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Gummer and Ford was an architectural firm founded in 1923 in Auckland, New Zealand by William Henry Gummer and Charles Reginald Ford. It was among the country's best-regarded architectural firm of the first half of the 20th century, designing numerous iconic buildings, including the former National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum in Wellington and the old Auckland Railway Station. Eighteen of the company's buildings have been registered as significant historic places by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.〔(NZ Historic Places Trust register. )〕 In 2006 an exhibition of their work was staged at The University of Auckland's Gus Fisher Gallery, and in 2007 the firm was described as 'the best architectural practice of all time in New Zealand'.〔(Denis Welch, 'The Best of New Zealand', ''New Zealand Listener'', 4 August 2007. )〕 When the partnership was established, Gummer was already a highly successful architect. In his early 20s he had travelled to England and there worked for Leonard Stokes and Edwin Lutyens. The latter architect, later known mostly for his memorial designs, 'profoundly influenced' Gummer〔(Entry on Gummer in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. )〕 He was placed third in a 1911 competition to design Parliament Buildings in London. After returning to New Zealand in 1914 he designed several well-regarded buildings including the New Zealand Insurance office in Auckland and the State Fire Insurance building in Wellington. The partnership between the two men was highly productive. Gummer's biographer in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography attributes this to their complementary skills and personalities. Ford concentrated primarily on managing the practice and dealing with clients, although he also did some design work. Amongst the firm's early successes were Auckland's Dilworth Building, and the Auckland Railway Station, awarded a New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) gold medal in 1931. The firm had earlier won a gold medal for the Remuera Public Library in 1928. Gummer and Ford designed numerous war memorials, including the New Zealand National War Memorial in Wellington, the Christchurch Bridge of Remembrance and the Dunedin Cenotaph. Gummer's school buildings include St Peter's College, Auckland (1939). They designed the Massey Memorial. Gummer was responsible for virtually all of the firm's iconic buildings but Ford also contributed significantly to New Zealand architecture and building through his book ''Earthquakes and Building Construction''. He was also influential in the establishment of earthquake safety standards in New Zealand after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, and the establishment of a Chair of Architecture at Auckland University.〔('Safe as Houses'. )〕 Both Gummer and Ford were at various times president of the NZIA. Image:Dedication of National War Memorial Carillon, Wellington.jpg|New Zealand National War Memorial Image:Wellington Dominion Museum 01.JPG|New Zealand Dominion Museum building Image:Dilworth Building Queen Street Auckland.jpg|Dilworth Building Image:Auckland Old Railway Station.jpg|Auckland Railway Station Image:St Peter's College, Auckland; Bro O'Driscoll Building.JPG|St Peter's College, Auckland Image:Cenotaph, Dunedin, New Zealand2.JPG|Dunedin Cenotaph Image:Auckland winter gardens.jpg|Auckland Domain Wintergardens ==List of Notable Works== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gummer and Ford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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