Thomas H.
Elicit, L. Murray Franklin, Edward
3. Hewitt, Alfred E. Poor, James Kel-
lum Smith, Steward Wagner and Ho-
bart B. Upjohn, president Of the New
York chapter