Hammersmith Baths and Wash-houses (Architectural Competition)

HAMMERSMITH BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES.— In a report circulated on Tuesday the Baths and Wash-houses Committee of Hammersmith Borough Council state that they have decided (subject to the usual sanction) to invite the following six architects, who have signified their willingness to enter the competition, to send in designs for the erection of public baths and wash-houses:—Mr. Maurice B. Adams, F.R.I.B.A., Mr. Alfred W. F. Cross, F.R.I.B.A., Mr. J. Ernest Franck, A.R.I.B.A., Mr. E. Harding Payne, A.R.I.B.A., Mr. James M. Ross, and Messrs. H. Spalding, F.R.I.B.A., and R. H. Spalding, A.R.I.B.A. Each competitor is to be paid a fee of twenty-five guineas, except in the case of the successful design, where the commission to the architect will be five per cent, on the amount of the contract. The committee, acting in conjunction with the Borough Surveyor (Mr. Hugh Mair, M.I.C.E.), is to adjudicate upon the competitive designs and report thereon to the Council. [Builder 14 January 1905 page 44]