In 1973, following the strikes that beset the British construction industry during the early 1970s, Alistair McAlpine commissioned a design program for his construction company, Sir Robert McAlpine Sons, that aimed to increase production efficiency and improve labour relations. Cedric Price’s proposal took the format of a two-volume report and a Portable Enclosures(...)
9 February 2017 to 14 May 2017
What About Happiness on the Building Site?
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In 1973, following the strikes that beset the British construction industry during the early 1970s, Alistair McAlpine commissioned a design program for his construction company, Sir Robert McAlpine Sons, that aimed to increase production efficiency and improve labour relations. Cedric Price’s proposal took the format of a two-volume report and a Portable Enclosures(...)
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Cedric Price fonds
AP144
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The Cedric Price fonds documents the personal activities and professional practice of architect Cedric Price, and includes his student work and architectural and urban planning projects. The fonds also contains records that document Cedric Price's teaching, publication, and exhibition activities. The archive comprises over 200 projects, from Price's student work in the 1950s at the University of Cambridge and the Architectural Association to projects he undertook as late as 2000. Key projects that are represented include New Aviary (1960-1966), Fun Palace (1961-1974), Potteries Thinkbelt (1963-1967), Inter-Action Centre (1971-1979), Generator (1976-1980), and Magnet (1995-1996).
1903-2006, predominant 1953-2000
Cedric Price fonds
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The Cedric Price fonds documents the personal activities and professional practice of architect Cedric Price, and includes his student work and architectural and urban planning projects. The fonds also contains records that document Cedric Price's teaching, publication, and exhibition activities. The archive comprises over 200 projects, from Price's student work in the 1950s at the University of Cambridge and the Architectural Association to projects he undertook as late as 2000. Key projects that are represented include New Aviary (1960-1966), Fun Palace (1961-1974), Potteries Thinkbelt (1963-1967), Inter-Action Centre (1971-1979), Generator (1976-1980), and Magnet (1995-1996).
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1903-2006, predominant 1953-2000
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xiii, 176 pages ; 23 cm
London : Aurum Press, 1997.
The new Machiavelli / Alistair McAlpine.
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xiii, 176 pages ; 23 cm
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London : Aurum Press, 1997.
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Ancient and modern.
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6 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portrait ; 30 cm
[London] : [Ashmolean Museum], [1987]
Ancient and modern.
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6 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portrait ; 30 cm
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[London] : [Ashmolean Museum], [1987]
audio
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audio recording (consultation copy): 11 audio discs (542 min., 5 sec.) ; 12 cm, audio recording (master): 6 audiocassettes
Cedric Price in conversation with Howard Shubert and Cammie McAtee, 1996 November 11 and 13.
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audio recording (consultation copy): 11 audio discs (542 min., 5 sec.) ; 12 cm, audio recording (master): 6 audiocassettes
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308 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
London : Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press in association with Alistair McAlpine, ©1994.
Sir Hans Sloane : collector, scientist, antiquary, founding father of the British Museum / edited by Arthur MacGregor.
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308 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
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London : Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press in association with Alistair McAlpine, ©1994.
video
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1 videocassette (111 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
[London] : Architectural Association, 2003.
Aiming to miss : CP : an afternoon of remembering the life and work of Cedric Price / welcome, Mohsen Mostafavi ; chair, Simon Allford ; speakers, Paul Finch, Rem Koolhaas, John Frazer, Will Alsop, Niall Hobhouse, Sam Hardingham, Phyl[l]is Lambert, Lord McAlpine.
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1 videocassette (111 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
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[London] : Architectural Association, 2003.
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142 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 portrait ; 30 cm
Oxford : Ashmolean Museum, 1987.
Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green / text by Ann Brown [and others] ; edited by Arthur MacGregor.
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142 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 portrait ; 30 cm
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Oxford : Ashmolean Museum, 1987.
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AP144.S2.D124
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File documents a project for Alistair McAlpine for a pavilion for artworks to be located in a garden and pool area in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Material in this file was produced between 1982 and 1983, but predominantly in 1983. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, photographic materials and textual records.
1982-1983, predominant 1983
Pertpavs
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AP144.S2.D124
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File documents a project for Alistair McAlpine for a pavilion for artworks to be located in a garden and pool area in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Material in this file was produced between 1982 and 1983, but predominantly in 1983. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, photographic materials and textual records.
File 124
1982-1983, predominant 1983
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Perth
AP144.S2.D123
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File documents a project for Alistair McAlpine to create a garden and fountain structure to serve as a windbreak across the entrance of Hamersley House, an office building in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Material in this file was produced between 1983 and 1985, but predominantly in 1983. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
1983-1985, predominant 1983
Perth
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File documents a project for Alistair McAlpine to create a garden and fountain structure to serve as a windbreak across the entrance of Hamersley House, an office building in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. Material in this file was produced between 1983 and 1985, but predominantly in 1983. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
File 123
1983-1985, predominant 1983