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British Olivetti Headquarters, Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
1970-1977
File 40
File documents an unexecuted project for headquarters for British Olivetti, in Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom. The project was abandonned in 1974. Material in this file was produced between 1970 and 1977.
Several of the publication drawings for the project appeared in periodicals, books and catalogues from 1974 onwards. Publication perspectives are attributed by Mark Girouard to Leon Krier. According to Girouard, Stirling subsequently coloured several of Krier's publication drawings (Girouard 186, 251).
File contains reference drawings, early conceptual and design development drawings, publication and presentation drawings and working drawings. Photographic materials include views of the presentation model by John Donat Photography. File also contains textual records and a presentation model.
Material in this project series was likely kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.
Milton Keynes Milton Keynes England United Kingdom
Documents are in English and German.
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early schematic plans, floor plans for office building and concourse, several elevations for alternative schemes, plans, sections and axonometrics for concourse glazing, schematic sections, details
110 design development drawing(s)
Mostly graphite, coloured pencil and ink on translucent paper, reprographic copies, some with ink
sheet (smallest): 26 x 31 cm sheet (largest): 92 x 121 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0784
map, several early site plans for alternative schemes, schematic floor plans, elevations and sections, axonometrics for British Olivetti Headquarters, programmes and schedules
180 design development drawing(s)
Graphite and ink on translucent paper, reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 16 x 26 cm sheet (largest): 82 x 118 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0785
site plan, floor plans for office building and warehouse, elevations for warehouse, sections, details, axonometric for British Olivetti Headquarters building
30 presentation drawing(s)
Graphite and ink on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 84 x 112 cm sheet (largest): 91 x 117 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0809
site plan, schematic floor plans for office building and warehouse, elevations and sections, axonometrics for British Olivetti Headquarter building
24 design development drawing(s)
Graphite and ink on translucent paper, reprographic copies, some annnotated with ink and graphite
sheet (smallest): 62 x 77 cm sheet (largest): 91 x 128 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0787
1 roll(s)
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
site and floor plans, elevations, sections for office building and warehouse, details, door schedules, axonometrics for overall scheme
1 roll(s)
Ink on translucent paper, reprographic copies
ink on translucent paper, reprographic copies
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
10 reference drawing(s)
Reprographic copies, some with ink and adhesive film, photomechanical prints
sheet (smallest): 31 x 30 cm sheet (largest): 83 x 119 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0790
1 roll(s)
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 roll(s)
Reprographic copies, some annotated with ink
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver prints, photomontage
photographic materials: 0,01 l.m.
The panoramas are made frome approximately 15 photographs each
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Includes the original box used to housed the negatives.
21 negative(s)
Glass negatives. Some of the plates were treated by Conservation to remove tape. Manipulate with care.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
40 design development drawing(s)
Ink on translucent paper, reprographic copies, some enhanced with coloured pencil, gelatin silver prints, negatives
sheet (smallest): 21 x 30 cm sheet (largest): 28 x 34 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0791
1 set(s)
sheets: 77 x 112 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0784
1 set(s)
sheet (largest): 77 x 109 cm sheet (smallest): 77 x 112 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0784
several alternative site plans, schematic plans, elevations including for cafeteria spiral staircase, details, axonometrics for concourse glazing and for British Olivetti Headquarters building
66 design development drawing(s)
Graphite and ink on translucent paper, reprographic copies with graphite
sheet (smallest): 26 x 31 cm sheet (largest): 88 x 117 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0786
two numbered drawings dated July 1972 and January 1973 showing a site plan, and elevations and axonometrics for the concourse glazing, incomplete set of numbered working drawings for the first phase of the office block and warehouse and the concourse, dated between June 1973 and September 1973, showing site plans, floor plans, elevations, sections, partial floor plans and sections, and details for the staircases
38 working drawing(s)
Mostly graphite and ink on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 63 x 76 cm sheet (largest): 88 x 124 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0843 XL
site plan, floor plans, an elevation, cross sections, longitudinal sections, a bird's-eye axonometric drawing for the building, a few plan obliques including worm's-eye plan obliques for the conference room and for the restaurant, sectional perspective for the interior of an open-planned office and a hand-coloured interior perspective for the Headquarters' cafeteria show Stirling, Brian Riches and Leon Krier with Thomas Hope furniture
25 publication drawing(s)
Ink and some coloured pencil on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 21 x 30 cm sheet (largest): 100 x 67 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0844
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 model(s)
model (largest): 88 x 89 x 12 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 list(s)
sheet: 30 x 21 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
early conceptual and schematic design drawings including a schedule of accommodation and functional and area diagrams for the planning of the British Olivetti Headquarters, many sketches and diagrams for the plan of the warehouse, including a number of drawings initialed by Michael Wilford and dated from March 1972, a few conceptual and schematic design drawings consisting of many doodles and thumbnail sketches for the conference room and the concourse
85 design drawing(s)
Graphite and ink on paper and translucent paper, reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 16 x 26 cm sheet (largest): 26 x 39 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0845
Objects that have been catalogued:
2 presentation drawing(s)
Reprographic copies enhanced with gouache
sheet (smallest): 42 x 50 cm sheet (largest): 44 x 50 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0846
more developed proposals for the different parts of the British Olivetti Headquarters including a number of elevation drawings, several sketches for the conference room, a few drawings for the Olivetti sign above the warehouse building, several section detail drawings, several drawings exploring alternatives for the design for the glazed entrance, a few diagrammatic plans and sections dated May 1972, and a few plan obliques and cutaway plan obliques for the building, also early site plan and plan oblique for an earlier scheme for the Headquarters
170 design development drawing(s)
Mostly graphite and ink on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 21 x 30 cm sheet (largest): 26 x 44 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0847
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 photograph(s)
Chromogenic colour prints
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
views of conceptual, schematic design, design development, working and publication drawings, a few of which are not otherwise present in the project documents, several negatives showing schematic design and design development drawings, some dated between October 1971 and May 1972, a few of which are not otherwise present in the project documents, negatives showing an incomplete set of numbered working drawings dated between April and October 1973 which is not otherwise present in the project documents, a few transparencies showing a hand-coloured interior perspective for the Headquarters
1 photographic material(s)
Gelatin silver prints, negatives and transparencies
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
views of conceptual, design development and presentation drawings, and of the presentation model for the British Olivetti Headquarters by John Donat Photography
1 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver prints
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver prints
Glued on boards.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
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