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Steel House
1965-1969
File 60
File documents an unsuccessful competition entry, in collaboration with Miles Park, Douglas Smith and Frank Newby, for a mass-produced housing system using steel, for a competition sponsored by the European Coal and Steel Community. Requirements called for rapid assembly/disassembly, and flexible unit plans that could be altered by home owners and appeal to a wide range of owners and their preferences. Schematic sketches include exterior elevations, floor plans, preliminary details, and charts for building components. Conceptual sketches show alternate unit and floor plan arrangements, and include network analysis plans, site maximization plans based on transportability, family breakdown diagrams, alternate internal unit layout plans based on age and other factors, functional area plans indicating separation possibilities, and charts which cross-reference factors such as transportability, construction, and assembly requirements. Design development drawings show typical plans, site plans, sections, elevations, details, axonometric drawings of structure and cladding, internal units, and components. Some material in this file was published in Price, Cedric, "Steel Housing", 'Architectural Design', vol. 37, (May 1967) 244, and Price, Cedric, 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984) 36, 49-50, 113. Material in this file was produced between 1965 and 1969.
'High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community' is the full name of the client as found in the textual records. The title of the competition is 'International Competition for the Design of Industrially Fabricated Dwellings'.
File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, photographic material, presentation panels, textual records, and model.
Materials in this series were kept in the original order in which they were received.
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15 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, and coloured pencil on translucent paper
sheets: 38 x 51 cm
- This group contains one set of 4 drawings that are stapled together.
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
detail elevations, axonometric sketches, structural details, diagrams of services, annotations, schematic plans, chart, diagrams, and table of design elements
17 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, adhesive labels, and adhesive tape on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 38 x 51 cm sheet (largest): 50 x 76.5 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
22 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, coloured pencil, and wax crayon on translucent paper
sheets: 38 x 50 cm
- This group includes 5 stapled sets of drawings.
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
19 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite and ink on translucent paper
sheets: 50 x 76 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
19 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, coloured pencil, and adhesive tape on translucent paper
sheets: 38 x 50 cm
- This group contains 6 sets, 5 of which are stapled and one of which is taped together.
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
20 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, coloured pencil, wax crayon, and adhesive tape on translucent paper
sheets: 38 x 51 cm
- This group contains 8 sets of stapled drawings.
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
21 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, coloured pencil, and wax crayon on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 38 x 51 cm sheet (largest): 38.5 x 57.5 cm
- This group contains 6 sets of stapled drawings.
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
9 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite and ink on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 38 x 26 cm sheet (largest): 51 x 76 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
3 presentation panel(s)
Gelatin silver prints mounted on cardboard
panel: 37.5 x 50 cm
- The panels in this group each have a set of punched holes with metal grommets at top edge.
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
project analysis chart, axonometric drawings of assembly and modules, table of modular elements, diagrammatic plans of module variations, detail plans and axonometric drawings of kitchen and bathroom modules, sketch layouts, and axonometric of structure
14 design development drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, wax crayon, and adhesive tape on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 38 x 69 cm sheet (largest): 52 x 76 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
project analysis chart, axonometric drawings of modules, table of modular elements, some with annotations, and elevations, plans and sections of proposal
5 design development drawing(s)
Ink, coloured pencil, and paper collage on reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 30.5 x 67.5 cm sheet (largest): 79 x 114 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
sketches, some with annotations, correspondence, competition programme, clippings, drafts of publication article, press release, competition summary, meeting notes, notes, and office memoranda
1 drawing(s)
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
sketches, some with annotations, correspondence, competition programme, clippings, drafts of publication article, press release, competition summary, meeting notes, notes, and office memoranda
1 drawing(s)
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
sketches, some with annotations, correspondence, competition programme, clippings, drafts of publication article, press release, competition summary, meeting notes, notes, and office memoranda
1 drawing(s)
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
sketches, some with annotations, correspondence, competition programme, clippings, drafts of publication article, press release, competition summary, meeting notes, notes, and office memoranda
1 file(s)
folder: 24 x 38 x 2 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
sketches, drawings, correspondence, architect's statement, competition programme, promotional materials, trade catalogue, office memoranda, notes, thumbnail and conceptual sketches many with annotations and calculations, including a folder containing publications, draft competition report, sketches with annotations, notes, press release, reference drawings, and exhibition catalogue
1 file(s)
folder: 24 x 38 x 3 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
4 panel(s)
Reprographic copies mounted on cardboard
panels: 38 x 50 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 textual record(s)
sheet: 21 x 30 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver print
sheet: 5 x 16 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
component pieces for a model, including plexiglass panel, plastic panels, clippings, possibly unrelated to the project, and a box containing plexiglass panels, plastic tubes and painted wood blocks
1 model(s)
Paint on wood, plexiglass, and plastic
- The model parts for DR2004:0094 are contained in a tin box labeled 'Steel House' while contents are labeled '81 Housing Research' and '81 Model'.
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
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