textual records
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13 file
ARCH241922
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Schwarzer Unforeseen - drafts of article by Mitchell Schwarzer Schwarzer Tectonics Unbound - drafts of article by Mitchell Schwarzer, includes curriculum vitae and correspondence Musicon Bremen - drafts project description by Daniel Libeskind Lynn Blob - drafts of article by Greg Lynn Fausch Opposition of Postmodern Tectonics - drafts of article by Deborah Fausch Isenstadt Spectacular Tectonics - drafts of article by Sandy Isenstadt Rakatansky What Kahn wants to Be - drafts of article by Mark Rakatansky Mertins Benjamin's Techonic Unconscious - drafts of article by Detlef Mertins Bressani - draft of article by Martin Bressani Wolf Metaphysical Foundations of Schinkel's Tectonics - drafts of article by Scott C. Wolf Calvahouse Review - drafts of review by Tim Culvahouse of Kenneth Frampton's Studies in Tectonic Culture: The Poetics of Construction in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Architecture (1995) Apter - Letter from Paris drafts by Emily Apter Bergdoll Review - review by Barry Bergdoll of Sigfried Giedion's Building in France, building in iron, building in ferroconcrete (1995)
1995-1996
Drafts of articles, curriculum vitae and correspondence
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ARCH241922
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Schwarzer Unforeseen - drafts of article by Mitchell Schwarzer Schwarzer Tectonics Unbound - drafts of article by Mitchell Schwarzer, includes curriculum vitae and correspondence Musicon Bremen - drafts project description by Daniel Libeskind Lynn Blob - drafts of article by Greg Lynn Fausch Opposition of Postmodern Tectonics - drafts of article by Deborah Fausch Isenstadt Spectacular Tectonics - drafts of article by Sandy Isenstadt Rakatansky What Kahn wants to Be - drafts of article by Mark Rakatansky Mertins Benjamin's Techonic Unconscious - drafts of article by Detlef Mertins Bressani - draft of article by Martin Bressani Wolf Metaphysical Foundations of Schinkel's Tectonics - drafts of article by Scott C. Wolf Calvahouse Review - drafts of review by Tim Culvahouse of Kenneth Frampton's Studies in Tectonic Culture: The Poetics of Construction in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Architecture (1995) Apter - Letter from Paris drafts by Emily Apter Bergdoll Review - review by Barry Bergdoll of Sigfried Giedion's Building in France, building in iron, building in ferroconcrete (1995)
textual records
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13 file
1995-1996
photographs
Quantity:
46 slide(s)
No title
PH1979:0630:001-046
Description:
- The group consists of architectural views of York Minster, York, North Yorkshire, England; Southwell Minster, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England; Cathédrale de Chartres, Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France; St. Cross Church, Winchester, Hampshire, England; Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; St. Davids Cathedral, St. David's, Wales; Saint-Trophime, Arles, France; Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England; and Cathédrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, Bourges, France. The group also consists of two details of hedges.
1883-1930
No title
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PH1979:0630:001-046
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- The group consists of architectural views of York Minster, York, North Yorkshire, England; Southwell Minster, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England; Cathédrale de Chartres, Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France; St. Cross Church, Winchester, Hampshire, England; Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; St. Davids Cathedral, St. David's, Wales; Saint-Trophime, Arles, France; Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England; and Cathédrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, Bourges, France. The group also consists of two details of hedges.
photographs
Quantity:
46 slide(s)
1883-1930
photographs
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788 slide(s)
ARCH274109
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Group consists of a box of slides produced or collected for the project of "Multivisions" slides shows presentations about Chandigarh. The group includes predominantly photographs of Chandigarh, India, and photographs of Le Corbusier architectural project of the Couvent de la Tourette in Evreux, France.
n.d.
Slides produced or collected for the project of "Multivisions" slides shows presentations about Chandigarh
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ARCH274109
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Group consists of a box of slides produced or collected for the project of "Multivisions" slides shows presentations about Chandigarh. The group includes predominantly photographs of Chandigarh, India, and photographs of Le Corbusier architectural project of the Couvent de la Tourette in Evreux, France.
photographs
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788 slide(s)
n.d.
Architect James Frazer Stirling’s work has resisted characterization because of its radical shifts in influence, named by others as prewar modernism to Neoclassicism, Rationalism and Brutalism to Postmodernism. But the continuity of his thinking emerges through the quantity and variety of material in the James Stirling/Michael Wilford Archive, a tool for understanding an(...)
Main galleries
16 May 2012 to 14 October 2012
Notes from the Archive: James Frazer Stirling
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Architect James Frazer Stirling’s work has resisted characterization because of its radical shifts in influence, named by others as prewar modernism to Neoclassicism, Rationalism and Brutalism to Postmodernism. But the continuity of his thinking emerges through the quantity and variety of material in the James Stirling/Michael Wilford Archive, a tool for understanding an(...)
Main galleries
DR1974:0002:002:001-094
Description:
- This album consists mainly of elevations, sections and plans for a number of domestic commissions by Charles Rohault de Fleury: a house in Cologne, a hothouse for M. Faquet-Lemaitre, two [?] apartment houses and three private houses in Paris, a house for Mme de Lescure, Royan, and the Administration générale des omnibus office building, Paris. Both the drawings for the house in Cologne and the three variant projects for a hothouse are probably presentation drawings. There are contract drawings, probably the architect's copies, for apartment houses for M. Piet and M. Le Comte, and houses for M. Moreau Chaslon, Mme la comtesse de Lubersac, Mme de Lescure and M. Waresquiel. A sheet of cost calculations attached to a preliminary site plan, are probably for M. Waresquiel's house. The first plan for Mme la comtesse de Lubersac's house (DR1974:0002:002:084), and the plans for M. Waresquiel's house are annotated with the functions of the rooms. The architect's copies of the drawings for the country house in Royan, given to the client by the architect, include drawings of the foundations and framework, larger scale elevational and sectional details of the architectural elements, profiles and joinery details. The function within the design process of the prints for the commercial building for the Administration Générale de Omnibus is unclear. The principal elevation (DR1974:0002:002:020) is rendered in watercolour, suggesting it may be a presentation print. The other prints for this building exhibit the same degree of finish as the contract drawings in this album, but the absence of the client's and contractor's signatures and the revision attached to DR1974:0002:002:022 suggests they may be part of the design development stage of the project. Also included in the album is a sheet of preliminary sketches for a tomb for Daguerre (not the photographer) and two small unbound sheets of sketches for unidentified projects (DR1974:0002:002:048 and DR1974:0002:002:028).
architecture
drawings exectued between 1838 and 1854, prints executed between 1838 and 1856
Album of prints and drawings for nine domestic commissions, an office building, a tomb, and a hothouse in Paris, Royan and Cologne
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DR1974:0002:002:001-094
Description:
- This album consists mainly of elevations, sections and plans for a number of domestic commissions by Charles Rohault de Fleury: a house in Cologne, a hothouse for M. Faquet-Lemaitre, two [?] apartment houses and three private houses in Paris, a house for Mme de Lescure, Royan, and the Administration générale des omnibus office building, Paris. Both the drawings for the house in Cologne and the three variant projects for a hothouse are probably presentation drawings. There are contract drawings, probably the architect's copies, for apartment houses for M. Piet and M. Le Comte, and houses for M. Moreau Chaslon, Mme la comtesse de Lubersac, Mme de Lescure and M. Waresquiel. A sheet of cost calculations attached to a preliminary site plan, are probably for M. Waresquiel's house. The first plan for Mme la comtesse de Lubersac's house (DR1974:0002:002:084), and the plans for M. Waresquiel's house are annotated with the functions of the rooms. The architect's copies of the drawings for the country house in Royan, given to the client by the architect, include drawings of the foundations and framework, larger scale elevational and sectional details of the architectural elements, profiles and joinery details. The function within the design process of the prints for the commercial building for the Administration Générale de Omnibus is unclear. The principal elevation (DR1974:0002:002:020) is rendered in watercolour, suggesting it may be a presentation print. The other prints for this building exhibit the same degree of finish as the contract drawings in this album, but the absence of the client's and contractor's signatures and the revision attached to DR1974:0002:002:022 suggests they may be part of the design development stage of the project. Also included in the album is a sheet of preliminary sketches for a tomb for Daguerre (not the photographer) and two small unbound sheets of sketches for unidentified projects (DR1974:0002:002:048 and DR1974:0002:002:028).
drawings, textual records, works of art
drawings exectued between 1838 and 1854, prints executed between 1838 and 1856
architecture
textual records
ARCH257563
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McGill Doctor of Laws honoris causa (includes photographs and text of AE speech), correspondence, August Perret Award, Order of Canada, Doctor of Laws SFU (includes convocation address by AE), "AE Awards:misc" file (includes Opening ceremonies of Provincial Law Courts), Royal Bank Award, Gold Medal Académie d'Architecture de France
1971-1982, 1984
Various awards and related corresponndence
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ARCH257563
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McGill Doctor of Laws honoris causa (includes photographs and text of AE speech), correspondence, August Perret Award, Order of Canada, Doctor of Laws SFU (includes convocation address by AE), "AE Awards:misc" file (includes Opening ceremonies of Provincial Law Courts), Royal Bank Award, Gold Medal Académie d'Architecture de France
textual records
1971-1982, 1984
textual records
ARCH258973
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Publications et rapports, dont certains à singé et donné à Cormier : « Journal de l'Institut Royal d'Architecture » (1966), « Les Ordres d'Insectes » signé Ovila Fournier, « Initiation à la Géologie » signé Léo Morin, 2 « Revues Trimestrielle Canadienne », « Emploi des Échelles Infinies dans les Constructions Graphiques » signé Jules Poivert, « Images de la France d'hier » signé Olivier Maurault, et coupures de presse.
1926-1966
Publications diverses sur l'architecture et la géologie
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ARCH258973
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Publications et rapports, dont certains à singé et donné à Cormier : « Journal de l'Institut Royal d'Architecture » (1966), « Les Ordres d'Insectes » signé Ovila Fournier, « Initiation à la Géologie » signé Léo Morin, 2 « Revues Trimestrielle Canadienne », « Emploi des Échelles Infinies dans les Constructions Graphiques » signé Jules Poivert, « Images de la France d'hier » signé Olivier Maurault, et coupures de presse.
textual records
1926-1966
works of art
PH1979:0162.06:014
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Gérard Fontaine writes about the inscriptions in this print: "L'inscription en caractères grecs du VIIIe siècle (byzantins) signifie: 'La Mosaïque décorative a été appliquée pour la première fois en France pour l'ornementation de cette voûte et la vulgarisation de cet art. Les figures peintes par de Curzon ont été exécutées par Salviati, les ornements par Facchina. L'architecture est de Charles Garnier'." (op.cit. p. 127).
architecture
1880
Le Nouvel Opéra de Paris. Avant-foyer : détails de la voûte
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PH1979:0162.06:014
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Gérard Fontaine writes about the inscriptions in this print: "L'inscription en caractères grecs du VIIIe siècle (byzantins) signifie: 'La Mosaïque décorative a été appliquée pour la première fois en France pour l'ornementation de cette voûte et la vulgarisation de cet art. Les figures peintes par de Curzon ont été exécutées par Salviati, les ornements par Facchina. L'architecture est de Charles Garnier'." (op.cit. p. 127).
works of art
1880
architecture
photographs
Quantity:
57 slide(s)
No title
PH1979:0628:001-057
Description:
- The group consists of six photomicrographs, three details of hedges, one view of New Forest, Hampshire, England, and one view of an unidentified forest. The group also consists of architectural views of Southwell Minster, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England; Cathédrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, Bourges, France; York Minster, York, North Yorkshire, England; Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England; Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; and Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England.
1883-1930
No title
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PH1979:0628:001-057
Description:
- The group consists of six photomicrographs, three details of hedges, one view of New Forest, Hampshire, England, and one view of an unidentified forest. The group also consists of architectural views of Southwell Minster, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England; Cathédrale Saint-Etienne de Bourges, Bourges, France; York Minster, York, North Yorkshire, England; Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England; Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; and Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England.
photographs
Quantity:
57 slide(s)
1883-1930
Series
Projects
AP144.S2
Description:
Series documents Cedric Price's projects from his early work in the late 1950s to work dating from the time he founded his own practice in 1960 until 2000. Material includes numerous competition entries, planning and building projects, transportation-related projects, exhibitions, conceptual projects, furniture and interior designs, and monuments, follies, and decorations. Some projects also reflect his teaching, research, lecture and publication activities. Price also worked on several competition juries (see projects Musique, Elephant). Many of Cedric Price's projects in the series are unexecuted. Significant unrealized projects from the 1960s and 1970s include Fun Palace (1961-1974), Potteries Thinkbelt (1963-1967), Oxford Corner House (1965-1966), and Generator (1976-1980). Significant built projects from the same period include the New Aviary (1960-1966), his first major realized project (with Lord Snowdon and Frank Newby), and Inter-Action Centre (1971-1979). Other realized projects include an office building (BTDB Computer, 1968-1973) and restaurant (Blackpool Project, 1971-1975). Planning projects from the 1960s and 1970s include Potteries Thinkbelt, Detroit Think Grid (1969-1971) and Rice University's design charette, Atom (1967). In the 1980s and 1990s, Cedric Price worked on several building proposals including greenhouses (Serre, Serre (2)), museums, galleries, and pavilions (Trafalgar, Pertpavs, Snake), a railway station (Strate (2)), a cultural centre (Tiff), houses (Perthut, Castel), a bus station (Walsall), an aviary (CP Aviary) and office buildings (Domain, Berlin). Planning projects from the same time include parks and cultural complexes, (Parc, South Bank), urban areas, (Strate, Stratton, IFPRI, Haven, Mills), university campuses (Frankfurt, Unibad, Bedford), and rural areas (Stark, Arkage). Transportation-related projects include railways (Strate, Control, Rink), roadways (Stratton) and pedestrian links (Magnet, Halmag, South Bank). Only a few of his projects from that period were executed and those include the renovation projects Congress and SAS 29; a mobile market stall design for Westminster City Council (Westal) for which prototypes were built; a coffee cup design (Crowbar); and building conversion projects Gatard and Juke. Exhibition projects in the series include some devoted to Cedric Price's works (AA Exhibition, Aedes, AFX, Afella), some designed by him (Strike, Food for the Future, Topolski/Waterloo, Ashmole, Mean, AFX), as well as projects designed for exhibition (Citlin, Castel). The series also contains self-financed research and client-less projects, which form a significant part of Cedric Price's practice. Undertaken in anticipation of future clients or new planning needs, they include research into air structures and lightweight enclosures as well as integrated construction and transportation solutions (Trucksafe Air Portable Dock Ahoy), and housing research. South Bank, Magnet, and Duck Land represent a few of the client-less projects. The material in this series documents Cedric Price's work in the United Kingdom, in particular England (the Greater London area, and other areas) and Scotland, Germany, France, Austria, Australia, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States and other locations such as Canada, Nigeria, and Norway. Major clients include J. Lyons & Co. (Oxford Corner House), David Keddie (Two Tree Island, Southend Roof), Howard Gilman (Generator), British Railways (Strate and Strate (2), and others), the McAlpine family , particularly Alistair McAlpine, and their company Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd. (McAppy, Perthut, Trafalgar, Pertpavs, Ashmole, Perth, Obeliq, McVance); Établissement Public du Parc de la Villette (Parc, Serre, Serre (2), Musique) and the Canadian Centre for Architecture (IFPRI, Mean). He collaborated with several architects and engineers during the course of his career, his closest association being with engineer Frank Newby and quantity surveyor Douglas Smith. Some of his other collaborators include engineer Max Fordham (Strate (2), Tiff, Berlin), engineering firms Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick and Partners (Stratton, Rink, Control), and Sir Frederick Snow & Partners (South Bank), cybernetician Gordon Pask (Kawasaki/Japnet), architectural firm YRM/Yorke Rosenberg Mardall (Unibad), and architect Richard Rogers (Marman). He also collaborated with members of Archigram on the Trondheim Competition, (1972-1974), and with John and Julia Frazer who provided the computer modelling for Generator. David Price, Cedric Price's brother was the model maker for several projects. The series contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, reference drawings and maps, presentation drawings (particularly for competitions), and working drawings. A significant amount of textual records are included, especially for projects involving a large amount of research or publicity (Air Structures, Lightweight Enclosures, South Bank, CP Aviary, Stratton), for executed projects, and for the larger unrealized projects like Fun Palace and Generator. Also includes photographic materials of project sites and models. Some models included in the series are made from durable materials (wood, metal, plastic), while others are in-office constructions made out of paper, cardboard and Fome-Cor (TM). Of particular note are the 11 models for Magnet, and a full-size prototype of a market stall for Westal. Series also contains publication layouts, including material for the "Cedric Price Supplement", 'Architectural Design' vols. 40- 42 (1970-1972). Changes in office practice are noted around 1971, evident in the Blackpool Project and later, including the adoption of the metric system, and the creation of working and detail drawings on A4 size paper and filed with textual records (e.g. approximately 300 such drawings are included in the textual records for Blackpool Project). At the same time fewer preamble drawings that relate to site sensing, progress and life-cycle graphs and tables are created for the projects (a common feature from the 1960s), although project progress tables are still used. Of particular interest is material in the Early Work and Miscellaneous Records file (AP144.S2.D1) that relates to office work methods and programmes.
1903-2003, predominant 1960-2000
Projects
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AP144.S2
Description:
Series documents Cedric Price's projects from his early work in the late 1950s to work dating from the time he founded his own practice in 1960 until 2000. Material includes numerous competition entries, planning and building projects, transportation-related projects, exhibitions, conceptual projects, furniture and interior designs, and monuments, follies, and decorations. Some projects also reflect his teaching, research, lecture and publication activities. Price also worked on several competition juries (see projects Musique, Elephant). Many of Cedric Price's projects in the series are unexecuted. Significant unrealized projects from the 1960s and 1970s include Fun Palace (1961-1974), Potteries Thinkbelt (1963-1967), Oxford Corner House (1965-1966), and Generator (1976-1980). Significant built projects from the same period include the New Aviary (1960-1966), his first major realized project (with Lord Snowdon and Frank Newby), and Inter-Action Centre (1971-1979). Other realized projects include an office building (BTDB Computer, 1968-1973) and restaurant (Blackpool Project, 1971-1975). Planning projects from the 1960s and 1970s include Potteries Thinkbelt, Detroit Think Grid (1969-1971) and Rice University's design charette, Atom (1967). In the 1980s and 1990s, Cedric Price worked on several building proposals including greenhouses (Serre, Serre (2)), museums, galleries, and pavilions (Trafalgar, Pertpavs, Snake), a railway station (Strate (2)), a cultural centre (Tiff), houses (Perthut, Castel), a bus station (Walsall), an aviary (CP Aviary) and office buildings (Domain, Berlin). Planning projects from the same time include parks and cultural complexes, (Parc, South Bank), urban areas, (Strate, Stratton, IFPRI, Haven, Mills), university campuses (Frankfurt, Unibad, Bedford), and rural areas (Stark, Arkage). Transportation-related projects include railways (Strate, Control, Rink), roadways (Stratton) and pedestrian links (Magnet, Halmag, South Bank). Only a few of his projects from that period were executed and those include the renovation projects Congress and SAS 29; a mobile market stall design for Westminster City Council (Westal) for which prototypes were built; a coffee cup design (Crowbar); and building conversion projects Gatard and Juke. Exhibition projects in the series include some devoted to Cedric Price's works (AA Exhibition, Aedes, AFX, Afella), some designed by him (Strike, Food for the Future, Topolski/Waterloo, Ashmole, Mean, AFX), as well as projects designed for exhibition (Citlin, Castel). The series also contains self-financed research and client-less projects, which form a significant part of Cedric Price's practice. Undertaken in anticipation of future clients or new planning needs, they include research into air structures and lightweight enclosures as well as integrated construction and transportation solutions (Trucksafe Air Portable Dock Ahoy), and housing research. South Bank, Magnet, and Duck Land represent a few of the client-less projects. The material in this series documents Cedric Price's work in the United Kingdom, in particular England (the Greater London area, and other areas) and Scotland, Germany, France, Austria, Australia, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States and other locations such as Canada, Nigeria, and Norway. Major clients include J. Lyons & Co. (Oxford Corner House), David Keddie (Two Tree Island, Southend Roof), Howard Gilman (Generator), British Railways (Strate and Strate (2), and others), the McAlpine family , particularly Alistair McAlpine, and their company Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd. (McAppy, Perthut, Trafalgar, Pertpavs, Ashmole, Perth, Obeliq, McVance); Établissement Public du Parc de la Villette (Parc, Serre, Serre (2), Musique) and the Canadian Centre for Architecture (IFPRI, Mean). He collaborated with several architects and engineers during the course of his career, his closest association being with engineer Frank Newby and quantity surveyor Douglas Smith. Some of his other collaborators include engineer Max Fordham (Strate (2), Tiff, Berlin), engineering firms Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick and Partners (Stratton, Rink, Control), and Sir Frederick Snow & Partners (South Bank), cybernetician Gordon Pask (Kawasaki/Japnet), architectural firm YRM/Yorke Rosenberg Mardall (Unibad), and architect Richard Rogers (Marman). He also collaborated with members of Archigram on the Trondheim Competition, (1972-1974), and with John and Julia Frazer who provided the computer modelling for Generator. David Price, Cedric Price's brother was the model maker for several projects. The series contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, reference drawings and maps, presentation drawings (particularly for competitions), and working drawings. A significant amount of textual records are included, especially for projects involving a large amount of research or publicity (Air Structures, Lightweight Enclosures, South Bank, CP Aviary, Stratton), for executed projects, and for the larger unrealized projects like Fun Palace and Generator. Also includes photographic materials of project sites and models. Some models included in the series are made from durable materials (wood, metal, plastic), while others are in-office constructions made out of paper, cardboard and Fome-Cor (TM). Of particular note are the 11 models for Magnet, and a full-size prototype of a market stall for Westal. Series also contains publication layouts, including material for the "Cedric Price Supplement", 'Architectural Design' vols. 40- 42 (1970-1972). Changes in office practice are noted around 1971, evident in the Blackpool Project and later, including the adoption of the metric system, and the creation of working and detail drawings on A4 size paper and filed with textual records (e.g. approximately 300 such drawings are included in the textual records for Blackpool Project). At the same time fewer preamble drawings that relate to site sensing, progress and life-cycle graphs and tables are created for the projects (a common feature from the 1960s), although project progress tables are still used. Of particular interest is material in the Early Work and Miscellaneous Records file (AP144.S2.D1) that relates to office work methods and programmes.
Series
1903-2003, predominant 1960-2000