Part of:

• Fonds: Cedric Price fonds, 1903-2006, predominant 1953-2000
•    Series: Projects, 1903-2003, predominant 1960-2000
•      Project: Shantasea Development, 1967-1970

People:

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

Title:

Shantasea Development

Date:

1967-1970

Level of archival description:
File 72

Extent and medium:

• 47 drawings
  28 reprographic copies
  0.14 l.m. of textual records

Scope and content:
File documents an unexecuted project for a multiple use building in Birmingham, England, for Shantasea Limited. Cedric Price resigned as the architect for the project and took on the role of architect for Birmingham and Midland Institute (BMI), one of the proposed tenants for the Shantasea project. The multi-functional centre was to include a theatre, TV studios, an audio-visual exhibition area, retail stores, offices, a meeting hall, a gallery, a seminar area, a library, and parking within an approx. 3,500,000 square-foot area. Drawings include sections showing preliminary circulation patterns, and design development drawings for seven alternate schemes, each with different total square footage. Volumetric studies compare functions and areas for each design. Diagrammatic plans and sections explore vertical and horizontal circulation patterns, alternate layouts for parking, and the relationship between areas of the building for BMI and those shared by BMI and other tenants. Material in this file was produced between 1967 and 1970.

File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and textual records.

Reference number:

AP144.S2.D72

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

Location:

Birmingham West Midlands England United Kingdom

Language of material:

• English

Related units of description:

• Files DR1995:0243:504 and DR1995:0243:523:001 in project series AP144.S2.D74, BMI/HQ also contains materials that relates to this project.

Contains:

• DR1995:0241:001-015, Sketch sections, sketches, axonometric diagrams and drawings, and diagrammatic plans and section
• DR1995:0241:016-031, Diagrammatic plans, sections, and axonometric drawings, site plan, and axonometric diagrams of building volumes
• DR1995:0241:032-047, Site plans, diagrammatic sections and plans, and axonometric drawings, some showing various proposals for cinemas
• DR1995:0241:048-062, Diagrammatic plans and sections, axonometric drawings, and site plans
• DR1995:0241:063-075, Diagrammatic sections and plans, and axonometric drawings
• DR1995:0241:076-206, Clippings, exterior photographs, possibly of site, promotional materials, brochures
• DR1995:0241:207-218, Specifications, standards, office memoranda and notes on building programmes