History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, Competition and Construction, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Dates of creation
1962-[2000], predominant 1963-1968
Level of archival description
File 26
Extent and Medium
0.41 l.m. of textual records
approximately 1552 photographic materials
approximately 123 drawings (including approximately 90 reprographic copies)
19 rolls of drawings
1 model
1 artefact
Scope and Content
File documents a successful competition entry and an executed project for a library for the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom. Material in this file was produced between 1962 and 2000.
File contains publication drawings and several working drawings. Photographic materials include views of drawings, of models, including by John Donat Photography and by photographer Richard Einzing of Brecht-Einzig studio, an aerial view of the site, views of the building site, of the completed building and of James Stirling, including by photographers Ian Nairn, Norman R.C. McGrath, James Stirling, Ezra Stoller, Alessandro Vasella and Colin Westwood. Photographs of building defects and remedial work are also present in the file. File also contains textual records, presentation models and a printing plate.
Title: Site plan, sections, a partial section, a sectional oblique for part of the roof structure
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 16
People:
Mary Banham (draughtsman)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
site plan, sections, a partial section, a sectional oblique for part of the roof structure, floor plans, a sectional axonometric for the terraces overlooking the entrances, and an axonometric of the north entrance ramp and twin canopy
Quantity / Object type:
16 publication drawing(s)
Stage and Purpose:
publication
Extent and Medium:
16 drawings
Technique and media:
Graphite, coloured pencil, and ink on translucent paper
Dimensions:
sheet (smallest): 27 x 37 cm
sheet (largest): 71 x 76 cm
Credit line:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Title: Views of working and publication drawings, as well as views of drawings not otherwise present in the project documents
Form: photographs
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
views of working and publication drawings, as well as views of drawings not otherwise present in the project documents, including views of a composite drawing consisting of a mirror image of an east-west cross section, of a caricature of the History Faculty Building by Pedro Gueddes, and of a site plan (that was probably part of the competition entry) showing the library roof oriented towards the south-west, rather than towards the south-east, as in the executed design; includes views of an article by Hugh Brogan in 'The Cambridge Review', 11 October 1968
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
Title: Views of publication drawings including a ground-floor plan
Form: photographs
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
views of publication drawings including a ground-floor plan (not otherwise present in the project documents) showing the circulation patterns of students and "senior members" at the north and south entrances
Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)
Extent and Medium:
approximately 40 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
Title: Views of the building site and of the exterior and interior of the completed building
Form: photographs
Catalogued items within this file 1
People:
Richard Einzig (photographer)
John Donat (photographer)
James Frazer Stirling (photographer)
Norman R.C. McGrath (photographer)
Colin Westwood (photographer)
Ezra Stoller (photographer)
Ian Nairn (photographer)
Brecht-Einzig (photographic studio)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
views of the building site and of the exterior and interior of the completed building, including details; includes an aerial view of the site before construction
Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)
Extent and Medium:
approximately 100 photographs
Technique and media:
Gelatin silver prints and one chromogenic colour print
Credit line:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Title: Views of the exterior and interior of the completed building
Form: photographs
Catalogued items within this file 3
People:
Richard Einzig (photographer)
John Donat (photographer)
James Frazer Stirling (photographer)
Norman R.C. McGrath (photographer)
Colin Westwood (photographer)
Brecht-Einzig (photographic studio)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
views of the exterior and interior of the completed building, including details; includes one view of a presentation model and views of James Stirling in the building
Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)
Extent and Medium:
approximately 80 photographs
Technique and media:
Gelatin silver prints
Credit line:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Title: Views of the building site and of the exterior and interior of the completed building, including details
Form: photographs
Catalogued items within this file 5
People:
Richard Einzig (photographer)
John Donat (photographer)
James Frazer Stirling (photographer)
Norman R.C. McGrath (photographer)
Brecht-Einzig (photographic studio)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
views of the building site and of the exterior and interior of the completed building, including details; includes a view of an article by Hugh Brogan in 'The Cambridge Review', 11 October 1968, and a postcard of a Ben Johnson screen print depicting the building
Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)
Extent and Medium:
approximately 80 photographs
Technique and media:
Gelatin silver prints
Credit line:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Title: Views of a presentation model and of the exterior and interior of the completed building
Dates of creation: 1980
Form: photographs
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
Richard Einzig (photographer)
John Donat (photographer)
James Frazer Stirling (photographer)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
views of a presentation model and of the exterior and interior of the completed building, portraits of James Stirling at the building site and views of building defects and remedial work
Quantity / Object type:
1 photographic material(s)
Extent and Medium:
approximately 50 photographic materials
Technique and media:
Colour slides, colour transparencies, colour negatives, and black-and-white negatives
Credit line:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Title: Views of a presentation model and of working and publication drawings, as well as views of drawings not otherwise present in the project documents
Form: photographs
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
views of a presentation model and of working and publication drawings, as well as views of drawings not otherwise present in the project documents, including views of an incomplete set of numbered and revised working drawings, of a ground-floor plan showing the circulation patterns of students and "senior members" at the north and south entrances, of a composite drawing consisting of a mirror image of an east-west cross section, and of a site plan (that was probably part of the competition entry) showing the library roof oriented towards the south-west, rather than towards the south-east, as in the executed design. Includes views of an article by Hugh Brogan in 'The Cambridge Review', 11 October 1968; also one portrait of a woman
Quantity / Object type:
1 negative(s)
Extent and Medium:
approximately 50 photographic materials
Credit line:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Title: Views of the exterior and interior of the completed building
Form: photographs
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
James Frazer Stirling (photographer)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
views of the exterior and interior of the completed building, including details, as well as views of presentation models, including one view of a model of the roof structure which is not otherwise present in the project documents
Quantity / Object type:
1 negative(s)
Extent and Medium:
approximately 80 photographic materials
Credit line:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Title: Architect's statement explaining the site and the features of the building
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
7-page document including the architect's statement explaining the site and the features of the building, a statement from the structural engineer explaining the building's three interdependent structural elements, and a statement from the services engineers explaining the heating, ventilation and lighting installations of the building; document includes handwritten underlining, corrections and changes
Quantity / Object type:
1 architect's statement(s)
Extent and Medium:
0.01 l. m. of textual records
Technique and media:
Typescript and ink
Dimensions:
sheets: 33 x 21 cm
Document Type:
architect's statement
Physical Description:
- The seven pages of the document are stapled together at one corner.
Credit line:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Title: Administrative records, correspondence and notes relating to photographic services
Dates of creation: 1968
Form: textual records
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
administrative records, correspondence and notes relating to photographic services, a few clippings, and several photocopies of photographs of the History Faculty Building
Quantity / Object type:
25 textual record(s)
Extent and Medium:
0.02 l. m. of textual records
Dimensions:
sheets (smallest): 4 x 5 cm
sheets (largest): 30 x 21 cm
Document Type:
correspondence
Physical Description:
- Eight of the photocopies are stapled together at one corner.
Credit line:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Title: Caricature of James Stirling with an umbrella in the History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge
Dates of creation: 1968
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 1
People:
Unknown (artist)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
caricature of James Stirling with an umbrella in the History Faculty Building; the caricature is also included with material relating to the Leicester University Engineering Building (AP140.S2.SS1.D23.P21)
Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)
Extent and Medium:
1 drawing
Dimensions:
comp.: 26 x 20 cm
sheet: 26 x 39 cm
Physical Description:
The caricature is on one half of a folded sheet of construction paper.
Credit line:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Title: Presentation model, History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
Dates of creation: 1963
Form: models
Catalogued items within this file 1
People:
James Stirling (Firm) (architectural firm)
Michael Wilford (associated architect)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
model shows the site and immediate surroundings of the History Faculty Building, and interior elements including the library mezzanine and the galleries and escape stairs of the L-shaped block; the model was part of the 1963 competition entry, and shows the library roof oriented towards the south-west, rather than towards the south-east, as in the executed design; also shows a different design for the terrace to the north, and for the stairs flanking the brick end walls
Quantity / Object type:
1 presentation model(s)
Stage and Purpose:
presentation model
Extent and Medium:
1 model
Technique and media:
Wood, plastic, graphite and metal
Dimensions:
model (largest): 57 x 67 x 15 cm
Physical Description:
- Base of the model is surrounded by a metallic frame
Credit line:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Title: Presentation model for the History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, displayed in the exhibition Architecture I (1977) at Leo Castelli Gallery
Dates of creation: 1963 - 1967
Form: models
Catalogued items within this file 1
People:
Julian Harrap (model maker)
James Stirling (Firm) (architectural firm)
Michael Wilford (associated architect)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
model shows the History Faculty Building, and interior elements including the library mezzanine and the galleries and escape stairs of the L-shaped block
Quantity / Object type:
1 presentation model(s)
Stage and Purpose:
presentation model
Extent and Medium:
1 model
Dimensions:
model (largest): 51.4 x 100 x 79.8 cm
Credit line:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Presentation model for the History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, displayed in the exhibition Architecture I (1977) at Leo Castelli Gallery
Title: Origami model of the History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, England
Dates of creation: 1981-2000
Form: models
Catalogued items within this file 1
People:
Masahiro Chatani (model maker)
James Stirling (Firm) (architectural firm)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 presentation model(s)
Extent and Medium:
1 model
Dimensions:
model (open): 10 x 15 x 10 cm
model (closed): 10 x 15 cm
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
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
Title: Plans, interior elevations, sections, axonometrics and details, including for glazing, History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, Competition and Construction, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Dates of creation: circa 1962-1968
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 file
Stage and Purpose:
reference
Extent and Medium:
1 roll of drawings
Arrangement:
This material was originally part of a bigger group that was separated for preservation reasons. See also AP140.S2.SS1.D26.P55 for the other part of the original group.
Credit line:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Title: Plans, interior elevations, sections, axonometrics and details, History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, Competition and Construction, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Dates of creation: circa 1962-1968
Form: drawings
Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:
1 file
Stage and Purpose:
reference
Extent and Medium:
1 roll of drawings
Arrangement:
This material was originally part of a bigger group that was separated for preservation reasons. See also AP140.S2.SS1.D26.P39 for the other part of the original group.
Conditions governing access:
This material cannot the consulted for preservation reasons, conact ref@cca.qc.ca for more information.
Credit line:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
