Letters by Thomas Roger Smith to the RIBA, 1867-1898

Résumé du livre

On various topics of interest to the profession, including the development of architectural education and examinations; as editor of The Architect journal, requests permission for a reporter to be present at ordinary meetings of the RIBA; a petition to parliament in favour of using the Thames Embankment site rather than the Carey Street site for the new Courts of Justice; RIBA representation at a dinner in Paris to honour Viollet-le-Duc; E.M. Barry's dispute with the Office of Works on the ownership of the drawings for the New Palace of Westminster; the exhibition of architectural drawings at the Paris Universal Exposition in 1878 and the Australian International Exhibitions, 1879-80; proposed changes to the RIBA examination for district surveyors; the unsatisfactory Law of Light and Air and its effect on architects; the new organisation of the work of the RIBA by standing departmental committees; suggestions for a new form of Articles of Pupilage; gives his opinion on the status of district surveyors and their conditions of appointment by the London County Council.