Plan and a section for the circulation of exhibition viewers and a key, House of the Future, Daily Mail Ideal Homes Exhibition, London, England

People:

Peter Smithson (architect)
Alison Margaret Smithson (architect)

Title:

Plan and a section for the circulation of exhibition viewers and a key, House of the Future, Daily Mail Ideal Homes Exhibition, London, England

Date:

between 1955 and March 6 1956

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink, blue pencil and red ink on tracing paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 66.0 x 102.6 cm

Reference number:

DR1995:0036

Drawing Type:

line drawings
mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings)
freehand drawings

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)
section

Point of View:

interior view
plan view

Inscription:

stamped - in red ink, on the sheet, l.r.: "ALISON AND PETER SMITHSON - ARCHITECTS -"; and "46. / Limerston Street, / Chelsea, / London, S.W.10." [the stamp consists of two circles, the outer circle contains the architects' names and the inner circle contains the address] inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the sheet, u.l.: "KEY PLAN"; l.l.: with title; and l.r.: "HF5601" and with scale [stamp between number and scale] numbered and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in blue pencil, on the sheet, u.c.: "1. SUN, 7ft. diam. SPHERE LOW WATTAGE ELEC. BULBS / 2. CLOUD, WHITE NYLON / 3. UPPER VIEWING PLATFORM / 4. VALARIUM [sic], BLUE MUSLIN / 5. VIEWING APERATURE" inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, on the sheet, l.l.: "WAY OUT WAY IN"; and throughout: with key numbers

Location:

London; England; United Kingdom;

Subject:

architecture
interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

stairs
house
windows
passage

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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