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UNDER the title “The New Buildings for the University of London”(The Dryden Press) Mr. T. LI. Humberstone has published a ‘symposium’, in which a contribution to NATURE (July 9, 1932, p. 49) is reprinted, followed by an explanation of the plan of the proposed buildings by the architect (illustrated), and expressions of opinion from architects and laymen and a supplementary note by Mr. Humberstone himself. It will be remembered that Mr. Humberstone in his original article, after a brief summary of past difficulties and controversy connected with the accommodation of the University, expressed certain misgivings in regard to the suitability of the proposed buildings, especially in relation to the provision for scientific research. These views are now supplemented by critical comments from others. Prof. S. D. Adshead, professor of town planning in the University, for example, remarks that “if only on account of its rigidity the system must fail”. In his supplementary note, Mr. Humberstone reverts to his previous contention that the University buildings should make provision for an institute for scientific research, pointing out the unsuitability of the scheme, as well as the unnecessary expense involved, for the purpose, and discusses the bearing of the conception of the University as a federation upon the development of facilities for research as part of the equipment and organisation of the University, as distinct from its constituent colleges.
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New Buildings of the University of London. Nature 131, 903 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131903a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/131903a0