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House for the Architect

House for the Architect

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People

  • James Frazer Stirling (creator)
  • Liverpool School of Architecture (role unspecified)
  • James Frazer Stirling (architect)
  • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

Title

House for the Architect

Dates of creation

1949

Level of archival description

File 3

Extent and Medium

  • 4 photographs
  • 1 drawing
  • 1 model
  • 1 artefact

Scope and Content

File documents a student project for a House for the Architect in New England, United States. Project was designed in Stirling's fourth year at the Liverpool School of Architecture. Material in this file was produced in 1949.

File contains photographs, a presentation panel and model, and the box in which panel and model were originally housed.

Reference Number

AP140.S1.SS1.D3

Arrangement

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

Location

United States

Language of material

Document is in English.

Inventory

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    • Reference Number: AP140.S1.SS1.D3.P1
    • Title: Plans, House for the Architect
    • Dates of creation: 1948
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 1

    People:

    • James Frazer Stirling (draughtsman)
    • James Frazer Stirling (architect)
    • James Frazer Stirling (student)
    • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Stage and Purpose:

    • presentation panel

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 drawing

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 25,1 x 25,5 cm

    Credit line:

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

    Copyright:

    © CCA

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: AP140.S1.SS1.D3.P2
    • Title: Presentation model, House for the Architect
    • Dates of creation: circa 1949
    • Form: models
    • Catalogued items within this file 1

    People:

    • James Frazer Stirling (model maker)
    • James Frazer Stirling (architect)
    • James Frazer Stirling (student)
    • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

    Description:

    Model showing the ground floor pilotis, a first floor cable-stayed cantilevered sun deck, and polychrome window panels, frames, and casings (red, blue, yellow and white)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Stage and Purpose:

    • presentation model

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 model

    Dimensions:

    model (largest): 6 x 26 x 26 cm

    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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    • Reference Number: AP140.S1.SS1.D3.P3
    • Title: Model case, House for the Architect
    • Dates of creation: circa 1948-1949
    • Catalogued items within this file 1

    People:

    • James Frazer Stirling (model maker)
    • James Frazer Stirling (student)
    • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

    Description:

    Original box for House for the Architect presentation panel and model.

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 1 artefact

    Dimensions:

    artefact (largest): 9 x 28 x 28 cm

    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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    • Reference Number: AP140.S1.SS1.D3.P4
    • Title: Views of a model, House for the Architect
    • Dates of creation: circa 1949
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 1

    People:

    • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 4 photographs

    Credit line:

    James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
    Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
    Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
    Legs de la famille Stirling/
    Bequest of the Stirling family

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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