Project
Donmar
AP144.S2.D53
Description:
File documents the unexecuted conversion of the Donmar rehearsal studio in Covent Garden, London, England, United Kingdom into an experimental theatre and late night meeting place. The client was the Fun Palace Trust ("Cedric Price Supplement", 'Architectural Design', vol. 40, (October 1970), 515) and negotiations for the conversion were undertaken with Donald Albery of New Theatre and Donmar Productions Limited. Movable platforms, furniture, and fittings were designed so that various seating and performance areas of different sizes could be created to accommodate a wide range of activities and entertainment of an impromptu nature. Survey drawings show the Donmar rehearsal studio and environs. Drawings for the conversion include plans, sections, axonometric projections, cutaway axonometric drawings showing the interior layout from two points of view, and conceptual sketches and perspectives of interior spaces in use. Axonometric drawings for fittings and furniture show platforms, a small stage, a chair/table, and a "conversation box". A drawing examines the sightlines of the converted interior by showing human figures in relationship with the movable units. Amended floor plans and sections show variations for the interior layout. Material in this file was produced between 1963 and 1964. File contains design development drawings and textual records.
1963-1964
Donmar
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AP144.S2.D53
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File documents the unexecuted conversion of the Donmar rehearsal studio in Covent Garden, London, England, United Kingdom into an experimental theatre and late night meeting place. The client was the Fun Palace Trust ("Cedric Price Supplement", 'Architectural Design', vol. 40, (October 1970), 515) and negotiations for the conversion were undertaken with Donald Albery of New Theatre and Donmar Productions Limited. Movable platforms, furniture, and fittings were designed so that various seating and performance areas of different sizes could be created to accommodate a wide range of activities and entertainment of an impromptu nature. Survey drawings show the Donmar rehearsal studio and environs. Drawings for the conversion include plans, sections, axonometric projections, cutaway axonometric drawings showing the interior layout from two points of view, and conceptual sketches and perspectives of interior spaces in use. Axonometric drawings for fittings and furniture show platforms, a small stage, a chair/table, and a "conversation box". A drawing examines the sightlines of the converted interior by showing human figures in relationship with the movable units. Amended floor plans and sections show variations for the interior layout. Material in this file was produced between 1963 and 1964. File contains design development drawings and textual records.
File 53
1963-1964
maps, textual records, graphic materials, photographs
DR2006:0110
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correspondence, notes, a map, clippings, a brochure, postcards, coupons, invitations, newsletters, teaching materials, syllabi, posters, a photocopy of poster designs, handbills, press releases, a resume for Cedric Price, copies of two articles by Elizabeth Lebus on the borough of Bermondsey, a copy of an article by Ian Brown on the future of the AA, a report on an election at AA, AA prospectuses, a proposal for a Housing Policy and Design Programme at the London School of Economics, bibliographies, and proposals, including proposals for urban planning in South London
1980-1999
Correspondence, notes, a map, clippings, a brochure
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DR2006:0110
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correspondence, notes, a map, clippings, a brochure, postcards, coupons, invitations, newsletters, teaching materials, syllabi, posters, a photocopy of poster designs, handbills, press releases, a resume for Cedric Price, copies of two articles by Elizabeth Lebus on the borough of Bermondsey, a copy of an article by Ian Brown on the future of the AA, a report on an election at AA, AA prospectuses, a proposal for a Housing Policy and Design Programme at the London School of Economics, bibliographies, and proposals, including proposals for urban planning in South London
maps, textual records, graphic materials, photographs
1980-1999
Project
Castel
AP144.S2.D109
Description:
File documents a project in which Cedric Price was invited to submit a design for a single house to an exhibition entitled "Architecture II: Houses for Sale" organized by the Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, New York, United States. The four components of Price's submission entitled "Platforms, Pavilions, Pylons and Plants" could be regrouped and redistributed on the one-acre site if and when required. Conceptual, design development and schematic sketches include preliminary plans, sections, and elevations for the house as well as details for the arrangement of the four components. Trees are stamped in black ink on the site plans with a generic rubber "tree" stamp. Design development drawings include preliminary drawings for layouts done in graphite, and a complete sequence of design development drawings done in ink numbered 001 to 013. Several reprographic copies of design development drawings were coloured with adhesive film and pencil and annotated in order to develop preliminary versions for the final presentation drawings. Three panels for the "Houses for Sale" exhibition consist of text describing the project concept mounted on boards, and a photomechanical print enlarged from an original sketch perspective entitled "general view-pavilions and totems". Material in this file was produced between 1979 and 1982, and in 1987, but predominantly in 1980. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation panels, a presentation model, photographic materials, and textual records.
1979-1982, 1987, predominant 1980
Castel
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AP144.S2.D109
Description:
File documents a project in which Cedric Price was invited to submit a design for a single house to an exhibition entitled "Architecture II: Houses for Sale" organized by the Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City, New York, United States. The four components of Price's submission entitled "Platforms, Pavilions, Pylons and Plants" could be regrouped and redistributed on the one-acre site if and when required. Conceptual, design development and schematic sketches include preliminary plans, sections, and elevations for the house as well as details for the arrangement of the four components. Trees are stamped in black ink on the site plans with a generic rubber "tree" stamp. Design development drawings include preliminary drawings for layouts done in graphite, and a complete sequence of design development drawings done in ink numbered 001 to 013. Several reprographic copies of design development drawings were coloured with adhesive film and pencil and annotated in order to develop preliminary versions for the final presentation drawings. Three panels for the "Houses for Sale" exhibition consist of text describing the project concept mounted on boards, and a photomechanical print enlarged from an original sketch perspective entitled "general view-pavilions and totems". Material in this file was produced between 1979 and 1982, and in 1987, but predominantly in 1980. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation panels, a presentation model, photographic materials, and textual records.
File 109
1979-1982, 1987, predominant 1980
Project
Generator
AP144.S2.D100
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File documents Generator, an unexecuted project for the Gilman Paper Company, at the White Oak Plantation, in Yulee, Florida. After an initial investigation Cedric Price proposed a complex that could accommodate company activities, cultural events, and artist residencies and would provide "a menu of items for individual and group demands of space, control, containment and delight. A place to work, create, think, and stare." ('Architectural Review', Jan. 1980, 16). The design called for timber-framed structures with variable infill panels and cladding, along with screens, to be placed on a grid of concrete pads by cranes with the help of computers in response to users' needs. Conceptual, schematic and design development drawings show grid placement, site layout, landscaping, designs for cubes and components, proposed activities, axonometric views, and design notes with sketches. Development sketches, site plans, and charts include site analysis examining future growth, activity charts, shadow study plans, and axonometric details. Drawings of the structures include: plans, elevations, details, and perspective views for cubes, screens, and cladding; shadow studies for cube variations; and axonometric views of cube arrangements. Other drawings include: site plans and sections; landscaping and parking layouts; plans for circulation patterns; drawings for boardwalks; and electrical and drainage plans. Charts study design validity, activities, networks, project feasibility, component life-cycle, and cube and component placement/construction sequencing. Computer generated printouts by John Frazer, et al show perspective views of cubes from various viewpoints. Two sets of annotated reprographic copies show details for a typical cube and the foundation. Presentation and publication materials include: photographs and reprographic copies of design models; coloured reprographic copies of computer parts and facilities; a coloured air-brushed rendering of cubes and screens by "Jeremie '77"; two perspective renderings; and reprographic copies made from published material. Some material in this file was published in 'Building Design', 23 February 1979; 'Building Design', 9 November 1979; 'Architectural Review' (January 1980), 16-17; 'L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui', December 1980; 'Techniques et Architecture', December 1980; 'Design', January 1981; 'New Scientist', 19 March 1981; 'Schemes: Cedric Price' (ex. cat.; London: Waddington Galleries, 1981); 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 90, 92-97. Material in this file was produced between 1959 and 1995, but predominantly between 1976 and 1980. Main consultants for Generator in the United Kingdom include Felix J. Samuely & Partners, consulting engineers; Baker, Wilkins and Smith, quantity surveyors; John Frazer, computer modelling and systems; Sandy Brown Associates, acoustic consultants. Main consultants in the United States include Marvin Boutwell; Law Engineering Testing Company as consulting engineers; and WTCA; Robertson Ward Jr., as architects. Computer printouts in group DR1995:0280:538-552 in Generator (AP144.S2.D100) are attributed to John and Julia Frazer, Art and Design Research, Ulster Polytechnic and the Department of Architecture, Liverpool Polytechnic. Some material in group DR1995:0280:567-576 is attributed to Felix J. Samuely & Partners. File contains conceptual drawings, design, development drawings, presentation drawings, photographic materials, boxes, an artefact, models, and textual records.
1959-1995, predominant 1976-1980
Generator
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AP144.S2.D100
Description:
File documents Generator, an unexecuted project for the Gilman Paper Company, at the White Oak Plantation, in Yulee, Florida. After an initial investigation Cedric Price proposed a complex that could accommodate company activities, cultural events, and artist residencies and would provide "a menu of items for individual and group demands of space, control, containment and delight. A place to work, create, think, and stare." ('Architectural Review', Jan. 1980, 16). The design called for timber-framed structures with variable infill panels and cladding, along with screens, to be placed on a grid of concrete pads by cranes with the help of computers in response to users' needs. Conceptual, schematic and design development drawings show grid placement, site layout, landscaping, designs for cubes and components, proposed activities, axonometric views, and design notes with sketches. Development sketches, site plans, and charts include site analysis examining future growth, activity charts, shadow study plans, and axonometric details. Drawings of the structures include: plans, elevations, details, and perspective views for cubes, screens, and cladding; shadow studies for cube variations; and axonometric views of cube arrangements. Other drawings include: site plans and sections; landscaping and parking layouts; plans for circulation patterns; drawings for boardwalks; and electrical and drainage plans. Charts study design validity, activities, networks, project feasibility, component life-cycle, and cube and component placement/construction sequencing. Computer generated printouts by John Frazer, et al show perspective views of cubes from various viewpoints. Two sets of annotated reprographic copies show details for a typical cube and the foundation. Presentation and publication materials include: photographs and reprographic copies of design models; coloured reprographic copies of computer parts and facilities; a coloured air-brushed rendering of cubes and screens by "Jeremie '77"; two perspective renderings; and reprographic copies made from published material. Some material in this file was published in 'Building Design', 23 February 1979; 'Building Design', 9 November 1979; 'Architectural Review' (January 1980), 16-17; 'L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui', December 1980; 'Techniques et Architecture', December 1980; 'Design', January 1981; 'New Scientist', 19 March 1981; 'Schemes: Cedric Price' (ex. cat.; London: Waddington Galleries, 1981); 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 90, 92-97. Material in this file was produced between 1959 and 1995, but predominantly between 1976 and 1980. Main consultants for Generator in the United Kingdom include Felix J. Samuely & Partners, consulting engineers; Baker, Wilkins and Smith, quantity surveyors; John Frazer, computer modelling and systems; Sandy Brown Associates, acoustic consultants. Main consultants in the United States include Marvin Boutwell; Law Engineering Testing Company as consulting engineers; and WTCA; Robertson Ward Jr., as architects. Computer printouts in group DR1995:0280:538-552 in Generator (AP144.S2.D100) are attributed to John and Julia Frazer, Art and Design Research, Ulster Polytechnic and the Department of Architecture, Liverpool Polytechnic. Some material in group DR1995:0280:567-576 is attributed to Felix J. Samuely & Partners. File contains conceptual drawings, design, development drawings, presentation drawings, photographic materials, boxes, an artefact, models, and textual records.
File 100
1959-1995, predominant 1976-1980
drawings, textual records, photographs
DR1995:0205:034-046
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sketches, consultant's sketches, correspondence, proposal, specifications, estimate, invoice, calculations, price list, clippings, photographs, architect's report, meeting notes, and engineering contract
Sketches, consultant's sketches, correspondence, proposal
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DR1995:0205:034-046
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sketches, consultant's sketches, correspondence, proposal, specifications, estimate, invoice, calculations, price list, clippings, photographs, architect's report, meeting notes, and engineering contract
drawings, textual records, photographs
textual records
DR2004:0502
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drawings, sketches, notes, proposal documents, views of models, briefs, draft catalogue entries, photographs of prototypes, price lists, and views of stalls
Drawings, sketches, notes, proposal documents, views of models
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DR2004:0502
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drawings, sketches, notes, proposal documents, views of models, briefs, draft catalogue entries, photographs of prototypes, price lists, and views of stalls
textual records
Project
South Bank II
AP144.S2.D167
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File documents an unsuccessful entry in a competition for improvement of the South Bank site in Lambeth, London, England. File also contains material relating to two exhibitions featuring material from Cedric Price's earlier project for the South Bank, organized by the Architecture Foundation and South Bank Centre and entitled "Building the South Bank: Architectural Projects for the South Bank 1753-1993" and "Designs on the Future - Architecture on the South Bank". Material in this file was produced in 1994. File contains a presentation panel and textual records.
1994
South Bank II
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AP144.S2.D167
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File documents an unsuccessful entry in a competition for improvement of the South Bank site in Lambeth, London, England. File also contains material relating to two exhibitions featuring material from Cedric Price's earlier project for the South Bank, organized by the Architecture Foundation and South Bank Centre and entitled "Building the South Bank: Architectural Projects for the South Bank 1753-1993" and "Designs on the Future - Architecture on the South Bank". Material in this file was produced in 1994. File contains a presentation panel and textual records.
File 167
1994
drawings
DR1995:0179:001-008
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- This group of drawings are for a "truck transportable week-end house to be located on a beach in North Wales, UK" ('Architectural Design', 511). Accordion-shaped extendible boxes with cross bracing are designed to be pulled out by car from a fixed central core onto structural rail sections leveled on jacks. The fixed central core consists of living, dining, kitchen and bathroom facilities. Four extendible boxes house additional sleeping quarters along with a carport and a dock which is shown extended out into the water. Two sketches have apparently been redrawn from originals by Cedric Price in order to clarify ideas for publication in 'Architectural Design', (May 1970) (DR1995:0179:007 - DR1995:0179:008).
1960
Hague Hole extendable portable beach house: Conceptual drawings, annotated sketches and diagrams
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DR1995:0179:001-008
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- This group of drawings are for a "truck transportable week-end house to be located on a beach in North Wales, UK" ('Architectural Design', 511). Accordion-shaped extendible boxes with cross bracing are designed to be pulled out by car from a fixed central core onto structural rail sections leveled on jacks. The fixed central core consists of living, dining, kitchen and bathroom facilities. Four extendible boxes house additional sleeping quarters along with a carport and a dock which is shown extended out into the water. Two sketches have apparently been redrawn from originals by Cedric Price in order to clarify ideas for publication in 'Architectural Design', (May 1970) (DR1995:0179:007 - DR1995:0179:008).
drawings
1960
textual records
DR2004:0135
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trade catalogues, brochures, publications, clippings, reprints of articles, symposium and conference papers, program for 1967 Stuttgart Colloquium on Pneumatic Structures, reports, publications by the Institute of Lightweight Structures, correspondence, Lightweight Enclosures Unit bibliographies, and transcript of Cedric Price's air structures lecture presented in Maryland
Trade catalogues, brochures, publications, clippings
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DR2004:0135
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trade catalogues, brochures, publications, clippings, reprints of articles, symposium and conference papers, program for 1967 Stuttgart Colloquium on Pneumatic Structures, reports, publications by the Institute of Lightweight Structures, correspondence, Lightweight Enclosures Unit bibliographies, and transcript of Cedric Price's air structures lecture presented in Maryland
textual records
drawings, textual records, photographs
DR1995:0256:041-153
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slides photographs, and postcard of street views, conceptual sketches, including perspective sketch, drawings of alternative proposals, trade brochures, notes, price list, calculations, clippings, and ordonance map
Slides photographs, and postcard of street views, conceptual sketches, including perspective sketch
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DR1995:0256:041-153
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slides photographs, and postcard of street views, conceptual sketches, including perspective sketch, drawings of alternative proposals, trade brochures, notes, price list, calculations, clippings, and ordonance map
drawings, textual records, photographs