Projet
BMI/HQ
AP144.S2.D74
Description:
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
Description:
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
Projet
AP187.S1.1953.PR02
Description:
This project series documents the design for a sphere floating over the Saale. The sphere would be maintained in place by cables. The roof and the floor of the structure would be transparent to allow the observation of the river’s environment. Material was produced in 1953. Documenting the project is one photomontage (reprographic copy).
1953
Wasserspiel aus geodätischen Systemen (1953)
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AP187.S1.1953.PR02
Description:
This project series documents the design for a sphere floating over the Saale. The sphere would be maintained in place by cables. The roof and the floor of the structure would be transparent to allow the observation of the river’s environment. Material was produced in 1953. Documenting the project is one photomontage (reprographic copy).
Project
1953
Projet
AP013.S1.D18
Description:
File documents an executed project for a railway hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba on 222 Broadway Avenue. Material in this file was produced between 1910 and 1914. File contains survey drawings, preliminary drawings, working and design development drawings, miscellaneous drawings, detail and design development drawings, miscellaneous and detail drawings, detail drawings, mechanical drawings, and textual documents.
1910-1914
Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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AP013.S1.D18
Description:
File documents an executed project for a railway hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba on 222 Broadway Avenue. Material in this file was produced between 1910 and 1914. File contains survey drawings, preliminary drawings, working and design development drawings, miscellaneous drawings, detail and design development drawings, miscellaneous and detail drawings, detail drawings, mechanical drawings, and textual documents.
Project
1910-1914
Projet
AP013.S1.D19
Description:
File documents an executed project for a recreation centre in Westmount, Québec on 4585 Sherbrooke Street West. Material in this file was produced between 1910 and 1913, and in 1916. File contains a survey drawing, structural drawings, design development drawings, working drawings, detail drawings, mechanical drawings, a miscellaneous drawing, a consultant drawing, and a textual document.
1910-1916
West-End YMCA, Westmount, Québec
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AP013.S1.D19
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File documents an executed project for a recreation centre in Westmount, Québec on 4585 Sherbrooke Street West. Material in this file was produced between 1910 and 1913, and in 1916. File contains a survey drawing, structural drawings, design development drawings, working drawings, detail drawings, mechanical drawings, a miscellaneous drawing, a consultant drawing, and a textual document.
Project
1910-1916
Projet
AP142.S1.D183
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for residential and commercial buildings in Cassano Magnago, Italy. Material in this file was produced between 1991 and 1993. File contains a conceptual drawing and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, photographs, correspondence, a proposal, calculations, a building permit, labels for drawings, and lists of drawings.
1991-1993
Cassano Magnago Piazza Libertá
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AP142.S1.D183
Description:
File documents an unexecuted project for residential and commercial buildings in Cassano Magnago, Italy. Material in this file was produced between 1991 and 1993. File contains a conceptual drawing and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including sketches, drawings, photographs, correspondence, a proposal, calculations, a building permit, labels for drawings, and lists of drawings.
File 183
1991-1993
Projet
AP142.S1.D117
Description:
File documents an unexecuted (?) project for a factory of medical equipment in Syzran, Soviet Union (now Russia). Material in this file was produced in 1988. File contains design development drawings. File also contain textual records, including sketches, drawings, correspondence, architect's statements, specifications, calculations, a business card, a schedule, a set of transfer type, and notes.
1988
Fabbrica attrezature ospedaliere a Sysran, URSS
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AP142.S1.D117
Description:
File documents an unexecuted (?) project for a factory of medical equipment in Syzran, Soviet Union (now Russia). Material in this file was produced in 1988. File contains design development drawings. File also contain textual records, including sketches, drawings, correspondence, architect's statements, specifications, calculations, a business card, a schedule, a set of transfer type, and notes.
File 117
1988
Projet
AP099.S1.D7
Description:
File documents Perrault et Mesnard's executed project for the Chapelle du Sacré-Coeur of Notre-Dame de Montréal. Material in this file was produced between October 1888 and June 1889. Unsigned drawings are attributed to Perrault et Mesnard based on comparisons of the drawing techniques and media used for signed and unsigned drawings. File contains drawings and a reprographic copy.
October 1888 - June 1889
Chapelle du Sacré-Coeur Construction
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AP099.S1.D7
Description:
File documents Perrault et Mesnard's executed project for the Chapelle du Sacré-Coeur of Notre-Dame de Montréal. Material in this file was produced between October 1888 and June 1889. Unsigned drawings are attributed to Perrault et Mesnard based on comparisons of the drawing techniques and media used for signed and unsigned drawings. File contains drawings and a reprographic copy.
File 7
October 1888 - June 1889
Projet
AP144.S2.D5
Description:
File documents an unsuccessful competition entry for County Offices at Taunton, England. The drawings are mainly devoted to the development of one concept, with very few alternate plans or proposals. Material in this file was produced between 1959 and 1960. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation panels, a reference drawing, and textual records.
1959-1960
County Offices Taunton
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AP144.S2.D5
Description:
File documents an unsuccessful competition entry for County Offices at Taunton, England. The drawings are mainly devoted to the development of one concept, with very few alternate plans or proposals. Material in this file was produced between 1959 and 1960. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, presentation panels, a reference drawing, and textual records.
File 5
1959-1960
Projet
AP142.S1.D214
Description:
File documents an unsuccessful competition entry for a new Italian embassy in Washington, D.C., United States. Material in this file was produced in 1992. File contains a conceptual drawing and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including a sketch, a drawing, correspondence, a competition programme, an estimate, and a black-and-white transparency.
1992
Cancelleria dell’Ambasciata d’Italia a Washington
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AP142.S1.D214
Description:
File documents an unsuccessful competition entry for a new Italian embassy in Washington, D.C., United States. Material in this file was produced in 1992. File contains a conceptual drawing and presentation drawings. File also contains textual records, including a sketch, a drawing, correspondence, a competition programme, an estimate, and a black-and-white transparency.
File 214
1992
Projet
AP143.S4.D75
Description:
File documents the unexecuted project for a residential building, The Hague, Netherlands. Material in this file was produced between 1983 and 1993 (predominant 1989-1993). File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, reference drawings, models, and textual records. Textual records include schedule, cost, meeting minutes, correspondence, sketches, historical maps, contracts, budget, program, and 25 photographs.
1983-1993; predominant 1989-1993
Residential Building, The Hague
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AP143.S4.D75
Description:
File documents the unexecuted project for a residential building, The Hague, Netherlands. Material in this file was produced between 1983 and 1993 (predominant 1989-1993). File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, reference drawings, models, and textual records. Textual records include schedule, cost, meeting minutes, correspondence, sketches, historical maps, contracts, budget, program, and 25 photographs.
File 75
1983-1993; predominant 1989-1993