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an open air staircase rises in the form of two cantilevered arms around the small pool.

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Slabs of Travertine stone - of considerable size and thickness face the reinforced concrete struc- ture. Each of the four faces of the building has five bays, each bay being supported on a single column.

International Building Exhibition in Toronto

The International Building Exhibition, to be held in Toronto from October 19 to 21 this year, has arranged a massive airlift to receive professional visitors from all over the world. More than 150 associations in architecture, building, surveying, engineering and allied professions will be offered a special package deal by CP Air and American Express which includes cut-rate air fare and hotel accommodation. A similar plan will be marketed to other building associations in South America, Asia, Africa, U.S.A., Europe and Australia.

The programme is scheduled to allow visitors to attend seminars and take in the exhibits for the International Building Exhibition. The extensive seminar programme is co-sponsored by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, Association of Consulting Engineers of Ontario, Specification Writers Association of Canada, Association of Con- struction Superintendents and the Daily Com- mercial News.

Further information is available on the exhibi- tion and the tour programme from Intex Trade & Consumer Shows Ltd., 952 Queen Street, West, Toronto and Exhibition Consultants Ltd., 11 Manchester Square, London W1M 5AB, England.

New British Embassy in Rome

Britain's new Embassy in Rome stands on a flat 6-acre site adjacent to Michaelangelo's great gate to the city, the Travertine stone and brick Porta Pia, and is flanked on one side by the ancient, castellat- ed Aurelian Wall.

Designed by Sir Basil Spence, the new building takes careful note of existing elements. It is a modern 2-storey palazzo, square in plan and raised on columns around a central courtyard. Pools of water to the east and west of the building are intended to produce the impression that the struc- ture is floating among the surrounding trees, so as to complement, rather than obscure, the sweep of the landscape.

The main ceremonial approach is through a gate surmounted by a wrought iron coat of arms and a causeway across the main pool, which leads be- neath the building to the central courtyard. Here

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The new British Embassy building in Rome is raised on columns in a central courtyard

The second floor overhangs the first so as to create shade for the deep windows below and the edge of the flat roof similiarly overhangs the second floor windows for the same purpose. Ove Arup and Partners were the consulting structural engineers.

Joint winners of Concrete Society 1971 Award

The New Hall and Common Room Building of St Antony's College, Oxford and the Tunnel Relief Flyovers Scheme at Byrom Street, Liverpool have jointly won the Concrete Society 1971 Award, for projects completed in 1970. The architects for St Antony's College were Howell Killick Partridge and Amis, the consulting engineers were Harris and Sutherland, and the contractors Norman Collisson Constructors Limited. For Tunnel Relief Flyovers the architects were Shankland, Cox and Associates in association with the City Planning Officer, Liver- pool, F. J. T. Amos BSc (Soc) DipArch SPDip ARIBA MTPI; the consulting engineers were W. S. Atkins and Partners and the contractors G. Percy Trentham Limited.

This is the fourth year in which the competition has been held and over 90 entries were received. In addition to the two winners the judges have select- ed four schemes for Certificates of Commendation, and have specially mentioned six other entries in their report.

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