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Stiff Dom-ino housing

Stiff Dom-ino housing

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People

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

Title

Stiff Dom-ino housing

Dates of creation

1951-1975

Level of archival description

File 3

Extent and Medium

  • 19 photographic materials
  • 3 drawings

Scope and Content

File documents a theoretical housing project in the United Kingdom. Material in this file was produced between 1951 and probably after 1975.

File contains publication drawings and photographic materials.

Reference Number

AP140.S2.SS1.D3

Arrangement

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

Location

United Kingdom

Language of material

Documents are in English and Italian.

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    • Reference Number: AP140.S2.SS1.D3.P1
    • Title: Plans for clusters and terraces, and hand-coloured cutaway axonometric drawing, Stiff Dom-ino housing, United Kingdom
    • Dates of creation: circa 1970-1975
    • Form: drawings
    • Catalogued items within this file 2

    People:

    • Russell Bevington (draughtsman)
    • Ulrich Schaad (draughtsman)
    • Léon Krier (draughtsman)
    • James Frazer Stirling (draughtsman)
    • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

    Description:

    plans for clusters and terraces, and a hand-coloured cutaway axonometric drawing showing the structural system for one housing unit

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Stage and Purpose:

    • publication

    Extent and Medium:

    • 3 drawings

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 21 x 30 cm (8 1/4 x 11 13/16 in.) sheet (largest): 33 x 30 cm (13 x 11 13/16 in.)

    Physical Description:

    The hand-coloured axonometric drawing for the Stiff Dom-ino structural system was originally mounted in a mat stamped "Stiff Dom-ino Housing 1951".

    Credit line:

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

    Folder Number:

    140-0394

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: AP140.S2.SS1.D3.P2
    • Title: Photographs by Stirling of a no-longer extant model for a single unit, Stiff Dom-ino housing, United Kingdom
    • Dates of creation: circa 1951-1970s
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 4

    People:

    • James Frazer Stirling (photographer)
    • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

    Description:

    Photographs by Stirling of a no-longer extant model for a single unit of Stiff Dom-ino housing (inscriptions on the back of two photographs read, "original JS model"), and views of publication drawings

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 17 photographs

    Dimensions:

    sheet (smallest): 5 x 7 cm (1 15/16 x 2 3/4 in.) sheet (largest): 17 x 22 cm (6 11/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

    Credit line:

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

    Folder Number:

    140-0395

    Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • Reference Number: AP140.S2.SS1.D3.P3
    • Title: Views of publication drawings, Stiff Dom-ino housing, United Kingdom
    • Dates of creation: 1970s
    • Form: photographs
    • Catalogued items within this file 0

    People:

    • James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)

    Quantity / Object type:

    1 File

    Extent and Medium:

    • 2 negatives

    Dimensions:

    sheet: 17 x 22 cm (6 11/16 x 8 11/16 in.)

    Physical Description:

    Glass negatives. Manipulate with care.

    Credit line:

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

    Folder Number:

    140-0414

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