- We regret to record the death, at the age of
51, of Mr. Ralph Knott, the well-known architect. He was only thirty when he won, -against all corners, the compe- tition for a design for the new London County Hall. It is generally held that Mr. Knott, though having to work to the peculiar needs of an official building, com- bined points of great variety into a beautiful unity. It is sad that he did not live to see the completion of the new wing. The County Halt is certainly a well- mannered neighbour` of the Houses of Parliament and of Somerset House ; it does not quarrel with them and yet it presents a noble front to the river with a character all its own. Mr. Knott also designed the proposed Houses of Parliament for Northern Ireland, which may be built some day. Among his smaller buildings a piece of brick-work in Mallord Street, Chelsea, is greatly admired.
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