Part of:

People:

Cedric Price (architect)
Felix J. Samuely & Partners (consulting engineering firm)
Cedric Price (archive creator)

Title:

McAppy

Date:

1955-1987, predominant 1973-1976

Level of archival description:
File 89

Extent and medium:

2.44 l.m. textual records
1.61 l.m. photographic materials
31 drawings
1 model

Scope and content:
File documents a design programme undertaken for construction company, Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd., in London, England. The aim was to increase the efficiency of production and improve labour relations by producing enclosures, equipment, material, and information systems that would improve safety, on-site communication, and job satisfaction. Cedric Price's office produced 2 report volumes, a Portable Enclosures Programme (PEP) and used at least one construction site, at Angel Court, as a test site for the proposals. Diagrams and flow charts show preliminary planning and programming design decisions and show the relationship between present and future factors. A flow chart illustrates the scope of the program. Charts and diagrams map the relative time scale of parts of the programme over various development phases. An axonometric and cutaway drawing show the interior construction of a pedestrian walkway. Data showing both the projected and real results of a site test application of McAppy planning and equipment from 1974 to 1975 was collected and presented as a broadside. A large number of original drawings are included within the textual records. Material in this file was produced between 1955 and 1987.

Zisman, Bowyer & Partners provided consultation services.

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

Reference number:

AP144.S2.D89

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

Conditions governing access:

Group DR1995:0263:032:001 contains original documents that are contaminated and have been sealed in a Marvelseal envelope, and copies have been placed for consultation in the location of the original document.

Location:

London Greater London England United Kingdom

Language of material:

English, German, Norwegian

Related units of description:

For additional materials related to this project, see the following files in this fonds: File DR2004:0588 in Strate (AP144.S2.D141) contains diagrams; File DR2004:1158 contains a poster; File DR2004:1023 in McVance (AP144.S2.D176); File DR2004:1380 contains photographic material; File DR2004:0036 contains photographic negatives; File DR2004:1363. The following files in this project series contain materials related to other projects: File DR1995:0263:013-030 contains material for Facelift (AP144.S2.D102). File DR2004:1249 contains material for McVance (AP144.S2.D176).