First Prize of $3,000 Won Local Chinese Architect Three months ago, the Greater Shanghai City Planning Com sion announced an architecture competition for designs of a civic centre for Greater Shanghai and the results are now available for publication, The proposed site is in the heart of the now city to be developed in the Kiangwan District, The Civic Centre is to be placed on or near the intersection of two cross axes: the east-and-west axis is a.60- metre-wide boulevard running eastward from the new railway station to the Whangpoo River, and the north-and-south axis is anothoe boulevard of similar width, running north and south to form the prin cipal approach from the present International Settlement to the south, The site is approximately on level ground and will be embellished ith "gardens, fountains, pools, ridges, monuments, ete., the whole to form with the group of municipal buildings in renaissance Chix style, a beautiful and menus mental ensemble The competition was open to architects of all nationalities ami there were about 50 names on the of competitors, The closing date was originally December $1, 1929, but it was Inter extended for another month at: the request of a number of competitors, The Commission also felt the advisability of extending the date of closing after an examination of do-signs submitted up to that, date.
february 19, the Jury -of ing of Mr. H. °K, Murphy, architectural adviser to-the National Government, Mr. Hany Berents, president of the Engineering Society' of China; Mr. Yoh Kung. cho, ex-Minister of Communications and an authority on Chinese art and archaeology, and My. Dayw Doon, adviser to the Commission, mot at the club-house of the City, Government, "43 Weihaiwei Rodd, and after full day's examination trid deliberation, the results of the competition were announced ax follows:
First Prise ($9,000) Won by Chas, Shen and Chao-Sun Isimin, Second, Price ($1,800) Won by 304 Tiled Brine 180) Won by Phillips.
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