Project
BMI/HQ
AP144.S2.D74
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File documents the unexecuted design for the headquarters of the Birmingham and Midland Institute (BMI), in Birmingham, England. This project is related to the Shantasea Development (AP144.S2.D72) from which Cedric Price resigned as architect to take on the role of architect for BMI, one of the proposed tenants for the Shantasea project. Cedric Price proposed a municipal and regional "nerve centre" to house seminar and study rooms, workshops, galleries, film, television and music studios, a library, a planetarium, and a theatre. A flexible life-cycle plan (expansion, static, contraction) for the building and the activities would allow BMI to expand in the short and medium term, and to shrink in the long term, when it was assumed that many of its roles would be replaced by the UK's Open University plan (Works II, 42). Work on the project came to a stop in 1970 under a new city council (Architectural Design, June 1971, 368). Existing conditions material consists of maps and a survey of Birmingham. Conceptual sketches and drawings include: annotated diagrammatic plans and sections used to develop the building's massing and the horizontal/vertical relationships between functional areas; axonometric views showing the building's general form/functions; plans used for calculating square footage; diagrams showing visual and physical movement through the building; information and movement charts; and flow charts showing the building's organization. Design development drawings consist of graphs showing how functional areas might be used over time. Design development and working drawings include: diagrammatic plans and sections; exploded axonometric views of the functional relationships between areas; exterior axonometric views; sectional perspectives; space allocation plans; circulation drawings; diagrams showing activities throughout the day; furniture equipment schedules; theatre seating and stair studies; and elevations for exterior cladding. Charts show links between activities/actions; activity distribution; activity/capacity; progress of pre-contract work; and the telephone network. File also includes drawings by engineering consultants Felix Samuely and Partners and Zisman, Bowyer and Partners. Presentation material includes: newspaper clippings and text concerning the project; diagrammatic plans, sections, and charts; and a photo collage of the site; and a text by Cedric Price entitled "The Present Position". Some materials in this file were published in "Cedric Price Supplement No. 3", 'Architectural Design', vol. 41, (June 1971), 364-368, and 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 36, 42. Material in this file was produced between 1967 and 1971. Zisman Bowyer and Partners appear as the mechanical and electrical consulting engineers; Silk and Frazier as the quantity surveyors; and Versa-Serve Ltd as the catering consultants on this project. File contains cartographic materials, conceptual drawings, design development drawings, panels, photographic materials, presentation drawings, presentation panels, publication drawings, technical drawings, and textual records.
1967-1971
BMI/HQ
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AP144.S2.D74
Description:
File documents the unexecuted design for the headquarters of the Birmingham and Midland Institute (BMI), in Birmingham, England. This project is related to the Shantasea Development (AP144.S2.D72) from which Cedric Price resigned as architect to take on the role of architect for BMI, one of the proposed tenants for the Shantasea project. Cedric Price proposed a municipal and regional "nerve centre" to house seminar and study rooms, workshops, galleries, film, television and music studios, a library, a planetarium, and a theatre. A flexible life-cycle plan (expansion, static, contraction) for the building and the activities would allow BMI to expand in the short and medium term, and to shrink in the long term, when it was assumed that many of its roles would be replaced by the UK's Open University plan (Works II, 42). Work on the project came to a stop in 1970 under a new city council (Architectural Design, June 1971, 368). Existing conditions material consists of maps and a survey of Birmingham. Conceptual sketches and drawings include: annotated diagrammatic plans and sections used to develop the building's massing and the horizontal/vertical relationships between functional areas; axonometric views showing the building's general form/functions; plans used for calculating square footage; diagrams showing visual and physical movement through the building; information and movement charts; and flow charts showing the building's organization. Design development drawings consist of graphs showing how functional areas might be used over time. Design development and working drawings include: diagrammatic plans and sections; exploded axonometric views of the functional relationships between areas; exterior axonometric views; sectional perspectives; space allocation plans; circulation drawings; diagrams showing activities throughout the day; furniture equipment schedules; theatre seating and stair studies; and elevations for exterior cladding. Charts show links between activities/actions; activity distribution; activity/capacity; progress of pre-contract work; and the telephone network. File also includes drawings by engineering consultants Felix Samuely and Partners and Zisman, Bowyer and Partners. Presentation material includes: newspaper clippings and text concerning the project; diagrammatic plans, sections, and charts; and a photo collage of the site; and a text by Cedric Price entitled "The Present Position". Some materials in this file were published in "Cedric Price Supplement No. 3", 'Architectural Design', vol. 41, (June 1971), 364-368, and 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 36, 42. Material in this file was produced between 1967 and 1971. Zisman Bowyer and Partners appear as the mechanical and electrical consulting engineers; Silk and Frazier as the quantity surveyors; and Versa-Serve Ltd as the catering consultants on this project. File contains cartographic materials, conceptual drawings, design development drawings, panels, photographic materials, presentation drawings, presentation panels, publication drawings, technical drawings, and textual records.
File 74
1967-1971
Project
House VIII
AP143.S4.D17
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for House VIII. Material in this file was produced between 1973 and 1975. This project has never been published. Documents include conceptual sketches by Eisenman (DR1994:0137:001-045). Notes by an unknown hand explain the geometric operations of House VIII (DR1994:0137:102-105). File contains conceptual drawings, including plans and axonometrics - some graphite on tracing vellum; reprographic copies - all photocopies on wove paper; and manuscript textual records - mostly graphite on wove or tracing paper.
1973-1975
House VIII
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AP143.S4.D17
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File documents an unexecuted project for House VIII. Material in this file was produced between 1973 and 1975. This project has never been published. Documents include conceptual sketches by Eisenman (DR1994:0137:001-045). Notes by an unknown hand explain the geometric operations of House VIII (DR1994:0137:102-105). File contains conceptual drawings, including plans and axonometrics - some graphite on tracing vellum; reprographic copies - all photocopies on wove paper; and manuscript textual records - mostly graphite on wove or tracing paper.
File 17
1973-1975
Project
House, Selsdon
AP144.S2.D42
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File documents an unexecuted project for a detached private residence located at Beech Way in Selsdon, Surrey, (now Croydon, part of Greater London), England, for Jean Newlove (Mrs. Jean McColl). The local planning authority refused the project citing aesthetic considerations. The house was to be constructed as a "series of interleaved reinforced concrete trays" supported by columns ("Cedric Price Supplement No. 2", 'Architectural Design', vol. 41, (January 1971), 36). File contains conceptual and design development sketches that explore exterior elevations, stair and glazing details; axonometric drawings and sections that show relationship between floor levels and functions; and framing plans showing the preliminary structural layout. Material in this file was produced between 1962 and 1964. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
1962-1964
House, Selsdon
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AP144.S2.D42
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File documents an unexecuted project for a detached private residence located at Beech Way in Selsdon, Surrey, (now Croydon, part of Greater London), England, for Jean Newlove (Mrs. Jean McColl). The local planning authority refused the project citing aesthetic considerations. The house was to be constructed as a "series of interleaved reinforced concrete trays" supported by columns ("Cedric Price Supplement No. 2", 'Architectural Design', vol. 41, (January 1971), 36). File contains conceptual and design development sketches that explore exterior elevations, stair and glazing details; axonometric drawings and sections that show relationship between floor levels and functions; and framing plans showing the preliminary structural layout. Material in this file was produced between 1962 and 1964. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
File 42
1962-1964
drawings
Quantity:
8 reprographic copy(ies)
ARCH269494
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- Schematic drawings, diagrams and presentation drawings (exploded axonometric and section) related to mist production for the Toyama Prospecta 92 Observatory Tower project. Includes descriptions of foglines and nozzles issued by Mee Industries Inc.
Toyama ’92 Proposal presentation C.G. graphics (drawings)
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ARCH269494
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- Schematic drawings, diagrams and presentation drawings (exploded axonometric and section) related to mist production for the Toyama Prospecta 92 Observatory Tower project. Includes descriptions of foglines and nozzles issued by Mee Industries Inc.
drawings
Quantity:
8 reprographic copy(ies)
drawings
Quantity:
3 drawing(s)
DR1994:0164:001-003
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- This group of material for an unidentified project by Giuseppe Terragni includes drawing layouts and an axonometric. These documents are part of the publication of Eisenman's graduate research on the work of the Terragni (1904-1943).
architecture
1951-1978
Terragni book project by Peter Eisenman: Visual and textual documents
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DR1994:0164:001-003
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- This group of material for an unidentified project by Giuseppe Terragni includes drawing layouts and an axonometric. These documents are part of the publication of Eisenman's graduate research on the work of the Terragni (1904-1943).
drawings
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3 drawing(s)
1951-1978
architecture
photographs
Panoramic photographic montage of painting, clipping, exterior views of site for BTDB Computer
DR2004:1414
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panoramic photographic montage of painting, clipping, exterior views of site for BTDB Computer (AP144.S2.D70), including panoramic views, aerial views, and contact sheet, and axonometric view of Fun Palace (AP144.S2.D46)
Panoramic photographic montage of painting, clipping, exterior views of site for BTDB Computer
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DR2004:1414
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panoramic photographic montage of painting, clipping, exterior views of site for BTDB Computer (AP144.S2.D70), including panoramic views, aerial views, and contact sheet, and axonometric view of Fun Palace (AP144.S2.D46)
photographs
Project
AP178.S1.1990.PR10
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This project series documents the Edifício de Escritórios Ferreira de Castro in Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 8/90. The office assigned the dates 1990-1995 to this project. The project consisted of the transformation of the building into commerical and office spaces. The structure of the existing building was kept. The project included renovations to the structure, stairs, ventilation and lighting. A feasibility study to convert this building into a hotel was also conducted by Siza for another client (see project series AP178.S1.1989.PR06). Documenting the project are drawings and photographic materials dating from 1990-2012. The drawings include plans, elevations, sections, details, perspectives and axonometric drawings. The photographic materials consist of slides, photos and negatives showing the original building, model, construction work and finished project.
1990-2012
Edifício de Escritórios Ferreira de Castro [Ferreira de Castro Office Building], Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal (1990-1995)
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AP178.S1.1990.PR10
Description:
This project series documents the Edifício de Escritórios Ferreira de Castro in Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 8/90. The office assigned the dates 1990-1995 to this project. The project consisted of the transformation of the building into commerical and office spaces. The structure of the existing building was kept. The project included renovations to the structure, stairs, ventilation and lighting. A feasibility study to convert this building into a hotel was also conducted by Siza for another client (see project series AP178.S1.1989.PR06). Documenting the project are drawings and photographic materials dating from 1990-2012. The drawings include plans, elevations, sections, details, perspectives and axonometric drawings. The photographic materials consist of slides, photos and negatives showing the original building, model, construction work and finished project.
Project
1990-2012
drawings
Quantity:
20 design development drawing(s)
DR1995:0280:249-268
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flow chart, diagrams, site plan with grid, site plans, sections through site, maps, diagrammatic area map, site plan showing site tests, charts, table, plans, and axonometric views of layouts, cubes, stairs, and ramps
Flow chart, diagrams, site plan with grid, site plans
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DR1995:0280:249-268
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flow chart, diagrams, site plan with grid, site plans, sections through site, maps, diagrammatic area map, site plan showing site tests, charts, table, plans, and axonometric views of layouts, cubes, stairs, and ramps
drawings
Quantity:
20 design development drawing(s)
drawings
Quantity:
20 design development drawing(s)
DR1995:0224:190-209
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conceptual sketches, plans, sketch section, plans and sections of stairwells, photographs of exterior stairwells, chart of public activity areas, exterior axonometric views, schematic sections, plans, and elevations of proposal, some possibly intended for presentation
Conceptual sketches, plans, sketch section, plans and sections of stairwells
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DR1995:0224:190-209
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conceptual sketches, plans, sketch section, plans and sections of stairwells, photographs of exterior stairwells, chart of public activity areas, exterior axonometric views, schematic sections, plans, and elevations of proposal, some possibly intended for presentation
drawings
Quantity:
20 design development drawing(s)
drawings
Quantity:
33 working drawing(s)
DR1995:0185:178-214
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consultant drawings showing structural details for cables, assemblies, mesh, steps, aviary access equipment, walks, gutters, railings, retaining walls, seats, shelter, entrance gate, concrete supports, including plans, elevations, site plan axonometric drawing, and sections
Consultant drawings showing structural details for cables
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DR1995:0185:178-214
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consultant drawings showing structural details for cables, assemblies, mesh, steps, aviary access equipment, walks, gutters, railings, retaining walls, seats, shelter, entrance gate, concrete supports, including plans, elevations, site plan axonometric drawing, and sections
drawings
Quantity:
33 working drawing(s)