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• Fonds: Cedric Price fonds, 1903-2006, predominant 1953-2000
•    Series: Projects, 1903-2003, predominant 1960-2000
•      Project: Serre, 1983-1990, predominant 1986-1987

People

• Cedric Price (architect)
• Frank Newby (consulting engineer)
• Etablissement public du parc de La Villette (client)
• Bernard Tschumi (correspondence writer)
• Cedric Price (archive creator)

Title

Serre

Dates of creation

1983-1990, predominant 1986-1987

Level of archival description

File 139

Extent and Medium

• 450 drawings
• 143 reprographic copies
• 2 artefacts
• 0.49 l.m. of textual records
• 0.05 l.m. of photographic materials

Scope and Content

File documents an unexecuted proposal for a greenhouse in the Parc de La Villette, north of the Canal de l'Ourcq and adjacent to the lock on the canal de St. Denis, Paris, France. Material in this file was produced between 1983 and 1990, but predominantly between 1986 and 1987.

File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, artefacts, photographic materials and textual records.

Reference Number

AP144.S2.D139

Arrangement

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

Location

Paris France

Language of material

English, French, German, Italian

Related units of description

• For additional materials related to this project, see the following files in this fonds: Files DR2004:0533, DR2004:0549, DR2004:0551, DR2004:0552, DR2004:0563, DR2004:0579 and DR2004:0591 in project series AP144.S2.D146, Serre (2) contain drawings and textual records; File DR2004:0834 in project series AP144.S2.D151, Tiff contains drawings; File DR2004:0434 in project series AP144.S2.D130, Stark contains a contract; File DR2004:0600 in project series AP144.S2.D147, Strate (2) contains sketches. The following files in this project series contain materials related to other projects: File DR2004:0475 contains a sketch related to Oxmast (AP144.S2.D143); File DR2004:0476 contains sketches related Strate (AP144.S2.D141); Files DR2004:0514 and DR2004:0539 contain textual materials related to Parc (AP144.S2.D119); Files DR2004:0517, DR2004:0521 and DR2004:0538 contain material related to Serre (2) (AP144.S2.D146).

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0474
  • Title: September 18, 1987 issue of Building Design
  • Dates of creation: September 18, 1987
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 1

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records

  Dimensions:

  folder: 25 x 37,5 x 1 cm

  Credit line:

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

  Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • DR2004:0474:001
    • Building Design
    • Form: textual records
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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0475
  • Title: Sketches, sections, plans, perspectives, notes, and sketch from Oxmast project
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  52 conceptual drawing(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 52 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Ink, graphite, correction fluid and watercolour on paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 8 x 13 cm sheet (largest): 15 x 10 cm

  Physical Description:

  Note: This material was originally housed in a cigar box.

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0476
  • Title: Sketches, perspectives, sections, plans, clippings, notes, sketches from Strate project, and view of model
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 1

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  17 conceptual drawing(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 17 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Ink, graphite and wax crayon on paper and reprographic copies

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 9 x 13 cm sheet (largest): 21 x 15 cm

  Physical Description:

  Note: This material was originally housed in a cigar box.

  Credit line:

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

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    • DR2004:0476:001
    • Serre: conceptual sketch
    • Form: drawings
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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0477
  • Title: Views of site, and views of model
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photograph(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  Technique and media:

  Chromogenic colour prints

  Dimensions:

  photographic materials: 0,01 l.m.

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0510
  • Title: Clippings, brochures, trade catalogues, publications
  • Form: drawings, textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Description:

  clippings, brochures, trade catalogues, publications, correspondence, price lists, views of greenhouses, reference drawings, fabric sample, form, and schedule

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.04 l.m. of textual records
  • and other materials

  Dimensions:

  folder: 25 x 37,5 x 4 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0511
  • Title: Brochures, publications, and letters
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.04 l.m. of textual records

  Dimensions:

  folder: 25 x 37,5 x 4 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0512
  • Title: Consultant's drawings, sections, details, sketches, notes, schedules, memorandum, and reference drawing
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 33 reprographic copies

  Technique and media:

  Ink on reprographic copies

  Dimensions:

  folder: 25 x 37,5 x 2 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0513
  • Title: Brochures, trade catalogues, and letters
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.04 l.m. of textual records

  Dimensions:

  folder: 25 x 37,5 x 4 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0514
  • Title: Correspondence, notes, memorandums, meeting minutes
  • Form: drawings, textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 1

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Description:

  correspondence, notes, memorandums, meeting minutes, drawings, proposal documents, clippings, invoices, receipts, draft cost estimates, transmittal forms, sketches, prospectus, draft article, brief, brochure, and document from Parc project

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 ring binder(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.06 l.m. of textual records
  • and other materials

  Dimensions:

  ring binder: 35 x 29 x 8 cm

  Credit line:

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

  Objects that have been catalogued:

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    • DR2004:0514:001
    • Serre: description of the greenhouse framework and foundation; verso: Serre: conceptual sketches for the south end
    • Form: drawings
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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0517
  • Title: Axonometrics, sections, plans, elevations, perspectives
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Description:

  axonometrics, sections, plans, elevations, perspectives, sketches, site plans, and axonometric possibly from the second Serre project

  Quantity / Object type:

  79 design development drawing(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 79 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite, ink, wax crayon, correction fluid, adhesive film and adhesive tape on reprographic copies and translucent paper

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 38 x 72 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0520
  • Title: Views and photomontages of site, and clippings
  • Form: photographs
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 photographic material(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  Technique and media:

  Reprographic copies and chromogenic colour prints, mounted on paper

  Dimensions:

  photographic materials: 0,01 l.m.

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0521
  • Title: Sketches, sections, plans, perspectives, axonometrics
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Description:

  sketches, sections, plans, perspectives, axonometrics, drawings from the second Serre project, design development drawings, schedules, notes, schematics, site plans, and computer drawing from an unknown project

  Quantity / Object type:

  47 conceptual drawing(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 47 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite, ink, wax crayon, correction fluid and adhesive tape on translucent paper and reprographic copies

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 21 x 30 cm sheet (largest): 63 x 76 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0522
  • Title: Conceptual sketches, plans, sections, perspectives
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Description:

  conceptual sketches, plans, sections, perspectives, axonometrics, details, views and photomontages of model, site plans, and elevation

  Quantity / Object type:

  6 presentation drawing(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 6 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Paper collage on reprographic copies

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 30 x 21 cm sheet (largest): 60 x 42 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0525
  • Title: Sections, plans, axonometrics, elevations, sketches, site plans, details, perspectives, and schedule
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  37 design development drawing(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 37 reprographic copies

  Technique and media:

  Ink, wax crayon, graphite, coloured pencil, correction fluid, paper collage and adhesive tape on reprographic copies and translucent paper

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 23 x 42 cm sheet (largest): 38 x 72 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0526
  • Title: Sections, site plans, plans, axonometrics, elevations
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Description:

  sections, site plans, plans, axonometrics, elevations, conceptual sketches, details, schematics, views of model, perspectives, and blank forms

  Quantity / Object type:

  29 presentation drawing(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 29 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Paper collage on reprographic copies

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 30 x 42 cm sheet (largest): 60 x 84 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0534
  • Title: Perspectives, axonometrics, sections, details, sketches, plans, and view of site
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  31 design development drawing(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 31 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Ink, graphite, correction fluid and adhesive film on translucent paper and reprographic copies

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 23 x 27 cm sheet (largest): 30 x 42 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0537
  • Title: Correspondence, translations, contract documents, notes, memorandums, invoices, receipts, and form
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 ring binder(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.05 l.m. of textual records

  Dimensions:

  ring binder: 35 x 29 x 8 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0538
  • Title: Brochures, publications, fabric samples, letters, trade catalogue, offprint, and brochure from the second Serre project
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.03 l.m. of textual records
  • and other materials

  Dimensions:

  folder: 25 x 37,5 x 3 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0539
  • Title: Brochures, trade catalogues, publications, letters, offprint, and publication from the Parc project
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.05 l.m. of textual records

  Dimensions:

  folder: 25 x 37,5 x 5 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0540
  • Title: Contract documents, translations, brief, correspondence, forms, schedule, notes, and sketch
  • Form: drawings, textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.02 l.m. of textual records
  • and other materials

  Dimensions:

  folder: 25 x 37,5 x 2 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0541
  • Title: French/English vocabulary lists and translations
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.02 l.m. of textual records

  Dimensions:

  folder: 25 x 37,5 x 2 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0542
  • Title: Sections, axonometrics, perspectives, sketches, plans, site plans, elevations, conceptual sketches, and schematics
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 35 reprographic copies

  Technique and media:

  Ink, graphite and coloured pencil on reprographic copies

  Dimensions:

  folder: 25 x 37,5 x 1 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0543
  • Title: Correspondence, memorandums, translations, notes, drawings, and contract document
  • Form: drawings, textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records
  • and other materials

  Dimensions:

  folder: 25 x 37,5 x 1 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0544
  • Title: February-March 1985 and February-March 1987 issues of the French journal Techniques & Architecture
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Description:

  February-March 1985 and February-March 1987 issues of the French journal Techniques & Architecture, clippings, and clippings from the Parc project

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.03 l.m. of textual records

  Dimensions:

  folder: 25 x 37,5 x 3 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0545
  • Title: Consultant's drawings, programme, translation of programme
  • Form: drawings, textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Description:

  consultant's drawings, programme, translation of programme, December 1986 issue of Architectural Review, notes, sketches, and brochure

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.04 l.m. of textual records
  • and other materials

  Dimensions:

  folder: 25 x 37,5 x 4 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0546
  • Title: Publications, reports, consultants' drawings, brochures, and maps
  • Form: maps, drawings, textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.05 l.m. of textual records
  • and other materials

  Dimensions:

  folder: 25 x 37,5 x 5 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0559
  • Title: Sections, plans, axonometrics, perspectives, sketches
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Description:

  sections, plans, axonometrics, perspectives, sketches, elevations, conceptual sketches, details, schematics, site plans, reference drawings, possibly presentation drawings, notes, cutouts, possibly consultant's drawing, and schedule

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 218 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Ink, graphite, wax crayon, correction fluid, coloured pencil and adhesive tape on reprographic copies, translucent paper, and paper

  Dimensions:

  folder: 25 x 37,5 x 5 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0569
  • Title: Views of models, views of site and other areas of the Parc de la Villette
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 2

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Description:

  views of models, views of site and other areas of the Parc de la Villette, views of greenhouses, views of building component, printouts, site plans, and sketches

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • Approximately 90 photographic materials
  • Approximately 8 reprographic copies

  Technique and media:

  Wax crayon, graphite, ink and adhesive tape on chromogenic colour prints, colour polaroids (or diffusion transfer prints), reprographic copies and gelatin silver prints, some mounted on paper

  Dimensions:

  folder: 25 x 37,5 x 3 cm

  Credit line:

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

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    • DR2004:0569:001
    • Side view of a greenhouse at White Oak in the United States
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    • DR2004:0569:002
    • Front view of a greenhouse at White Oak in the United States
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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0592
  • Title: Sections, perspectives, and site plans
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  8 design development drawing(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 8 reprographic copies

  Technique and media:

  Ink and adhesive tape on reprographic copies

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 21 x 30 cm sheet (largest): 32 x 43 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:0668
  • Title: Samples of window fittings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  2 artefact(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 2 artefacts

  Technique and media:

  Paint on metal, glass and plastic

  Dimensions:

  artefact (smallest): 7 x 26 x 9 cm artefact (largest): 16 x 59 x 10 cm

  Credit line:

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

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:1097
  • Title: Site plan with overlay showing proposed structure
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  Technique and media:

  Adhesive tape on reprographic copies

  Dimensions:

  folder: 25 x 37,5 x 1 cm

  Credit line:

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