Correspondence

HAVING returned from a tour in five of the countries of central Europe, I look back and review the whole of my studies with a great amount of pleasure. I visited more than twenty cities and towns during the forty-two days I was abroad, and I have returned with rather fleeting impressions of much of the work worthy of closer attention than my time at each centre would allow. But I have formed some broad ideas of the comparative architectural merits of reinforced concrete design, and I have also been able to study in some measure the activities and development of this work, and its influence on the general trend of contemporary architectural styles of each district. Harold B. Rowe

An interesting communication was made by M. Freyssinet before the Members of the Societe des Ingenieurs Civils de France in Paris, July llth, 1930, on some aspects of the design and construction of the important reinforced concrete bridge built over the river Elorn, near Plougastel, in French Brittany. T.J. Gueritte

This month's letters cover legislation for design checks, embodied carbon of modular construction approaches, and assessment of masonry buildings for earthquake resilience in New Zealand.