History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, Competition and Construction, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Dates de création
1962-[2000], predominant 1963-1968
Niveau de description archivistique
File 26
Collation
0.41 l.m. of textual records
approximately 1552 photographic materials
approximately 123 drawings (including approximately 90 reprographic copies)
19 rolls of drawings
1 model
1 artefact
Présentation du contenu
File documents a successful competition entry and an executed project for a library for the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom. Material in this file was produced between 1962 and 2000.
File contains publication drawings and several working drawings. Photographic materials include views of drawings, of models, including by John Donat Photography and by photographer Richard Einzing of Brecht-Einzig studio, an aerial view of the site, views of the building site, of the completed building and of James Stirling, including by photographers Ian Nairn, Norman R.C. McGrath, James Stirling, Ezra Stoller, Alessandro Vasella and Colin Westwood. Photographs of building defects and remedial work are also present in the file. File also contains textual records, presentation models and a printing plate.
Titre: Site plan, sections, a partial section, a sectional oblique for part of the roof structure
Classification: dessins
Objets catalogués : 16
Personnes et institutions:
Mary Banham (draughtsman)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
site plan, sections, a partial section, a sectional oblique for part of the roof structure, floor plans, a sectional axonometric for the terraces overlooking the entrances, and an axonometric of the north entrance ramp and twin canopy
Quantité / Type d’objet:
16 publication drawing(s)
Étape et objectif:
publication
Collation:
16 drawings
Technique et médium:
Graphite, coloured pencil, and ink on translucent paper
Dimensions:
sheet (smallest): 27 x 37 cm
sheet (largest): 71 x 76 cm
Mention de crédit:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Titre: Views of working and publication drawings, as well as views of drawings not otherwise present in the project documents
Classification: photographies
Objets catalogués : 0
Personnes et institutions:
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
views of working and publication drawings, as well as views of drawings not otherwise present in the project documents, including views of a composite drawing consisting of a mirror image of an east-west cross section, of a caricature of the History Faculty Building by Pedro Gueddes, and of a site plan (that was probably part of the competition entry) showing the library roof oriented towards the south-west, rather than towards the south-east, as in the executed design; includes views of an article by Hugh Brogan in 'The Cambridge Review', 11 October 1968
Quantité / Type d’objet:
1 photograph(s)
Collation:
approximately 50 reprographic copies
Technique et médium:
Gelatin silver prints
Mention de crédit:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Titre: Views of publication drawings including a ground-floor plan
Classification: photographies
Objets catalogués : 0
Personnes et institutions:
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
views of publication drawings including a ground-floor plan (not otherwise present in the project documents) showing the circulation patterns of students and "senior members" at the north and south entrances
Quantité / Type d’objet:
1 photograph(s)
Collation:
approximately 40 reprographic copies
Technique et médium:
Gelatin silver prints
Mention de crédit:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Titre: Views of the building site and of the exterior and interior of the completed building
Classification: photographies
Objets catalogués : 1
Personnes et institutions:
Richard Einzig (photographer)
John Donat (photographer)
James Frazer Stirling (photographer)
Norman R.C. McGrath (photographer)
Colin Westwood (photographer)
Ezra Stoller (photographer)
Ian Nairn (photographer)
Brecht-Einzig (photographic studio)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
views of the building site and of the exterior and interior of the completed building, including details; includes an aerial view of the site before construction
Quantité / Type d’objet:
1 photograph(s)
Collation:
approximately 100 photographs
Technique et médium:
Gelatin silver prints and one chromogenic colour print
Mention de crédit:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Titre: Views of the exterior and interior of the completed building
Classification: photographies
Objets catalogués : 3
Personnes et institutions:
Richard Einzig (photographer)
John Donat (photographer)
James Frazer Stirling (photographer)
Norman R.C. McGrath (photographer)
Colin Westwood (photographer)
Brecht-Einzig (photographic studio)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
views of the exterior and interior of the completed building, including details; includes one view of a presentation model and views of James Stirling in the building
Quantité / Type d’objet:
1 photograph(s)
Collation:
approximately 80 photographs
Technique et médium:
Gelatin silver prints
Mention de crédit:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Titre: Views of the building site and of the exterior and interior of the completed building, including details
Classification: photographies
Objets catalogués : 5
Personnes et institutions:
Richard Einzig (photographer)
John Donat (photographer)
James Frazer Stirling (photographer)
Norman R.C. McGrath (photographer)
Brecht-Einzig (photographic studio)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
views of the building site and of the exterior and interior of the completed building, including details; includes a view of an article by Hugh Brogan in 'The Cambridge Review', 11 October 1968, and a postcard of a Ben Johnson screen print depicting the building
Quantité / Type d’objet:
1 photograph(s)
Collation:
approximately 80 photographs
Technique et médium:
Gelatin silver prints
Mention de crédit:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Titre: Views of a presentation model and of the exterior and interior of the completed building
Dates de création: 1980
Classification: photographies
Objets catalogués : 0
Personnes et institutions:
Richard Einzig (photographer)
John Donat (photographer)
James Frazer Stirling (photographer)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
views of a presentation model and of the exterior and interior of the completed building, portraits of James Stirling at the building site and views of building defects and remedial work
Quantité / Type d’objet:
1 photographic material(s)
Collation:
approximately 50 photographic materials
Technique et médium:
Colour slides, colour transparencies, colour negatives, and black-and-white negatives
Mention de crédit:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Titre: Views of a presentation model and of working and publication drawings, as well as views of drawings not otherwise present in the project documents
Classification: photographies
Objets catalogués : 0
Personnes et institutions:
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
views of a presentation model and of working and publication drawings, as well as views of drawings not otherwise present in the project documents, including views of an incomplete set of numbered and revised working drawings, of a ground-floor plan showing the circulation patterns of students and "senior members" at the north and south entrances, of a composite drawing consisting of a mirror image of an east-west cross section, and of a site plan (that was probably part of the competition entry) showing the library roof oriented towards the south-west, rather than towards the south-east, as in the executed design. Includes views of an article by Hugh Brogan in 'The Cambridge Review', 11 October 1968; also one portrait of a woman
Quantité / Type d’objet:
1 negative(s)
Collation:
approximately 50 photographic materials
Mention de crédit:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Titre: Views of the exterior and interior of the completed building
Classification: photographies
Objets catalogués : 0
Personnes et institutions:
James Frazer Stirling (photographer)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
views of the exterior and interior of the completed building, including details, as well as views of presentation models, including one view of a model of the roof structure which is not otherwise present in the project documents
Quantité / Type d’objet:
1 negative(s)
Collation:
approximately 80 photographic materials
Mention de crédit:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Titre: Architect's statement explaining the site and the features of the building
Classification: documents textuels
Objets catalogués : 0
Personnes et institutions:
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
7-page document including the architect's statement explaining the site and the features of the building, a statement from the structural engineer explaining the building's three interdependent structural elements, and a statement from the services engineers explaining the heating, ventilation and lighting installations of the building; document includes handwritten underlining, corrections and changes
Quantité / Type d’objet:
1 architect's statement(s)
Collation:
0.01 l. m. of textual records
Technique et médium:
Typescript and ink
Dimensions:
sheets: 33 x 21 cm
Type de document:
architect's statement
Caractéristiques matérielles et contraintes techniques:
- The seven pages of the document are stapled together at one corner.
Mention de crédit:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Titre: Administrative records, correspondence and notes relating to photographic services
Dates de création: 1968
Classification: documents textuels
Objets catalogués : 0
Personnes et institutions:
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
administrative records, correspondence and notes relating to photographic services, a few clippings, and several photocopies of photographs of the History Faculty Building
Quantité / Type d’objet:
25 textual record(s)
Collation:
0.02 l. m. of textual records
Dimensions:
sheets (smallest): 4 x 5 cm
sheets (largest): 30 x 21 cm
Type de document:
correspondance
Caractéristiques matérielles et contraintes techniques:
- Eight of the photocopies are stapled together at one corner.
Mention de crédit:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Titre: Caricature of James Stirling with an umbrella in the History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge
Dates de création: 1968
Classification: dessins
Objets catalogués : 1
Personnes et institutions:
Unknown (artist)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
caricature of James Stirling with an umbrella in the History Faculty Building; the caricature is also included with material relating to the Leicester University Engineering Building (AP140.S2.SS1.D23.P21)
Quantité / Type d’objet:
1 drawing(s)
Collation:
1 drawing
Dimensions:
comp.: 26 x 20 cm
sheet: 26 x 39 cm
Caractéristiques matérielles et contraintes techniques:
The caricature is on one half of a folded sheet of construction paper.
Mention de crédit:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Titre: Presentation model, History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
Dates de création: 1963
Classification: maquettes
Objets catalogués : 1
Personnes et institutions:
James Stirling (Firm) (architectural firm)
Michael Wilford (associated architect)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
model shows the site and immediate surroundings of the History Faculty Building, and interior elements including the library mezzanine and the galleries and escape stairs of the L-shaped block; the model was part of the 1963 competition entry, and shows the library roof oriented towards the south-west, rather than towards the south-east, as in the executed design; also shows a different design for the terrace to the north, and for the stairs flanking the brick end walls
Quantité / Type d’objet:
1 presentation model(s)
Étape et objectif:
maquette de présentation
Collation:
1 model
Technique et médium:
Wood, plastic, graphite and metal
Dimensions:
model (largest): 57 x 67 x 15 cm
Caractéristiques matérielles et contraintes techniques:
- Base of the model is surrounded by a metallic frame
Mention de crédit:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Titre: Presentation model for the History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, displayed in the exhibition Architecture I (1977) at Leo Castelli Gallery
Dates de création: 1963 - 1967
Classification: maquettes
Objets catalogués : 1
Personnes et institutions:
Julian Harrap (model maker)
James Stirling (Firm) (architectural firm)
Michael Wilford (associated architect)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Description:
model shows the History Faculty Building, and interior elements including the library mezzanine and the galleries and escape stairs of the L-shaped block
Quantité / Type d’objet:
1 presentation model(s)
Étape et objectif:
maquette de présentation
Collation:
1 model
Dimensions:
model (largest): 51.4 x 100 x 79.8 cm
Mention de crédit:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Presentation model for the History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, displayed in the exhibition Architecture I (1977) at Leo Castelli Gallery
Titre: Origami model of the History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, England
Dates de création: 1981-2000
Classification: maquettes
Objets catalogués : 1
Personnes et institutions:
Masahiro Chatani (model maker)
James Stirling (Firm) (architectural firm)
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Quantité / Type d’objet:
1 presentation model(s)
Collation:
1 model
Dimensions:
model (open): 10 x 15 x 10 cm
model (closed): 10 x 15 cm
Mention de crédit:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Legs de la famille Stirling/
Bequest of the Stirling family
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Legs de la famille Stirling/
Bequest of the Stirling family
Titre: Plans, interior elevations, sections, axonometrics and details, including for glazing, History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, Competition and Construction, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Dates de création: circa 1962-1968
Classification: dessins
Objets catalogués : 0
Personnes et institutions:
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Quantité / Type d’objet:
1 file
Étape et objectif:
reference
Collation:
1 roll of drawings
Mode de classement:
This material was originally part of a bigger group that was separated for preservation reasons. See also AP140.S2.SS1.D26.P55 for the other part of the original group.
Mention de crédit:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Titre: Plans, interior elevations, sections, axonometrics and details, History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, Competition and Construction, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Dates de création: circa 1962-1968
Classification: dessins
Objets catalogués : 0
Personnes et institutions:
James Frazer Stirling (archive creator)
Quantité / Type d’objet:
1 file
Étape et objectif:
reference
Collation:
1 roll of drawings
Mode de classement:
This material was originally part of a bigger group that was separated for preservation reasons. See also AP140.S2.SS1.D26.P39 for the other part of the original group.
Conditions d’accès:
This material cannot the consulted for preservation reasons, conact ref@cca.qc.ca for more information.
Mention de crédit:
James Stirling/Michael Wilford fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
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