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
born digital
AP075.S3.SS2.234
Description:
Most common file formats: DVD data file and backup data file, Video Object File (MPEG-2 subset). Video of the interview, showing Robson Square (1974-1982), Library Square (1992-1995) and Van Dusen Botanical Garden (2009).
2011
Interview of Cornelia Hahn Oberlander for CBC about green roofs
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AP075.S3.SS2.234
Description:
Most common file formats: DVD data file and backup data file, Video Object File (MPEG-2 subset). Video of the interview, showing Robson Square (1974-1982), Library Square (1992-1995) and Van Dusen Botanical Garden (2009).
born digital
2011
drawings, born digital, photographs
CAD drawings, 3D models and renderings, images and other documents, Witte Arts Center, Green Bay
AP179.S2.002
Description:
File contains material submitted to the Progressive Architecture Awards, 2003 for Witte Arts Building. Most common file formats: Tagged Image File Format, JPEG File Interchange Format, Adobe Photoshop, OLE2 Compound Document Format, Windows Metafile Image
1996 - 2001
CAD drawings, 3D models and renderings, images and other documents, Witte Arts Center, Green Bay
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AP179.S2.002
Description:
File contains material submitted to the Progressive Architecture Awards, 2003 for Witte Arts Building. Most common file formats: Tagged Image File Format, JPEG File Interchange Format, Adobe Photoshop, OLE2 Compound Document Format, Windows Metafile Image
drawings, born digital, photographs
1996 - 2001
drawings, born digital
AP170.S3.006
Description:
These files relate to material in AP170.S3.07. Files also include some Aegis files and a an Aegis Simulator application. Most common file formats: Aegis Files, Plain Text File, JPEG File Interchange Format, Windows Bitmap, Windows Portable Executable.
22 March 1996 - 22 October 2003
3D models, renderings, and sketches for exhibition layout and ACDC software, HypoSurface, CeBIT Technology Fair, Hannover, Germany
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AP170.S3.006
Description:
These files relate to material in AP170.S3.07. Files also include some Aegis files and a an Aegis Simulator application. Most common file formats: Aegis Files, Plain Text File, JPEG File Interchange Format, Windows Bitmap, Windows Portable Executable.
drawings, born digital
22 March 1996 - 22 October 2003
drawings, textual records, born digital, photographs
ARCH240681
Description:
Labelled: "Archive, ANY Magazine #22". Most common file formats: Microsoft Word for Macintosh Document, Tagged Image File Format, Quark Xpress Data File. The StuffIt (.sit) file named "NYstories" was deleted after its contents were extracted.
1998-2000
Production files, ANY Magazine, issue 22
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ARCH240681
Description:
Labelled: "Archive, ANY Magazine #22". Most common file formats: Microsoft Word for Macintosh Document, Tagged Image File Format, Quark Xpress Data File. The StuffIt (.sit) file named "NYstories" was deleted after its contents were extracted.
drawings, textual records, born digital, photographs
1998-2000
born digital
AP167.S1.SS3.006
Description:
This directory chiefly contains Photoshop files related to the NSA Muscle computer interface design. This includes a rendering of an aerial view of the Muscle. Original directory name: "77 exhibition interface design". Most common file formats: Adobe Photoshop, Graphics Interchange Format.
30 September 2003
Computer interface design for the NSA Muscle (1 of 2)
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AP167.S1.SS3.006
Description:
This directory chiefly contains Photoshop files related to the NSA Muscle computer interface design. This includes a rendering of an aerial view of the Muscle. Original directory name: "77 exhibition interface design". Most common file formats: Adobe Photoshop, Graphics Interchange Format.
born digital
30 September 2003
drawings, textual records, born digital, photographs
ARCH279949
Description:
Labelled: "ANY 25/26 illustrations 1 of 2". Annotations on the original physical media: "Can BILSEL ANY 25/26 Tafuri Illustrations". Most common file formats: AppleDouble Resource Fork, Tagged Image File Format, unidentified file format.
1998-2000
Digital image files and other production files, Any magazine, issues 25 & 26
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ARCH279949
Description:
Labelled: "ANY 25/26 illustrations 1 of 2". Annotations on the original physical media: "Can BILSEL ANY 25/26 Tafuri Illustrations". Most common file formats: AppleDouble Resource Fork, Tagged Image File Format, unidentified file format.
drawings, textual records, born digital, photographs
1998-2000
born digital
Quantity:
16 digital file(s)
AP174.S2.001
Description:
Contains Maya files resulting from early experiments by the Emergent Design Group to design a tower using the Weaver software. Original directory name: "weaver Maya original". Most common file formats: Maya Binary File Format, Unidentified, DS_store file (MAC)
2001
Emergent Design Group Weaver tests in Maya
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AP174.S2.001
Description:
Contains Maya files resulting from early experiments by the Emergent Design Group to design a tower using the Weaver software. Original directory name: "weaver Maya original". Most common file formats: Maya Binary File Format, Unidentified, DS_store file (MAC)
born digital
Quantity:
16 digital file(s)
2001
textual records, born digital
ap196.s2.064
Description:
Original directory name: "Documents". Most common file formats: Acrobat PDF 1.4 - Portable Document Format, Microsoft Word Document, Acrobat PDF 1.3 - Portable Document Format, Acrobat PDF 1.6 - Portable Document Format, Tagged Image File Format
2006 - 2012
Permits, specifications, and other legal and administrative documents, Ford Calumet Environmental Center, Chicago
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ap196.s2.064
Description:
Original directory name: "Documents". Most common file formats: Acrobat PDF 1.4 - Portable Document Format, Microsoft Word Document, Acrobat PDF 1.3 - Portable Document Format, Acrobat PDF 1.6 - Portable Document Format, Tagged Image File Format
textual records, born digital
2006 - 2012
textual records, born digital
AP075.S4.SS2.064
Description:
Most common file formats: JPEG File Interchange Format, Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed), Microsoft Word Document, Acrobat PDF 1.3 - Portable Document Format, Raw JPEG Stream. Includes a green roof inventory for the Greater Vancouver Regional District.
2002
Research material on green roofs
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AP075.S4.SS2.064
Description:
Most common file formats: JPEG File Interchange Format, Exchangeable Image File Format (Compressed), Microsoft Word Document, Acrobat PDF 1.3 - Portable Document Format, Raw JPEG Stream. Includes a green roof inventory for the Greater Vancouver Regional District.
textual records, born digital
2002