I.C.A. Building

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• Fonds: Cedric Price fonds, 1903-2006, predominant 1953-2000
•    Series: Projects, 1903-2003, predominant 1960-2000
•      Project: I.C.A. Building, [1963]

People

• Cedric Price (architect)
• Cedric Price (archive creator)

Title

I.C.A. Building

Dates of creation

[1963]

Level of archival description

File 24

Extent and Medium

• 4 drawings
• 2 photographs

Scope and Content

File documents an unexecuted proposal for new Headquarters for the Institute of Contemporary Arts on a site in South Kensington, London, England. File contains annotated conceptual drawings for a multi-functional building which includes an administration area, library, auditorium, lecture halls and galleries. Design proposal includes flexible and incomplete areas and an extensible open deck on top floor for future vertical expansion. Some material in this file was published in 'Architectural Design'. vol. 40, (October 1970), 518. Material in this file was produced in 1963.

File contains conceptual drawings and photographic material.

Reference Number

AP144.S2.D24

Arrangement

Materials in this series were kept in the original order in which they were received.

Location

Kensington and Chelsea London Greater London England United Kingdom

Language of material

English

Related units of description

• For additional materials related to this project, see file DR2004:0036 in this fonds. Some files in project series AP144.S2.D7, National Theatre and Opera House, contain materials related to this project.

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  • Reference Number: DR1995:0208:001-004
  • Title: Plan, section, and perspective
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 1

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  4 conceptual drawing(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 4 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite on reprographic copies, and ink, coloured pencil, and adhesive film on translucent paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 31 x 42 cm sheet (largest): 42 x 60 cm

  Credit line:

  Cedric Price fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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    • DR1995:0208:001
    • Section, plan and perspective view for headquarters for the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Kensington, London, England
    • Form: drawings
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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0037
  • Title: Plan and section
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  2 photograph(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 2 photographs

  Technique and media:

  Gelatin silver prints, one collaged

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 10 x 11 cm sheet (largest): 15 x 15 cm

  Credit line:

  Cedric Price fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal