Wallraf-Richartz Museum Competition, Cologne, Germany

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• Fonds: James Stirling / Michael Wilford fonds, circa 1939-2004
•    Series: James Stirling/Michael Wilford professional papers, [ca. 1948-2004?]
•      Sub-series: Architectural projects, 1951-2004
•        Project: Wallraf-Richartz Museum Competition, Cologne, Germany, 1974-1976

People

• James Stirling and Partner (creator)
• James Stirling and Partner (architectural firm)
• James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

Title

Wallraf-Richartz Museum Competition, Cologne, Germany

Dates of creation

1974-1976

Level of archival description

File 44

Extent and Medium

• 0.14 l.m. of textual records
• approximately 167 drawings (including approximately 76 reprographic copies)
• approximately 105 photographic materials
• 1 model

Scope and Content

File documents an unsuccessful competition entry for the Wallraf-Richartz Museum and an urban redevelopment project in the historic centre of Cologne, Germany. Material in this file was produced between 1974 and 1976.

File contains mostly reference material and presentation drawings submitted for the competition or produced for publication purposes. File also contains photographic material, including views of model by John Donat Photography, as well as textual records and a presentation model.

Reference Number

AP140.S2.SS1.D44

Arrangement

Material in this project series was likely kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.

Location

Cologne Germany

Language of material

Documents are in English and German.

Related units of description

• Photographic materials AP140.S2.SS7.D1.P2, and file AP140.S2.SS4.D11 also includes information on file AP140.S2.SS1.D44.

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  • Reference Number: AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P1
  • Title: Cadastral maps, site plans, sections of existing buildings, large photomechanical print of photograph showing site
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  14 reference drawing(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • reference

  Extent and Medium:

  • 14 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Reprographic copies, photomechanical print

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 64 x 54 cm (25 3/16 x 21 1/4 in.) sheet (largest): 101 x 157 cm (39 3/4 x 61 13/16 in.)

  Credit line:

  James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  140-0001 XL

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  • Reference Number: AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P2
  • Title: Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany: conceptual sketches
  • Dates of creation: 1975
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 1

  People:

  • James Stirling and Partner (architectural firm)
  • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

  Description:

  diagram and sketch of site plan

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 conceptual drawing(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • conceptual

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 drawing

  Dimensions:

  sheet: 21 x 8,6 cm

  Credit line:

  James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  140-0002

  Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P2.1
    • Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany: conceptual sketches
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  • Reference Number: AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P3
  • Title: Axonometric drawings for building and site
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 2

  People:

  • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  3 design development drawing(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • design development

  Extent and Medium:

  • 3 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite on translucent paper

  Dimensions:

  sheets (smallest): 11 x 13 cm (4 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.) sheets (largest): 29,5 x 41,5 cm (11 5/8 x 16 5/16 in.)

  Credit line:

  James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P3.1
    • Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany: plan
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    • AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P3.2
    • Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany: sketch perspective
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  • Reference Number: AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P4
  • Title: Sketch layouts for presentation drawings, site plans
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 6

  People:

  • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

  Description:

  sketch layouts for presentation drawings, site plans, floor plans, elevations, sections, axonometrics and perspective
  
  

  Quantity / Object type:

  31 presentation drawing(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • presentation

  Extent and Medium:

  • 31 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite and ink on paper and translucent paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 14.5 x 21 cm (5 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.) sheet (largest): 117 x 102 cm (46 1/16 x 40 3/16 in.)

  Physical Description:

  - Some of the drawings have been removed from exhibition mats in which they were originally received.

  Credit line:

  James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P4.1
    • Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany: axonometrics and sketch
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    • AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P4.7
    • Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany: plan
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    • AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P4.10
    • Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany: plan
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    • AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P4.24
    • Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany: site axonometric
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    • AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P4.28
    • Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany: cutaway axonometric
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    • AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P4.30
    • Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany: axonometric
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  • Reference Number: AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P5
  • Title: Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany:
  • Dates of creation: 1975
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 3

  People:

  • James Stirling and Partner (architectural firm)
  • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

  Description:

  site and floor plans, elevations and sections submitted for competition
  

  Quantity / Object type:

  43 presentation drawing(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • presentation

  Extent and Medium:

  • 43 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Reprographic copies with ink

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 33 x 34 cm (13 x 13 3/8 in.) sheet (largest): 121 x 102 cm (47 5/8 x 40 3/16 in.)

  Credit line:

  James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P5.1
    • Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany: site plan
    • Form: drawings
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    • AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P5.39
    • Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany: longitudinal section
    • Form: drawings
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    • AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P5.41
    • Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany: cross section
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  • Reference Number: AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P6
  • Title: Views of presentation drawings produced for publication purposes
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 26 reprographic copies

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver prints

  Physical Description:

  Reprographic copies printed of photographic paper

  Credit line:

  James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Folder Number:

  140-0005

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  • Reference Number: AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P7
  • Title: Views of presentation drawings
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • approximately 50 reprographic copies

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver prints

  Credit line:

  James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P8
  • Title: Views of presentation drawings, competition programme, model
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photographic material(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • approximately 40 photographic materials

  Technique and media:

  Negatives, gelatin silver prints

  Credit line:

  James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P9
  • Title: Mostly views of site model
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 1

  People:

  • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • approximately 40 photographic materials

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver prints, chromogenic colour prints

  Credit line:

  James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P9.2
    • Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany: view of model set within competition site model
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  • Reference Number: AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P11
  • Title: Competition model, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany
  • Dates of creation: 1975
  • Form: models
  • Catalogued items within this file 1

  People:

  • James Stirling and Partner (architectural firm)
  • Unknown (model maker)
  • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 competition model(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • competition model

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 model

  Dimensions:

  model (largest): 10,5 x 51,5 x 33 cm (4 1/8 x 20 1/4 x 13 in.)

  Credit line:

  James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Objects that have been catalogued:

  • 
    • AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P11.1
    • Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany: competition model
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  • Reference Number: AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P12
  • Title: Views of drawings
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  8 photographic material(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 8 negatives

  Technique and media:

  Negatives

  Physical Description:

  Glass negatives. Manipulate with care.

  Credit line:

  James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P13
  • Title: Views of drawings
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  17 photographic material(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 17 negatives

  Technique and media:

  Negatives

  Credit line:

  James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • This material was received at CCA as part of a larger group. For preservation needs it was divided in two boxes and processed separately. See AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P14 for the second part of this material.
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  • Reference Number: AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P14
  • Title: Views of drawings
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

  Description:

  Includes the original box in which the photographs were stored.

  Quantity / Object type:

  17 photographic material(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 9 negatives

  Technique and media:

  Negatives

  Physical Description:

  Glass negatives. Manipulate with care.

  Credit line:

  James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

  Related units of description:

  • This material was received at CCA as part of a larger group. For preservation needs it was divided in two boxes and processed separately. See AP140.S2.SS1.D44.P13 for the first part of this material.