Project
AP144.S2.D1
Description:
Project series documents Cedric Price's early work (before 1960), some of it undertaken on behalf of other architects (Drew Drake & Lasdun), smaller projects, and miscellaneous project records, including unrealized project proposals, architectural competitions, self-financed research, and consultation. Material includes mostly conceptual and presentation drawings, some design development drawings and photographic material, as well as, a few detail and construction drawings. Many of the smaller projects include only a few drawings or photographs and some only contain textual records. Early projects include: renovations to the premises of Balding & Mansell; a model titled 'Projural at Cadogan Place/for N. Fraser Esq'; Oldham Pub; Corby Civic Centre and Small Jobs; Department Store display; Bradwell Lodge (Essex); Pearson House; Bachelors' quarters, Nigeria; Guest house Gachsaran, Iran; display and service table for the Architectural Association dining room (London); Decorative panel for the School of Engineering, University of Liverpool; basement extension for Sheila Delaney; shop conversion at 25 Pembridge Road (London); proposed exhibition stand for Granwood Flooring Co. Ltd; Ardyne Point; Trocadero; material on fish farming (see also DR2004:1298 in Series 3); renovation at 41 Newport Street (Oldham); and renovations at 27 Witley Court on Coram Street (Bloomsbury). Project series also contains material for the following minor projects: Theatre Project, New York; Competition Vaux Brewery; Competition Liverpool University; Cinema Picadilly; Cap Benat Villa (Cote d'Azur, France); U.S. Trade Centre (St James's Street, London); Tunisia (Report on Tourism); design for Kasmin Gallery, for the Anthony Hill Exhibit; Trog; Anti-University (London); Army; Ellis Hillman Extension; Chelsea FC Sports; Picstate; C.S.P.; J.R.D.; Seaside; R.H.D.R.; Glubble; Crucifix; Oil; Cardington; Commin; Trust; Jubilee; SS '91; USIT; FRIAR; Sensor; Trak; Pruda; Yorskhire, AA 150th Competition; Viaduct; Island; ECH; Plaspot; GEE; Donew; INIVA; Treehouse; and Stuttgart Competition. The project National School Plan (1964-1966) contains a proposal by Cedric Price for restructuring architectural education in the United Kingdom. Project series also contains material for Almshouses, at Lindow Lodge in Lancaster, England, and Parish Hall, in Middleton, Lancaster by C. B. Pearson & Son, Architects, for which Price's involvement is unclear. Miscellaneous record files include an unidentified interior perspective drawing; office instructions for pre-planning considerations for large festival sites; drawings that illustrate the office working method; a summary of Australian work; a summary of current ideas, as well as, various unidentified projects. 'TRDG' appears as a variant title for Trog (DR1995:0234). 'Comstutt' and 'Stuttgart' appear as variants titles for 'Stuttgart Competition' (DR1995:0258). 'Placemark' appears as a variant title for 'Plaspot' (DR2004:1286). 'Boys House, Stowe School', 'Stowe Buckingham', and 'New Boys House, Stowe School', appear as variant titles for 'Treehouse' (DR2004:1293). 'New Aviary, Cap Benat' and 'Aviary Project - Cap Benat, France' appear as variant titles for 'Cap Benat Villa'. 'Platou - Oil Platforms' appears as a variant title for 'Oil' (DR2004:1299 and DR2004:1300). DR1995:0168:001-003 and DR1995:0169:001-008 are attributed to Fry Drew Drake & Lasdun, although Cedric Price appears as the draughtsman. Group DR1995:0173 contains drawings attributed to C. B. Pearson & Son, Architects. Group DR2004:1354 contains a site plan attributed to SAG Cook, RIBA, Borough Architect. Photographs in DR2006:0086 and DR2004:1276 in Early Work and Miscellaneous Records (AP144.S2.D1) are attributed to Charles B. Pearson & Son Architects. Simister and Sutcliffe are associate architects for the renovations at 41 Newport Street, Oldham (DR2006:0080).
1955-2002
Early Work and Miscellaneous Records
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AP144.S2.D1
Description:
Project series documents Cedric Price's early work (before 1960), some of it undertaken on behalf of other architects (Drew Drake & Lasdun), smaller projects, and miscellaneous project records, including unrealized project proposals, architectural competitions, self-financed research, and consultation. Material includes mostly conceptual and presentation drawings, some design development drawings and photographic material, as well as, a few detail and construction drawings. Many of the smaller projects include only a few drawings or photographs and some only contain textual records. Early projects include: renovations to the premises of Balding & Mansell; a model titled 'Projural at Cadogan Place/for N. Fraser Esq'; Oldham Pub; Corby Civic Centre and Small Jobs; Department Store display; Bradwell Lodge (Essex); Pearson House; Bachelors' quarters, Nigeria; Guest house Gachsaran, Iran; display and service table for the Architectural Association dining room (London); Decorative panel for the School of Engineering, University of Liverpool; basement extension for Sheila Delaney; shop conversion at 25 Pembridge Road (London); proposed exhibition stand for Granwood Flooring Co. Ltd; Ardyne Point; Trocadero; material on fish farming (see also DR2004:1298 in Series 3); renovation at 41 Newport Street (Oldham); and renovations at 27 Witley Court on Coram Street (Bloomsbury). Project series also contains material for the following minor projects: Theatre Project, New York; Competition Vaux Brewery; Competition Liverpool University; Cinema Picadilly; Cap Benat Villa (Cote d'Azur, France); U.S. Trade Centre (St James's Street, London); Tunisia (Report on Tourism); design for Kasmin Gallery, for the Anthony Hill Exhibit; Trog; Anti-University (London); Army; Ellis Hillman Extension; Chelsea FC Sports; Picstate; C.S.P.; J.R.D.; Seaside; R.H.D.R.; Glubble; Crucifix; Oil; Cardington; Commin; Trust; Jubilee; SS '91; USIT; FRIAR; Sensor; Trak; Pruda; Yorskhire, AA 150th Competition; Viaduct; Island; ECH; Plaspot; GEE; Donew; INIVA; Treehouse; and Stuttgart Competition. The project National School Plan (1964-1966) contains a proposal by Cedric Price for restructuring architectural education in the United Kingdom. Project series also contains material for Almshouses, at Lindow Lodge in Lancaster, England, and Parish Hall, in Middleton, Lancaster by C. B. Pearson & Son, Architects, for which Price's involvement is unclear. Miscellaneous record files include an unidentified interior perspective drawing; office instructions for pre-planning considerations for large festival sites; drawings that illustrate the office working method; a summary of Australian work; a summary of current ideas, as well as, various unidentified projects. 'TRDG' appears as a variant title for Trog (DR1995:0234). 'Comstutt' and 'Stuttgart' appear as variants titles for 'Stuttgart Competition' (DR1995:0258). 'Placemark' appears as a variant title for 'Plaspot' (DR2004:1286). 'Boys House, Stowe School', 'Stowe Buckingham', and 'New Boys House, Stowe School', appear as variant titles for 'Treehouse' (DR2004:1293). 'New Aviary, Cap Benat' and 'Aviary Project - Cap Benat, France' appear as variant titles for 'Cap Benat Villa'. 'Platou - Oil Platforms' appears as a variant title for 'Oil' (DR2004:1299 and DR2004:1300). DR1995:0168:001-003 and DR1995:0169:001-008 are attributed to Fry Drew Drake & Lasdun, although Cedric Price appears as the draughtsman. Group DR1995:0173 contains drawings attributed to C. B. Pearson & Son, Architects. Group DR2004:1354 contains a site plan attributed to SAG Cook, RIBA, Borough Architect. Photographs in DR2006:0086 and DR2004:1276 in Early Work and Miscellaneous Records (AP144.S2.D1) are attributed to Charles B. Pearson & Son Architects. Simister and Sutcliffe are associate architects for the renovations at 41 Newport Street, Oldham (DR2006:0080).
Subseries
1955-2002
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Fonds
Barry Downs fonds
AP077
Synopsis:
The Barry Downs fonds contains 6 drawings and 8 presentation panels for a total of 11 projects conceived between 1956 and 1968. This period coincided with Down's position as design architect for Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners, and his subsequent partnership with Fred Thornton Hollingsworth. The documents, particularly the drawings, reveal the considerable skill Downs possessed as both a draughtsman and a designer.
[1956-1968]
Barry Downs fonds
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AP077
Synopsis:
The Barry Downs fonds contains 6 drawings and 8 presentation panels for a total of 11 projects conceived between 1956 and 1968. This period coincided with Down's position as design architect for Thompson, Berwick, Pratt & Partners, and his subsequent partnership with Fred Thornton Hollingsworth. The documents, particularly the drawings, reveal the considerable skill Downs possessed as both a draughtsman and a designer.
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Fonds
[1956-1968]
Project
Snake
AP144.S2.D129
Description:
Project series documents a project for a gigantic movable outdoor museum in the middle of a long-steppe landscape at the foot of a huge mountain ridge in Australia. The museum was designed specifically to display an enormous 120-piece painting by Sydney Nolan entitled Snake. This file includes some preliminary drawings exploring the introduction of Snake into the urban setting of the Pertpavs project (project series AP144.S2.D124 in this fonds), and possibly also the mingling of elements of both projects. Material in this file was produced in 1984. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and textual records.
1984
Snake
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AP144.S2.D129
Description:
Project series documents a project for a gigantic movable outdoor museum in the middle of a long-steppe landscape at the foot of a huge mountain ridge in Australia. The museum was designed specifically to display an enormous 120-piece painting by Sydney Nolan entitled Snake. This file includes some preliminary drawings exploring the introduction of Snake into the urban setting of the Pertpavs project (project series AP144.S2.D124 in this fonds), and possibly also the mingling of elements of both projects. Material in this file was produced in 1984. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, and textual records.
File 129
1984
Sub-series
AP140.S2.SS10.D3
Description:
This sub-series documents promotion of activities, such as lectures, exhibitions and projects, and accomplishments of the successive firms of James Stirling; James Stirling and Partner; James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates; and Michael Wilford and Partners. Material in this file was produced between 1961 and probably 2003. This sub-series contains press clippings, articles and various publications on James Stirling, Michael Willford, other partners of the firms or about the firms' projects, and correspondence related to promotion. This sub-series also contains posters and a small number of prints and large photographs, some mounted or framed for display purposes.
circa 1961-2003
Articles and promotional materials
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AP140.S2.SS10.D3
Description:
This sub-series documents promotion of activities, such as lectures, exhibitions and projects, and accomplishments of the successive firms of James Stirling; James Stirling and Partner; James Stirling, Michael Wilford, and Associates; and Michael Wilford and Partners. Material in this file was produced between 1961 and probably 2003. This sub-series contains press clippings, articles and various publications on James Stirling, Michael Willford, other partners of the firms or about the firms' projects, and correspondence related to promotion. This sub-series also contains posters and a small number of prints and large photographs, some mounted or framed for display purposes.
File 3
circa 1961-2003
Project
Information Storage
AP144.S2.D68
Description:
File documents a self-supported study by Cedric Price's office to study the feasibility of an information storage/retrieval system. Textual records mention two possible intentions for this project: the feasibility of operating an information storage unit within the office; and to study 'the architectural implications of automated library networks especially with reference to physical location and to the question of developing an architecture which will in no way inhibit the newly developing possibilities'. Material in this file was produced between 1966 and 1972. Roy Landau appears as a research assistant or collaborator for this project. File contains textual records.
1966-1972
Information Storage
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AP144.S2.D68
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File documents a self-supported study by Cedric Price's office to study the feasibility of an information storage/retrieval system. Textual records mention two possible intentions for this project: the feasibility of operating an information storage unit within the office; and to study 'the architectural implications of automated library networks especially with reference to physical location and to the question of developing an architecture which will in no way inhibit the newly developing possibilities'. Material in this file was produced between 1966 and 1972. Roy Landau appears as a research assistant or collaborator for this project. File contains textual records.
File 68
1966-1972
Project
AP144.S2.D14
Description:
File documents the design for a darkroom and workshop enclosure unit for U.S.T.S. [United States Technical Services?], possibly for a temporary location in Paris, [France?]. The design calls for the use of a prefabricated aluminum scaffolding system. Reference working drawings in the textual records show the Circle-Vision 360 Travelling Show by Walt Disney Productions for which Price's design may have been intended. Material in this file was produced in 1973. Reference drawings (dated 1970) of the air dome, Circle Vision 360 Traveling Show, are by Walt Disney Productions. File contains a working drawing and textual records.
1973
U.S.T.S. Dark Room and Workshop Enclosure
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AP144.S2.D14
Description:
File documents the design for a darkroom and workshop enclosure unit for U.S.T.S. [United States Technical Services?], possibly for a temporary location in Paris, [France?]. The design calls for the use of a prefabricated aluminum scaffolding system. Reference working drawings in the textual records show the Circle-Vision 360 Travelling Show by Walt Disney Productions for which Price's design may have been intended. Material in this file was produced in 1973. Reference drawings (dated 1970) of the air dome, Circle Vision 360 Traveling Show, are by Walt Disney Productions. File contains a working drawing and textual records.
File 14
1973
Project
AP142.S1.D230
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File documents an unexecuted project for a building complex and public square in Verbania, Italy. Material in this file was produced between 1990 and 1993. File contains a conceptual drawing, design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, maps, photographs, Polaroids of a model, an architect's statement, a proposal, a building programme, specifications, standards, regulations, calculations, an administrative record, clippings, a technical report, schedules of drawings, labels for drawings, minutes of meetings, a business card, the 1 February 1991 edition of 'Il Giornale di Verbania', and the 2 February 1991 editions of 'Il VCO' and 'Il Verbano'.
1990-1993
Piazza del mercato, Verbania Intra
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AP142.S1.D230
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for a building complex and public square in Verbania, Italy. Material in this file was produced between 1990 and 1993. File contains a conceptual drawing, design development drawings and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, maps, photographs, Polaroids of a model, an architect's statement, a proposal, a building programme, specifications, standards, regulations, calculations, an administrative record, clippings, a technical report, schedules of drawings, labels for drawings, minutes of meetings, a business card, the 1 February 1991 edition of 'Il Giornale di Verbania', and the 2 February 1991 editions of 'Il VCO' and 'Il Verbano'.
File 230
1990-1993
Project
AP164.S1.1988.D3
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This project series documents the competition and the construction of a residential building including commercial space, near the motorway M-30, in Madrid, Spain (Arregui y Aruej and de Valderribas Streets). The firm worked with Antonio Rivera and Juan López. The firm identified this project as number 50. In 1988, Abalos & Herreros won first prize for this project at the competition organised by the firm Empresa Municipal de la Vivienda (EMV) from Madrid. In 1997, the firm also received an award from the Comunidad de Madrid for “healthy” housing. Documenting the project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, correspondence, notes, project descriptions, reference and photographic materials.
1987-1997
Viviendas, locales y garajes en la M-30, Madrid, Spain (1988)
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AP164.S1.1988.D3
Description:
This project series documents the competition and the construction of a residential building including commercial space, near the motorway M-30, in Madrid, Spain (Arregui y Aruej and de Valderribas Streets). The firm worked with Antonio Rivera and Juan López. The firm identified this project as number 50. In 1988, Abalos & Herreros won first prize for this project at the competition organised by the firm Empresa Municipal de la Vivienda (EMV) from Madrid. In 1997, the firm also received an award from the Comunidad de Madrid for “healthy” housing. Documenting the project are conceptual, design development and working drawings, correspondence, notes, project descriptions, reference and photographic materials.
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1987-1997
Project
Madrid Sur, Spain (1991)
AP164.S1.1991.D3
Description:
The project series documents urban development research for the south of Madrid. The research was done for the Madrid City Council. The office identified this project as number 73. For the project redaction, Abalos & Herreros worked with Sara de la Mata, Javier Herreros, Javier Fresnada, Juan Manuel Fernandez, Serafin Sardina, Fernando Gutierrez, Javier Peña and Alberto Sotodosos. In 1991, they won the prize for architecture and urban planning from the Madrid City Council for this project. Documenting this project are conceptual, presentation and working drawings; cartographic, graphic, photographic and reference materials; and clippings, notes, project descriptions and collages.
1990-1996
Madrid Sur, Spain (1991)
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AP164.S1.1991.D3
Description:
The project series documents urban development research for the south of Madrid. The research was done for the Madrid City Council. The office identified this project as number 73. For the project redaction, Abalos & Herreros worked with Sara de la Mata, Javier Herreros, Javier Fresnada, Juan Manuel Fernandez, Serafin Sardina, Fernando Gutierrez, Javier Peña and Alberto Sotodosos. In 1991, they won the prize for architecture and urban planning from the Madrid City Council for this project. Documenting this project are conceptual, presentation and working drawings; cartographic, graphic, photographic and reference materials; and clippings, notes, project descriptions and collages.
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1990-1996
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AP164.S1.1992.D2
Description:
This project series documents the design and construction of the town hall and cultural center for the city of Cobeña, in Spain. The firm identified this project as number 76. This project, which began in 1992, was preceded by another project by the firm in 1986 for a cultural centre at the same location. The 1986 project was never built. See AP164.S1.1986.D4. Abalos & Herreros worked with Construcciones y Restauraciones (city hall), Ulloa Obras y Construcciones (cultural center), Javier Fresneda, Beatriz Inglés, Martín Marciano, and Juan Gómez. Documenting the project are working drawings, correspondence, project descriptions, budgets, photographic, reference and graphic materials.
1992-1997
Ayuntamiento y casa de la cultura de Cobeña, Spain (1992)
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AP164.S1.1992.D2
Description:
This project series documents the design and construction of the town hall and cultural center for the city of Cobeña, in Spain. The firm identified this project as number 76. This project, which began in 1992, was preceded by another project by the firm in 1986 for a cultural centre at the same location. The 1986 project was never built. See AP164.S1.1986.D4. Abalos & Herreros worked with Construcciones y Restauraciones (city hall), Ulloa Obras y Construcciones (cultural center), Javier Fresneda, Beatriz Inglés, Martín Marciano, and Juan Gómez. Documenting the project are working drawings, correspondence, project descriptions, budgets, photographic, reference and graphic materials.
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1992-1997