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History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, Competition and Construction
1962-[2000], predominant 1963-1968
File 26
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.
Cambridge Cambridgeshire England United Kingdom
Documents are in English, German, Italian, and Spanish.
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4 working drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, and grey adhesive film on translucent paper
sheets: 70 x 102 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0589
Objects that have been catalogued:
6 publication drawing(s)
Graphite and ink on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 26 x 34 cm sheet (largest): 26 x 47 cm
- Each drawing was in a mat stamped "History Building. Cambridge University. 1964-68".
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0590
Objects that have been catalogued:
axonometrics of the building and of the north entrance ramp and twin canopy, and plan obliques of the library reading room
4 publication drawing(s)
Graphite and ink on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 26 x 26 cm sheet (largest): 29 x 38 cm
- Each drawing was in a mat stamped "History Building. Cambridge University. 1964-68".
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0591
Objects that have been catalogued:
3 publication drawing(s)
Graphite and ink on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 24 x 27 cm sheet (largest): 39 x 45 cm
- Each drawing was in a mat stamped "History Building. Cambridge University. 1964-68".
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0592
Objects that have been catalogued:
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
16 publication drawing(s)
Graphite, coloured pencil, and ink on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 27 x 37 cm sheet (largest): 71 x 76 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0589
Objects that have been catalogued:
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
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
140-0593
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
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
140-0594
1 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver prints
photographic materials: 0.03 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0603
Objects that have been catalogued:
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
1 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver prints and one chromogenic colour print
photographic materials: 0.05 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0604
Objects that have been catalogued:
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
1 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver prints
photographic materials: 0.04 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0605
Objects that have been catalogued:
24 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver prints
sheets: 21 x 17 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0595
Objects that have been catalogued:
2 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver prints
sheets: 33 x 25 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0596
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
1 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver prints
photographic materials: 0.03 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0606
views of the exterior and interior of the completed building, including details. Includes views of James Stirling in the building
1 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver prints
photographic materials: 0.04 l.m.
- One photograph is mounted on cardboard.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0607
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
140-0608
1 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver prints
photographic materials: 0.01 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0597
Objects that have been catalogued:
11 photograph(s)
Chromogenic colour prints
sheets: 12 x 10 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0609
1 photograph(s)
Chromogenic colour prints
photographic materials: 0.01 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0610
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
1 photographic material(s)
Colour slides, colour transparencies, colour negatives, and black-and-white negatives
photographic materials: 0.05 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0598
1 photographic material(s)
Gelatin silver prints, colour slides, and negatives
photographic materials: 0.03 l.m.
- Most of the prints have punched holes through which they are loosely bound by short lengths of string.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0599
1 photographic material(s)
Gelatin silver prints and negatives
photographic materials: 0.03 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0600
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
1 negative(s)
photographic materials: 0.02 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0601
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
1 negative(s)
photographic materials: 0.02 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0602
views of working and publication drawings, several views of a caricature of the History Faculty Building by Pedro Gueddes
9 negative(s)
Glass negatives
sheets (smallest): 12 x 17 cm sheets (largest): 17 x 22 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0613
administrative records, correspondence and notes relating to photographic services, a few clippings, and several photocopies of photographs of the History Faculty Building
25 textual record(s)
sheets (smallest): 4 x 5 cm sheets (largest): 30 x 21 cm
- Eight of the photocopies are stapled together at one corner.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0615
correspondence, reprographic copies of working drawings, trade brochures, and includes materials relating to the British Olivetti training centre, Haslemere
1 textual record(s)
records: 0,33 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
CDCM
1 roll(s)
Reprographic copies 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)
Reprographic copies 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)
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 with graphite and ink
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 with graphite and coloured pencil
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 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)
Reprographic copies 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)
Working drawing(s) reprographic copies with ink and coloured pencil to be completed details, including for glazing
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 with ink and coloured pencil
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 with ink and coloured pencil
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
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 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)
Reprographic copies 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)
Reprographic copies with ink and coloured pencil
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 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)
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)
Reprographic copies 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)
Reprographic copies, some with ink and coloured pencil
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
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
correspondence, clippings (1983-1986) relating to repair work and to threat of demolition of the Faculty of History Building, report on glazing spray test
1 textual record(s)
records: 0,05 l.m.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver print
sheet: 113 x 92 x 3 cm
- Photograph is mounted on hardboard attached to a wooden cradle.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0611
interior view of the roof of the completed library reading room
1 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver print
sheet: 39 x 29 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
© Richard Einzig/Arcaid
140-0612
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
1 architect's statement(s)
Typescript and ink
sheets: 33 x 21 cm
- The seven pages of the document are stapled together at one corner.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
140-0614
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)
1 drawing(s)
Black ink on brown construction paper
comp.: 26 x 20 cm sheet: 26 x 39 cm
- The caricature is on one half of a folded sheet of construction paper.
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
© RCM, 1968
140-0552
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
1 presentation model(s)
Wood, plastic, graphite and metal
model (largest): 57 x 67 x 15 cm
- Base of the model is surrounded by a metallic frame
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
© CCA
model shows the History Faculty Building, and interior elements including the library mezzanine and the galleries and escape stairs of the L-shaped block
1 presentation model(s)
Wood and plastic
model (largest): 51.4 x 100 x 79.8 cm
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
© CCA
CDCM
1 printing plate(s)
Metal
plate (irreg.): 10 x 7 x 2 cm
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
140-0641
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