Britannia Basin, Manchester, England
1998
Project
File documents the Foreign Office Architects interest in a competition to design contemporary housing on an urban site in central Manchester, England. The competition was organized by the Royal Institute of British Architects, sponsored by Urban Splash, and won by Glenn Howells Architects.
The Foreign Office Architects refer to this project as both Britannia Basin and the Manchester Housing project in this file. File includes a map and images of the proposed development site, and competition information in the form of questions and answers produced by the Royal Institute of British Architects. File also contains digital material that is currently being processed and is temporarily unavailable for consultation. Material in this file was produced in 1998.
Manchester Greater Manchester England United Kingdom
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
Documents are in English.
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This file contains an annotated map (in 2 pieces) of the proposed competition site depicting three phases of construction; a memo from the RIBA Competitions Office to all competitors which accompanies 2 copies of a stapled document of competition questions and answers; and 35 color photographic snapshots of streetscapes and a construction site. Note that some of the snapshots are taped together to create a panoramic view.
1 file
envelope: 23.1 × 32.7 cm
inscribed
Manchester Greater Manchester England United Kingdom
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
171-083-015
Complete contents of 3.5" floppy disk ARCH272704. This material was received on a floppy disk that was labelled "DXF file of site plan and sections A-A B-B". Prevalent file types: .frk, .dxf, .dat, .dce
1 File
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
Partial contents of DVD ARCH269427. Original directory name: "020 Manchester Housing". Prevalent file types: .dwg, .jpg, .tif
1 File
Foreign Office Architects fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Farshid Moussavi et Alejandro Zaera-Polo/
Gift of Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaera-Polo
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