Southgate Housing, Phase II
1972-1988, predominant 1972-1980
File 42
File documents phase II of the executed Southgate Housing project in Runcorn, England, United Kingdom. The project was demolished in 1990 and 1991. Material in this file was produced between 1972 and 1988.
Photographic materials include photographs of completed buildings taken by Richard Einzig or the studio of Brecht-Einzig, and Morley Von Sternberg. Additionally, some of the photographs of terraces under construction and of damaged prefabricated panels were taken by Brian Williams.
File contains design development and publication drawings, as well as several working drawings. Photographic materials include views of the building site, some by photographer Brian Williams, and views of the completed buildings by photographers Richard Einzig of the studio Brecht-Einzig and by photographer Morley Von Sternberg. File also contains textual records.
Material in this project series was likely kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.
Runcorn Halton England United Kingdom
Documents are in English.
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1 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver prints
photographic materials: 0.02 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0708
24 photographic material(s)
Black-and-white and colour negatives and colour transparencies
sheets (smallest): 7 x 8 cm sheets (largest): 25 x 21 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0709
1 roll(s)
Coloured pencil, graphite and ink on translucent paper and reprographic copies
coloured pencil, graphite and ink on translucent paper and reprographic copies
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 roll(s)
Reprographic copies, some with ink
reprographic copies, some with ink
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 roll(s)
Graphite, coloured pencil and ink on translucent paper, reprographic copies
graphite, coloured pencil and ink on translucent paper, reprographic copies
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
ink on translucent paper, reprographic copies
1 roll(s)
Ink on translucent paper, reprographic copies
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
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
Objects that have been catalogued:
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
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 roll(s)
Graphite on translucent paper
graphite on translucent paper
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 roll(s)
Graphite and ink on translucent paper, reprographic copies
graphite and ink on translucent paper, reprographic copies
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
site plans, floor plans, elevations, sections, including schematic site sections, axonometrics for façades, project schedule
1 roll(s)
Graphite and ink on translucent paper, reprographic copies, some with ink
graphite and ink on translucent paper, reprographic copies, some with ink
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
plans, elevations, axonometrics for façades, plans, sections and details for kitchens, details, including for playground equipment, staircases and brickwork
1 roll(s)
Coloured pencil and ink on translucent paper
coloured pencil and ink on translucent paper
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 roll(s)
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 textual record(s)
records: 0,1 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
correspondence, including with Runcorn Development Corporation, Cheshire County Council and suppliers, some relating to claims, specifications
1 textual record(s)
records: 0,1 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 textual record(s)
records: 0,1 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 textual record(s)
records: 0,1 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 textual record(s)
records: 0,1 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 textual record(s)
records: 0,01 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 textual record(s)
records: 0,2 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 textual record(s)
records: 0,15 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 textual record(s)
records: 0,15 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
correspondence, including with contractors and suppliers, some correspondence relating to extensions of time and to claims, specifications, progress schedules
1 textual record(s)
records: 0,15 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 textual record(s)
records: 0,02 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
notes, correspondence with Runcorn Development Corporation, some design development drawings, trade catalogues, technical reports
1 textual record(s)
records: 0,03 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 textual record(s)
records: 0,1 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 textual record(s)
records: 0,07 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 roll(s)
Reprographic copies, some with ink
reprographic copies, some with ink
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
design development drawings, including a few doodles and annotated thumbnail drawings, and several sketches and preliminary drawings for site plans, floor plans, plan and elevation obliques, and perspectives; included in this group are drawings indicating the layout in plan for two of the publication plan oblique drawings, an annotated reprographic copy of a preliminary drawing for a cutaway plan oblique for a three-storey terrace, indicating changes to be made to the drawing, thumbnail sketches showing the layout for three perspectives, and a perspective grid and corresponding preliminary drawings for a publication perspective for a pedestrian street
71 design development drawing(s)
Graphite and ink on paper and translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 21 x 21 cm sheet (largest): 66 x 91 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0798
3 publication drawing(s)
Coloured pencil and ink on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 50 x 56 cm sheet (largest): 77 x 84 cm
- Hand-coloured bird's-eye plan oblique for a section of the scheme, hand-coloured cutaway plan oblique showing the assemblage of prefabricated elements and bird's-eye perspective for the three-storey terraces and pedestrian boulevard were originally in mats.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0798
site plans, floor plans, site section, plan obliques for part of the scheme, cutaway plan obliques showing the assemblage of prefabricated elements, and exterior perspective
12 publication drawing(s)
Ink on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 40 x 31 cm sheet (largest): 32 x 120 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0799
1 ring binder(s)
ring binder: 35 x 28 x 8 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
several photographs and a few negatives of building site and of defects, including some photographs of Phase I of the Southgate Housing project
1 photographic material(s)
Gelatin silver prints, negatives
records: 0,05 l.m.
2 ring binders
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
26 design development drawing(s)
Graphite, some coloured pencil and ink on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 51 x 75 cm sheet (largest): 42 x 140 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0800
1 ring binder(s)
ring binder: 35 x 28 x 8 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver prints and chromogenic colour prints
photographic materials: 0,02 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0710
Objects that have been catalogued:
1 publication drawing(s)
Ink and graphite on translucent paper
sheet: 39 x 209 cm
- The drawing is rolled on a cardboard tube.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0772 R
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