DOI Heft:
No. 390 (September 1925)
DOI Artikel:[Studio-talk]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21403#0189
NEW FOREST
to the students making a record of the
chief libraries and architectural points of
interest. 00000
Finally, drawings and photos from
modern architects, resident or working
in the neighbourhood were invited, to-
gether with those who have been re-
sponsible for interesting libraries else-
where. The idea of such a survey is
new, and the value of co-operation is at
first difficult to realise, so that this part
of the work is far from complete ; but
Leslie M. Ward, S. H. Braithwaite,
Arthur Bell, Miss S. Blunt, Miss A. Le
Roy, amongst others, have contributed
STATIONERY AND FILING CABINET IN
CHESTNUT. BY A. ROMNEY GREEN
(New Forest Group)
PART OF AN ILLUMINATION FOR A SCHOOL
OR COLLEGE LIBRARY. BY ISABEL SAUL
(New Forest Group)
to the pictorial survey, and Messrs. Paul
Phipps, A. C. Roberts, P. Morley Horder,
Cecil Porter, Sydney Tugwell, and C. G.
Collins are amongst the architects assisting.
A library without books is, however,
like a fireplace without a fire ; here was
seen an opportunity to assemble helpful
collections of books on architecture and
its related crafts, including music, and
to display them in the respective libraries,
and Advisory Councils of New Forest
residents have compiled a list for each
library. 00000
Further to arouse interest in the general
purpose of the exhibition half-hour
conferences have been arranged in the
Galleries at 5 p.m. daily ; on the
work of the Rural Development Library
Scheme, the Rural Industries Bureau, the
British Music Society, Prison Reform,
together with the Village Hall movement,
Children's Libraries, the P.N.E.U., etc.,
etC. 0 0 0 0 0 0
This is the first experiment, and diffi-
culties have been great in organising so
scattered an area, wherein neither libraries
nor crafts are plentiful, and where interest
in architecture is, to put it mildly, apathetic.
But while the present result is more
significant of promise than performance,
it is obvious that if the most serious pro-
fessional workers in a given area unite
to express and promote general interest
in the idea of studying art, and if they can
gain the co-operation of the civic, educa-
tional and cultural authorities in their
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to the students making a record of the
chief libraries and architectural points of
interest. 00000
Finally, drawings and photos from
modern architects, resident or working
in the neighbourhood were invited, to-
gether with those who have been re-
sponsible for interesting libraries else-
where. The idea of such a survey is
new, and the value of co-operation is at
first difficult to realise, so that this part
of the work is far from complete ; but
Leslie M. Ward, S. H. Braithwaite,
Arthur Bell, Miss S. Blunt, Miss A. Le
Roy, amongst others, have contributed
STATIONERY AND FILING CABINET IN
CHESTNUT. BY A. ROMNEY GREEN
(New Forest Group)
PART OF AN ILLUMINATION FOR A SCHOOL
OR COLLEGE LIBRARY. BY ISABEL SAUL
(New Forest Group)
to the pictorial survey, and Messrs. Paul
Phipps, A. C. Roberts, P. Morley Horder,
Cecil Porter, Sydney Tugwell, and C. G.
Collins are amongst the architects assisting.
A library without books is, however,
like a fireplace without a fire ; here was
seen an opportunity to assemble helpful
collections of books on architecture and
its related crafts, including music, and
to display them in the respective libraries,
and Advisory Councils of New Forest
residents have compiled a list for each
library. 00000
Further to arouse interest in the general
purpose of the exhibition half-hour
conferences have been arranged in the
Galleries at 5 p.m. daily ; on the
work of the Rural Development Library
Scheme, the Rural Industries Bureau, the
British Music Society, Prison Reform,
together with the Village Hall movement,
Children's Libraries, the P.N.E.U., etc.,
etC. 0 0 0 0 0 0
This is the first experiment, and diffi-
culties have been great in organising so
scattered an area, wherein neither libraries
nor crafts are plentiful, and where interest
in architecture is, to put it mildly, apathetic.
But while the present result is more
significant of promise than performance,
it is obvious that if the most serious pro-
fessional workers in a given area unite
to express and promote general interest
in the idea of studying art, and if they can
gain the co-operation of the civic, educa-
tional and cultural authorities in their
183