“Heathcroft,” Hampstead Way, Hampstead Garden Suburb

COMPETITION NEWS. HAMPSTEAD - The award has just been made in the competition for 90 flats for Second Hampstead Tenants, Ltd., as follows: 
First (£500): Mr. J. B. F. Cowper, ARIBA, Wildwood Road London NW11; Second (£300) : Mr. George A. Rose, ARIBA and A. B. Farrier, ARIBA; Third (£200) C. A. Farey, ARIBA, C. Evelyn Simmons, LRIBA, and Trystan Edwards, MA, ARIBA. [Builder 2 March 1923 page 348]

HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB COMPETITION The drawings submitted in connection with this competition (illustrated in our last issue 9 March 1923 page 400) have been on view and are particularly interesting in that they illustrate the recognised type of architecture that has gradually been involved as being suitable for such buildings. Some years ago one would have had to speak of the " style " selected by this and that competitor, but this has now changed, and the competitor, instead of being handicapped by having to adhere to some " style " that he has selected, is free to set about his design in the most simple and common-sense manner, and he can be sure that he has at his disposal a vehicle of architectural expression that cannot fail, if treated fairly, to produce a beautiful and harmonious result. This modern form is, of course, the direct outcome of the attention that has recently been lavished on the architecture of the small house, and it represents an immense advance in British architecture, one that should lead to even greater development in the future. 

The first premium has been awarded to Mr. J. B. F. Cowper, A.R.I.B.A., and his design embodies an inner courtyard, divided into three compartments in the form of a trefoil, the incoming and outgoing traffic being kept apart by a small low building containing a porter's office and stores, which forms the central and rather insignificant feature of the main facade. The general lay-out is peculiarly well adapted to the shape of the site, but the accommodation has been cramped to the extreme limit to gain the utmost of economy, and the inhabitants of rooms looking out on the courtyard will consequently suffer from a certain feeling of constriction, since the width across from window to window is by no means generous. Mr. Cowper is, however, to be congratulated upon an exceedingly successful solution of a complex problem, and we hope that the building will be erected to his design in due course. [Builder 16 March 1923 page 438