Circlorama

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People:

Cedric Price (architect)
Felix J. Samuely & Partners (consulting engineering firm)
Frank Newby (consulting engineer)
Douglas Smith and Ruddle Chartered Quantity Surveyors (quantity surveyors)
Cedric Price (archive creator)

Title:

Circlorama

Date:

1962-1964, 1967

Level of archival description:
File 51

Extent and medium:

19 drawings
14 reprographic copies
0.01 l.m. of textual records

Scope and content:
File documents proposals for a portable circular cinema for Circlorama Theatres Limited, of London, England, United Kingdom. Thumbnail sketches show positioning of concrete bases; erection of the cinema, central tower, and trussed wall frames; and the installation of the radially-trussed roof, interior fixtures, and exterior aluminum cladding. Diagrammatic sections show alternate designs for the structure and structural systems. A flow diagram illustrates projected circulation patterns. Also included in the group are fabrication drawings for the cinema by various consultants which Price may have used for reference purposes. Material in this file was produced between 1962 and 1964.
File contains drawings by the following firms: Lawrence Colebrook (Construction Equipment) Co. Ltd, Andrew Smith Harkness Ltd, Cotton Ballard & Blow Architects & Surveyors.

File contains design development drawings and textual records.

Reference number:

AP144.S2.D51

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

Location:

London Greater London England United Kingdom

Language of material:

English

Related units of description:

For additional photographic negatives related to this project, see file DR2004:0036 in this fonds. File DR1995:0213:015-019 in this fonds may contain materials that relate to this file.

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