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New Date for Congress on Lightweight Concrete
THE date and venue of the International Congress on Lightweight Concrete which is to be held in London in May 1968 have now been changed in response to re- quests from the International Association of Shell Struc- tures and the International Fedration of Prestressing who are both arranging meetings in Europe in May and June 1968.
The new dates for the Lightweight Congress are 27 29 May 1968. The new venue will be the Royal Lancaster Hotel. Lancaster Terrace. Hyde Park, London W2.
A detailed programme of the congress will be issued later this year and full information will be avail- able from the Secretary, International Congress on Light- weight Concrete. Terminal House, Grosvenor Gardens, London SWI.
Nominations for Reynolds Memorial Award
THE American Institute of Architects has announced the opening of nominations for the 1968 twelfth annual R.S. Reynolds Memorial Award for distinguished architec- ture with use of aluminium.
The largest award in architecture, the international Reynolds Metals Company in honour of its founder and an original sculpture in aluminum. It is sponsored by Reynolds Metals Company in honour of its founder and is administered by the AIA.
Nominations may be submitted by architects or any other interested persons until February 1, 1968, by us- ing a form included with an AIA brochure on the award, or by writing to the Reynolds Award, The American Institute of Architects. 1735 New York Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20006. Data binders describing the entries must be received for the jury meeting on March 20-21, 1968.
Brochures detailing criteria for the award are being mailed to all members of the Institute and to foreign architectural societies. The 1967 Reynolds Award was won by Victor F. Christ-Janer, AIA. of New Canaan, Connecticut, for his design of the James F. Lincoln Library of Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio,
Construction Problems on Germany Italy Motorway
WITH the German section to the Austrian border com- pleted and the Italian section, north from Verona to the Brenner Pass just begun, the long awaited Germany - Italy motorway, to be one of Europe's longest roads, is now becoming a reality.
In building the Austrian section of the Munich to Verone autobahn, the contractors, Universal Hoch-and Tietbau AC, have faced many problems, not the least of which has been anchoring the long viaducts, which will take the road across the alps to Italy, to the steep mountain slopes.
To solve this problem, they designed a steel anchor 50 ft. long and weighing 50 tons. After drilling through the overburden, the anchors were placed into the holes
Far East Architect & Builder November, 1967
Moving girder system on Paschberg bridge
and held in position with concrete, which was grouted in at a pressure of 90 p.s.i. Bars of reinforced con- crete, produced with a hole in the middle to fit on to the anchorheads, were then positioned around anchors.
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After the concrete in the injected hole and in the bars had hardened the anchors were stressed and, final- ly, the upper sections of the anchors were consolidated by filling in with more concrete. The road itself could then be built on top of the anchors.
Another problem that arose was in the building of the Paschberg bridge, near the Tyrolean capital of Inns- bruck, site of the last winter Olympics. In order to build this bridge, thought at first to be impossible be- cause of the bad ground, Universale built a moving gir- der system that hung down from the bridge and moved along as each section was completed.
Centre of Worship for All Religions
An interdemoninational centre of worship is to be com- pleted early in 1968 at Monash University, Melbourne, to provide a focus for the religous life of Christian and Jewish students and of the university's many Asian stu- dents.
It will comprise a main chapel, secondary chapel, five vestries and a large meeting room.
The main chapel, circular in design with a diama- ter of 75 ft., will have a capacity of 475. It will be used for either denominational or combined services. A secondary chapel, behind the main chapel, will have room for 50. The five vestries, around the perimeter of the main chapel, will be used for small religious services.
Ancillary rooms will be arranged in pairs around the the main chapel and will be connected by an ambulatory which will also give access to the second chapel and look
Proposed religious centre, Monash University
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