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BMI/HQ
1967-1971
File 74
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.
Materials in this series were kept in the original order in which they were received.
Birmingham West Midlands England United Kingdom
English
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4 map(s)
Graphite, ink, coloured pencil, watercolour on reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 100 x 89 cm sheet (largest): 50.5 x 65 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
19 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, and coloured pencil on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 30 x 21 cm sheet (largest): 38.5 x 51 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
sketch plans and sections, sketches, diagrammatic plan, axonometric diagrams, axonometric sketch of exterior, elevations, and sections
19 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, and coloured pencil on translucent paper
sheets: 38 x 51 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
elevations, sections, some with annotations and calculations, sketches, interior perspective sketches, axonometric diagram, exterior axonometric sketches, plan, and sketch plans
18 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, and coloured pencil on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 38 x 51 cm sheet (largest): 51 x 76.5 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
19 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, and coloured pencil on translucent paper
sheets: 38 x 51 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
circulation diagram, structural diagram, axonometric drawings, sketches, diagrammatic sections and plans, and axonometric diagrams
18 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, coloured pencil, and adhesive tape on translucent paper
sheets: 38 x 51 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
diagrammatic sections, some with calculations and annotations, plans, annotations, sketches, and diagrams, graphs, tables and flowcharts showing design, communication and activity needs
18 conceptual drawing(s)
Graphite and ink on translucent paper
sheet (smallest): 38 x 51 cm sheet (largest): 51 x 76.5 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
project description, graphs, perspective drawings and diagrammatic sections showing design principles, diagrammatic sections, grid drawing, axonometric drawing, plan, perspective sketches, sketch sections, and grid plan
18 design development drawing(s)
Ink and adhesive tape on translucent paper, reprographic copies, and paper
sheet (smallest): 37.5 x 72 cm sheet (largest): 30 x 21 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
tables showing space allocation, volumetric diagrams, circulation diagrams, axonometric diagrammatic sections and plan, graphs, site plan, and activity diagram
19 design development drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, adhesive film, and adhesive tape on translucent paper
sheets: 38 x 72 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
diagrammatic plans and sections, axonometric drawing, activity distribution chart, diagrammatic plans of theatre layouts, and circulation diagram
19 design development drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, adhesive film, and adhesive tape on translucent paper
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
19 design development drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, coloured pencil, adhesive film, and adhesive tape on translucent paper
sheets: 37.5 x 72 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
plans and sections, chart, diagrammatic plans and sections, annotated for publication, table, and diagrammatic elevations
19 design development drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, adhesive film, and adhesive tape on translucent paper
sheets: 37.5 x 72 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
20 design development drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, adhesive film, adhesive tape, and adhesive label on translucent paper
sheets: 37.5 x 72 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
20 design development drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, adhesive film, and adhesive tape on translucent paper
sheets: 37.5 x 72 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
HVAC plans, table, ventilation details, sections of theatre and hall studies, plans and sections of planetarium, interior elevations, exhibition layout, axonometric diagram, elevations, exterior details, and axonometric drawings and detail sections of cladding
20 design development drawing(s)
Ink and adhesive tape on translucent paper
sheets: 37.5 x 72 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
18 design development drawing(s)
Reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 38 x 72 cm sheet (largest): 39 x 72 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
axonometric views of site and proposed building, progress charts, site plan, and diagrammatic plans showing access and activities
18 design development drawing(s)
Ink, adhesive film, and adhesive tape on reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 37.5 x 72 cm sheet (largest): 39 x 72 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
18 design development drawing(s)
Ink, adhesive film, and adhesive tape on reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 38 x 72.5 cm sheet (largest): 40 x 72.5 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
18 design development drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, adhesive film, and adhesive tape on reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 38 x 72 cm sheet (largest): 38.5 x 72 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
18 design development drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, adhesive film, and adhesive tape on reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 38 x 71.5 cm sheet (largest): 39 x 72 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
sections, exterior axonometric view, diagrammatic sections and elevations, and axonometric views of structure and circulation
17 design development drawing(s)
Ink, adhesive film, adhesive tape, and adhesive label on reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 38 x 70 cm sheet (largest): 38 x 72 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
16 design development drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, coloured pencil, wax crayon, and correction fluid on reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 36 x 70.5 cm sheet (largest): 36.5 x 71 cm
- Group contains one stapled set of 7 reprographic copies.
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
24 design development drawing(s)
Graphite and ink on reprographic copies
sheets: 36 x 71 cm
- Group contains one stapled set of 16 drawings, with note 'Office/Set/of drawings/issued to BMI/9.1.70'.
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
23 design development drawing(s)
Ink, adhesive film, and adhesive tape on reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 36 x 70.5 cm sheet (largest): 37 x 71.5 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
axonometric view of site, key plan, elevations, axonometric view and details of cladding, and axonometric views of structure and circulation
20 design development drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, adhesive film, and adhesive tape on translucent paper, and reprographic copies
sheets: 36 x 71 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
engineering drawings showing sketch plans and sections of car park and structure, and mechanical drawings showing VHAC plans, sections and details
5 technical drawing(s)
Graphite and ink on reprographic copies
sheets: 69 x 102.5 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
11 presentation drawing(s)
Reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 45 x 96 cm sheet (largest): 75.5 x 103 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
3 panel(s)
Graphite, ink, adhesive film, and paper collage on reprographic copies and gelatin silver prints on cardboard
panels (smallest): 64 x 45.5 cm panels (largest): 50.5 x 76.5 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
3 publication drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, adhesive film, and adhesive tape on translucent paper, and cardboard
sheet (smallest): 41 x 57 cm sheet (largest): 41.5 x 57 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 panel(s)
Ink and correction fluid on paper mounted on cardboard
panel: 76.5 x 101.5 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
preliminary cost estimates, consultant drawings, reports, food services schedule, charts, staff requirements and salaries, sketch, regulations, design notes, building programmes, consultant report on fund raising, clippings, diagrams, and planetarium specifications
1 file(s)
folder: 24 x 37.5 x 4 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
sketch, office memoranda, correspondence, time sheet, cost estimates, graph, calculations, brochure, progress report, meeting notes, estimates, building programme, minutes of meetings, notes on design, requirements, cost analysis, and schedules, and feasibility report
1 file(s)
folder: 24 x 37.5 x 4 cm
- Folder for this group is titled 'BMI/HQ/Vending'.
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
includes 4 folders containing clippings, office memoranda, occupancy statistics and requirements, correspondence, price lists, trade catalogues, brochures, publication, design notes, calculations, building programme, sketches, questionnaires, reports, graphs, and student report on BMI
1 textual record(s)
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
loose textual records including 2 folders, that include building programme, correspondence, minutes of meeting, clippings, cost appraisals, planning application forms, drawings, table, sketches, reports, demographic study, schedules, publications, standards, annual reports, notes, minutes of meetings, charts, negatives, code of practice, brochures, photographs, invoices, posters, engineering test results, graphs, price lists, clippings, specifications, quantity survey, estimates, list of HVAC and electrical requirements, contract documents, and engineer's report
1 textual record(s)
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
4 presentation panel(s)
Ink, adhesive film, paper collage, and adhesive label on paper and gelatin silver prints, mounted on cardboard
panels (smallest): 56 x 76 cm panels (largest): 76.5 x 90 cm
- Group contains 3 panels which have metal eyelets at each corner.
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
2 presentation panel(s)
Gelatin silver prints mounted on cardboard
panels: 76 x 90 cm
- All panels in this group have metal eyelets at each corner.
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
Objects that have been catalogued:
3 presentation panel(s)
Ink on gelatin silver prints mounted on cardboard
panels: 76.5 x 90 cm
- All panels in the group have metal eyelets at each corner.
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
4 presentation drawing(s)
Graphite, ink, and adhesive labels on reprographic copies
sheet (smallest): 25.5 x 20.5 cm sheet (largest): 36 x 70 cm
- Some reprographic drawings in this group have metal eyelets at each corner.
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 publication drawing(s)
Ink, coloured pencil, and adhesive tape, on translucent paper and photomechanical prints, on paper
sheet: 25.5 x 40 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 photograph(s)
Gelatin silver print
sheet: 15 x 21 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 ring binder(s)
ring binder: 33 x 23 x 1.5 cm
- Binder is titled '94/BMI/HQ'.
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
1 ring binder(s)
ring binder: 33 x 23.5 x 2 cm
- Binder is titled 'Policy/Design/94'.
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
3 panel(s)
Ink, correction fluid on reprographic copies mounted on cardboard
panels: 76.5 x 101.5 cm
Cedric Price fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
20 panel(s)
Ink, adhesive film, correction fluid, and adhesive labels on reprographic copies mounted on cardboard
panels: 36 x 70 cm
- Panels have holes with metal grommets at the corners.
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