Selfridges Department Store Bristol

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• Fonds: Foreign Office Architects fonds, 1991-2011
•    Series: Projects, 1991-2011
•      Project: Selfridges Department Store Bristol, 2002

People

• Foreign Office Architects (creator)
• Foreign Office Architects (archive creator)

Title

Selfridges Department Store Bristol

Dates of creation

2002

Level of archival description

Project

Extent and Medium

• 24 printouts
• 0.06 l.m. textual records

Scope and Content

File documents a design by the Foreign Office Architects for a Selfridges Department Store, Bristol, England. The project called for 18,000m2 of commercial space, with a budget of 60 million EUR, but was later suspended by the client, Selfridges UK. Material in this file was produced between 2002 and 2003.

File includes site plans and drawings.

Reference Number

AP171.S1.2002.D6

Location

Bristol Avon England United Kingdom

Credit line

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

Language of material

Documents are in English.

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  • Reference Number: ARCH271400
  • Title: Materials related to the Selfridges Department Store
  • Dates of creation: ca. 2002
  • Form: drawings, textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Foreign Office Architects (archive creator)

  Description:

  This file contains materials related to the Selfridges Department Store, Bristol, England. It includes building regulations, copes of site plans, and preliminary computer-generated design renderings depicting various concepts for the exterior structure of the building. Many of the drawings are annotated.
  

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 textual record(s)

  Dimensions:

  records: 0.02 l.m.

  Physical Description:

  - This material was removed from a ring binder for conservation purposes. The binder was labelled, "Selfridges Bristol / 057-01 / 2003".

  Location:

  London Greater London England United Kingdom

  Credit line:

  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
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The material is in English.

  Folder Number:

  171-097-008

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  • Reference Number: ARCH271401
  • Title: Materials related to the Selfridges Department Store, Bristol, England
  • Dates of creation: between January and March 2003
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Foreign Office Architects (archive creator)

  Description:

  This file contains materials related to the Selfridges Department Store, Bristol, England. It includes a project directory, printouts of emails, 3 bound reports by Atkins Faithful & Gould (VE Scheme options 3 and 4, and a cost plan), drafts of contracts, and a strategic programme.
  
  - This material was removed from a ring binder for conservation purposes. This material is group 1 of 2, see record ARCH271402 (group 2 of 2).

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 textual record(s)

  Dimensions:

  records: 0.02 l.m.

  Physical Description:

  - This material was removed from a ring binder for conservation purposes. The binder was labelled, "Selfridges Bristol / 057-02 / 2003".

  Location:

  London Greater London England United Kingdom

  Credit line:

  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
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The material is in English.

  Folder Number:

  171-097-009

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  • Reference Number: ARCH271402
  • Title: Materials related to the Selfridges Department Store, Bristol, England
  • Dates of creation: 2002-2003
  • Form: textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Foreign Office Architects (archive creator)

  Description:

  This file contains materials related to the Selfridges Department Store, Bristol, England. It includes correspondence (primarily with Selfridges & Co.), meeting notes, site plans, and a bound cost report by Atkins Faithful & Gould, dated January 2003.
  
  - This material was removed from a ring binder for conservation purposes. This material is group 2 of 2, see record ARCH271401 (group 1 of 2).
  

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 textual record(s)

  Dimensions:

  records: 0.02 l.m.

  Physical Description:

  - This material was removed from a ring binder for conservation purposes. The binder was labelled, "Selfridges Bristol / 057-02 / 2003".

  Location:

  London Greater London England United Kingdom

  Credit line:

  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
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The material is in English.

  Folder Number:

  171-097-010

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  • Reference Number: ARCH272592
  • Title: Diagrams, computer-aided drawings, renderings, site plans, and facade studies
  • Dates of creation: between February and April 2005
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Foreign Office Architects (archive creator)

  Description:

  This file contains a set of presentation drawings by the Foreign Office Architects for the Selfridges Department Store, Bristol, England. It includes diagrams, computer-aided drawings, renderings, site plans, and facade studies.

  Quantity / Object type:

  24 printout(s)

  Stage and Purpose:

  • presentation drawings (proposals)

  Technique and media:

  24 printouts

  Dimensions:

  sheets: 30 × 42.2 cm (11 13/16 × 16 5/8 in.)

  Location:

  Bristol Avon England United Kingdom

  Credit line:

  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
  
  

  Language of material:

  - The material is in English.

  Folder Number:

  171-016-005

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  • Reference Number: ARCH274920
  • Title: Project proposal
  • Dates of creation: ca. 2002
  • Form: born digital
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Foreign Office Architects (creator)
  • Foreign Office Architects (archive creator)

  Description:

  Partial contents of DVD ARCH269427. A two-page project proposal titled "Selfridges at the Bullring, Birmingham". Original file name: "Selfridges at the Bullring.doc"

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 digital file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 1 digital file (46.5 KB)

  Credit line:

  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