BMI Planetarium

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• Fonds: Cedric Price fonds, 1903-2006, predominant 1953-2000
•    Series: Projects, 1903-2003, predominant 1960-2000
•      Project: BMI Planetarium, 1968-1971

People

• Cedric Price (architect)
• Cedric Price (archive creator)

Title

BMI Planetarium

Dates of creation

1968-1971

Level of archival description

File 80

Extent and Medium

• 2 drawings
• 0.01 l.m. of textual records

Scope and Content

File documents an unexecuted project for a planetarium for the Birmingham & Midland Institute (BMI). Material includes comparative seating plans and diagrammatic section, and a technical drawing by Spitz Laboratories, Inc., possibly for the planetarium project or for reference purposes. The scope of the project cannot be determined from these two drawings. Material in this file was produced between 1968 and 1971.

One technical drawing in this file was created by Spitz Laboratories, Inc.

File contains conceptual drawings and textual records.

Reference Number

AP144.S2.D80

Arrangement

Materials in this series were kept in the original order in which they were received.

Location

Birmingham West Midlands England United Kingdom

Language of material

English

Inventory

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  • Reference Number: DR1995:0250:001-002
  • Title: Sketch section and seating plans, and technical drawing showing plans, sections and structural details
  • Form: drawings
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  2 conceptual drawing(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 2 drawings

  Technique and media:

  Graphite, ink, on translucent paper and reprographic copy

  Dimensions:

  sheet (smallest): 37.5 x 72 cm sheet (largest): 78 x 137 cm

  Credit line:

  Cedric Price fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
  

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  • Reference Number: DR2004:1197
  • Title: Correspondence, notes, estimate, sketches, and calculations
  • Form: drawings, textual records
  • Catalogued items within this file 0

  People:

  • Cedric Price (archive creator)

  Quantity / Object type:

  1 file(s)

  Extent and Medium:

  • 0.01 l.m. of textual records
  • and other materials

  Dimensions:

  folder: 24 x 37.5 x 1 cm

  Credit line:

  Cedric Price fonds
  Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
  Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal