textual records
Files of reference material
ARCH255256
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3 files of reference material - copy of E.D. Mills' book The National Exhibition Centre, a history of the building in Birmingham; Pennsylvannia Arboretum plan; photographs of presentation models of the Maryland, Des Moines, and Baltimore Convention Centers.
circa 1985
Files of reference material
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ARCH255256
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3 files of reference material - copy of E.D. Mills' book The National Exhibition Centre, a history of the building in Birmingham; Pennsylvannia Arboretum plan; photographs of presentation models of the Maryland, Des Moines, and Baltimore Convention Centers.
textual records
circa 1985
drawings
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4 publication drawing(s)
DR1995:0222:012-015
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Group contains original layouts for articles that were published in "Cedric Price Supplement", 'Architectural Design', (1970-1972), and includes layouts for Detroit Think Grid (AP144.S2.D73) and Birmingham and Midland Institute Headquarters, BMI/HQ (AP144.S2.D74).
Architectural Design, Cedric Price supplement series: Mock-ups for periodical articles
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DR1995:0222:012-015
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Group contains original layouts for articles that were published in "Cedric Price Supplement", 'Architectural Design', (1970-1972), and includes layouts for Detroit Think Grid (AP144.S2.D73) and Birmingham and Midland Institute Headquarters, BMI/HQ (AP144.S2.D74).
drawings
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4 publication drawing(s)
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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
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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.
File 74
1967-1971
drawings
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3 publication drawing(s)
DR1995:0222:001-003
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Group contains original layouts for articles that were published in "Cedric Price Supplement", 'Architectural Design', (1970-1972), and includes layouts for Detroit Think Grid (AP144.S2.D73), Birmingham and Midland Institute Headquarters, BMI/HQ (AP144.S2.D74), and Housing Research (AP144.S2.D67).
Architectural Design, Cedric Price supplement series: Mock-ups for periodical articles
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DR1995:0222:001-003
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Group contains original layouts for articles that were published in "Cedric Price Supplement", 'Architectural Design', (1970-1972), and includes layouts for Detroit Think Grid (AP144.S2.D73), Birmingham and Midland Institute Headquarters, BMI/HQ (AP144.S2.D74), and Housing Research (AP144.S2.D67).
drawings
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3 publication drawing(s)
drawings
Détails des fenêtres
ARCH3125
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Détails des fenêtres à battants en bronze (dessin SK1411) / William H. Jackson Co., Brooklyn, New York. Détails des fenêtres à battants en acier (dessins 3826-1, 2, 3) / Henry Hope and Sons, Smethwick, Birmingham. Copie d'un dessin annotée montrant toutes les fenêtres (original dans la chemise 634x 1/2)
circa 1920
Détails des fenêtres
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ARCH3125
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Détails des fenêtres à battants en bronze (dessin SK1411) / William H. Jackson Co., Brooklyn, New York. Détails des fenêtres à battants en acier (dessins 3826-1, 2, 3) / Henry Hope and Sons, Smethwick, Birmingham. Copie d'un dessin annotée montrant toutes les fenêtres (original dans la chemise 634x 1/2)
drawings
circa 1920
drawings, born digital
AP170.S1.005
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Design documentation includes various HypoSurface simulators, technical documentation, AutoCAD plans for the Birmingham Hippodrome, 3D models and plans for squids (surface prototype component), and photographs. Original directory name: "Aegis Folder". Most common file formats: Plain Text File, AutoCAD Drawing, Drawing Interchange File Format (ASCII), JPEG File Interchange Format, Unidentified.
11 January 1999 - 21 April 2004
Design documentation, including simulators and CAD drawings, HypoSurface
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AP170.S1.005
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Design documentation includes various HypoSurface simulators, technical documentation, AutoCAD plans for the Birmingham Hippodrome, 3D models and plans for squids (surface prototype component), and photographs. Original directory name: "Aegis Folder". Most common file formats: Plain Text File, AutoCAD Drawing, Drawing Interchange File Format (ASCII), JPEG File Interchange Format, Unidentified.
drawings, born digital
11 January 1999 - 21 April 2004
drawings
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4 publication drawing(s)
DR1995:0222:007-010
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Group contains original layouts for articles that were published in "Cedric Price Supplement", 'Architectural Design', (1970-1972), and includes layouts for Detroit Think Grid (AP144.S2.D73), Birmingham and Midland Institute Headquarters, BMI/HQ (AP144.S2.D74), copy of "Non-plan: an experiment in freedom" published in 'New Society' (20 March 1969), and template.
Architectural Design, Cedric Price supplement series: Mock-ups for periodical articles
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DR1995:0222:007-010
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Group contains original layouts for articles that were published in "Cedric Price Supplement", 'Architectural Design', (1970-1972), and includes layouts for Detroit Think Grid (AP144.S2.D73), Birmingham and Midland Institute Headquarters, BMI/HQ (AP144.S2.D74), copy of "Non-plan: an experiment in freedom" published in 'New Society' (20 March 1969), and template.
drawings
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4 publication drawing(s)
textual records
DR2004:1483
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Mag box X26 file 'Vauxhall/4.0' 'Effra/Vauxhall' reports, 'Inspector's Inquiry Report on the Effra Site', drawings, notes, File X26 'B R ARCH' (1987) (Jobs Pending), File (plastic) 'X26/Berlin Hall/Exhibit/Sept/1980', Box file 'X26' (2 files), Mag box cont. File 'X26/Canals', Mag box cont. File 'Brum/Dead X26' (Cannon Street, Birmingham, Drawings, notes, photos, reprographic drawings)
1980-1987
Mag box X26 file 'Vauxhall/4.0' 'Effra/Vauxhall' reports
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DR2004:1483
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Mag box X26 file 'Vauxhall/4.0' 'Effra/Vauxhall' reports, 'Inspector's Inquiry Report on the Effra Site', drawings, notes, File X26 'B R ARCH' (1987) (Jobs Pending), File (plastic) 'X26/Berlin Hall/Exhibit/Sept/1980', Box file 'X26' (2 files), Mag box cont. File 'X26/Canals', Mag box cont. File 'Brum/Dead X26' (Cannon Street, Birmingham, Drawings, notes, photos, reprographic drawings)
textual records
1980-1987
books
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56 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm
[Birmingham, Ala.] : Birmingham Museum of Art : Birmingham News, [1988], ©1988
Birmingham 1988 : the Birmingham News centennial photographic collection / essay by Douglas K.S. Hyland.
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56 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm
books
[Birmingham, Ala.] : Birmingham Museum of Art : Birmingham News, [1988], ©1988
books
Birmingham.
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53 pages illustrations, portrait, map (on lining papers) 21 cm
London, St. Hugh's Press [1950]
Birmingham.
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53 pages illustrations, portrait, map (on lining papers) 21 cm
books
London, St. Hugh's Press [1950]