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DR1995:0225:001-020
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correspondence, pamphlets, booklets, sketches showing transportation networks, reports by Cedric Price on development, including one titled 'Tunisia: Patterns of Development', clippings, theatre programme, draft report, notes, and axonometric sketch for Fun Palace (AP144.S2.D46)
DR1995:0225:001-020
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correspondence, pamphlets, booklets, sketches showing transportation networks, reports by Cedric Price on development, including one titled 'Tunisia: Patterns of Development', clippings, theatre programme, draft report, notes, and axonometric sketch for Fun Palace (AP144.S2.D46)
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1963-1985, predominant 1965-1966
1963-1985, predominant 1965-1966
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Correspondence, pamphlets, booklets, sketches showing transportation networks
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DR1995:0225:001-020
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correspondence, pamphlets, booklets, sketches showing transportation networks, reports by Cedric Price on development, including one titled 'Tunisia: Patterns of Development', clippings, theatre programme, draft report, notes, and axonometric sketch for Fun Palace (AP144.S2.D46)
Correspondence, pamphlets, booklets, sketches showing transportation networks
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DR1995:0225:001-020
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correspondence, pamphlets, booklets, sketches showing transportation networks, reports by Cedric Price on development, including one titled 'Tunisia: Patterns of Development', clippings, theatre programme, draft report, notes, and axonometric sketch for Fun Palace (AP144.S2.D46)
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textual records
textual records
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1963-1985, predominant 1965-1966
1963-1985, predominant 1965-1966
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drawings, textual records
drawings, textual records
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DR2004:1358
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clippings, a sketch and a copy of an announcement for 'The Office and the Information Revolution', an exhibition and seminar held at the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1981; Cedric Price presented a case study for this event
DR2004:1358
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clippings, a sketch and a copy of an announcement for 'The Office and the Information Revolution', an exhibition and seminar held at the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1981; Cedric Price presented a case study for this event
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Date:
1981
1981
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The Office and the Information Revolution
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DR2004:1358
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clippings, a sketch and a copy of an announcement for 'The Office and the Information Revolution', an exhibition and seminar held at the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1981; Cedric Price presented a case study for this event
The Office and the Information Revolution
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DR2004:1358
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clippings, a sketch and a copy of an announcement for 'The Office and the Information Revolution', an exhibition and seminar held at the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1981; Cedric Price presented a case study for this event
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drawings, textual records
drawings, textual records
Date:
1981
1981
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drawings, textual records, photographs
drawings, textual records, photographs
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DR2004:1312
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correspondence, pamphlet, photographs, reference drawings, competition programme, and sketches with annotations for the competition 'Nouveau Musée de l'air et de l'espace', held by Ministère de la Défense, France, for which Cedric Price was possibly a jury member
DR2004:1312
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correspondence, pamphlet, photographs, reference drawings, competition programme, and sketches with annotations for the competition 'Nouveau Musée de l'air et de l'espace', held by Ministère de la Défense, France, for which Cedric Price was possibly a jury member
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Date:
1992-1993
1992-1993
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Correspondence, pamphlet, photographs, reference drawings
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DR2004:1312
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correspondence, pamphlet, photographs, reference drawings, competition programme, and sketches with annotations for the competition 'Nouveau Musée de l'air et de l'espace', held by Ministère de la Défense, France, for which Cedric Price was possibly a jury member
Correspondence, pamphlet, photographs, reference drawings
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DR2004:1312
Description:
correspondence, pamphlet, photographs, reference drawings, competition programme, and sketches with annotations for the competition 'Nouveau Musée de l'air et de l'espace', held by Ministère de la Défense, France, for which Cedric Price was possibly a jury member
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drawings, textual records, photographs
drawings, textual records, photographs
Date:
1992-1993
1992-1993
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Project
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Bath Festival
Bath Festival
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AP144.S2.D62
Description:
File documents the Architect's Forum on the topic of Music and Environment that took place at the Bath Festival in June 1966. The forum was organized by Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Hugh Casson, and Cedric Price. The proceedings of the conference were to be published by Pergamon Press Limited. Material in this file was produced between 1965 and 1967. File contains textual records.
AP144.S2.D62
Description:
File documents the Architect's Forum on the topic of Music and Environment that took place at the Bath Festival in June 1966. The forum was organized by Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Hugh Casson, and Cedric Price. The proceedings of the conference were to be published by Pergamon Press Limited. Material in this file was produced between 1965 and 1967. File contains textual records.
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Date:
1965-1967
1965-1967
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Bath Festival
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AP144.S2.D62
Description:
File documents the Architect's Forum on the topic of Music and Environment that took place at the Bath Festival in June 1966. The forum was organized by Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Hugh Casson, and Cedric Price. The proceedings of the conference were to be published by Pergamon Press Limited. Material in this file was produced between 1965 and 1967. File contains textual records.
Bath Festival
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AP144.S2.D62
Description:
File documents the Architect's Forum on the topic of Music and Environment that took place at the Bath Festival in June 1966. The forum was organized by Yehudi Menuhin, Sir Hugh Casson, and Cedric Price. The proceedings of the conference were to be published by Pergamon Press Limited. Material in this file was produced between 1965 and 1967. File contains textual records.
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File 62
File 62
Date:
1965-1967
1965-1967
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Project
Project
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Steel House
Steel House
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AP144.S2.D60
Description:
File documents an unsuccessful competition entry, in collaboration with Miles Park, Douglas Smith and Frank Newby, for a mass-produced housing system using steel, for a competition sponsored by the European Coal and Steel Community. Requirements called for rapid assembly/disassembly, and flexible unit plans that could be altered by home owners and appeal to a wide range of owners and their preferences. Schematic sketches include exterior elevations, floor plans, preliminary details, and charts for building components. Conceptual sketches show alternate unit and floor plan arrangements, and include network analysis plans, site maximization plans based on transportability, family breakdown diagrams, alternate internal unit layout plans based on age and other factors, functional area plans indicating separation possibilities, and charts which cross-reference factors such as transportability, construction, and assembly requirements. Design development drawings show typical plans, site plans, sections, elevations, details, axonometric drawings of structure and cladding, internal units, and components. Some material in this file was published in Price, Cedric, "Steel Housing", 'Architectural Design', vol. 37, (May 1967) 244, and Price, Cedric, 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984) 36, 49-50, 113. Material in this file was produced between 1965 and 1969. 'High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community' is the full name of the client as found in the textual records. The title of the competition is 'International Competition for the Design of Industrially Fabricated Dwellings'. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, photographic material, presentation panels, textual records, and model.
AP144.S2.D60
Description:
File documents an unsuccessful competition entry, in collaboration with Miles Park, Douglas Smith and Frank Newby, for a mass-produced housing system using steel, for a competition sponsored by the European Coal and Steel Community. Requirements called for rapid assembly/disassembly, and flexible unit plans that could be altered by home owners and appeal to a wide range of owners and their preferences. Schematic sketches include exterior elevations, floor plans, preliminary details, and charts for building components. Conceptual sketches show alternate unit and floor plan arrangements, and include network analysis plans, site maximization plans based on transportability, family breakdown diagrams, alternate internal unit layout plans based on age and other factors, functional area plans indicating separation possibilities, and charts which cross-reference factors such as transportability, construction, and assembly requirements. Design development drawings show typical plans, site plans, sections, elevations, details, axonometric drawings of structure and cladding, internal units, and components. Some material in this file was published in Price, Cedric, "Steel Housing", 'Architectural Design', vol. 37, (May 1967) 244, and Price, Cedric, 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984) 36, 49-50, 113. Material in this file was produced between 1965 and 1969. 'High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community' is the full name of the client as found in the textual records. The title of the competition is 'International Competition for the Design of Industrially Fabricated Dwellings'. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, photographic material, presentation panels, textual records, and model.
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Date:
1965-1969
1965-1969
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Steel House
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AP144.S2.D60
Description:
File documents an unsuccessful competition entry, in collaboration with Miles Park, Douglas Smith and Frank Newby, for a mass-produced housing system using steel, for a competition sponsored by the European Coal and Steel Community. Requirements called for rapid assembly/disassembly, and flexible unit plans that could be altered by home owners and appeal to a wide range of owners and their preferences. Schematic sketches include exterior elevations, floor plans, preliminary details, and charts for building components. Conceptual sketches show alternate unit and floor plan arrangements, and include network analysis plans, site maximization plans based on transportability, family breakdown diagrams, alternate internal unit layout plans based on age and other factors, functional area plans indicating separation possibilities, and charts which cross-reference factors such as transportability, construction, and assembly requirements. Design development drawings show typical plans, site plans, sections, elevations, details, axonometric drawings of structure and cladding, internal units, and components. Some material in this file was published in Price, Cedric, "Steel Housing", 'Architectural Design', vol. 37, (May 1967) 244, and Price, Cedric, 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984) 36, 49-50, 113. Material in this file was produced between 1965 and 1969. 'High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community' is the full name of the client as found in the textual records. The title of the competition is 'International Competition for the Design of Industrially Fabricated Dwellings'. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, photographic material, presentation panels, textual records, and model.
Steel House
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AP144.S2.D60
Description:
File documents an unsuccessful competition entry, in collaboration with Miles Park, Douglas Smith and Frank Newby, for a mass-produced housing system using steel, for a competition sponsored by the European Coal and Steel Community. Requirements called for rapid assembly/disassembly, and flexible unit plans that could be altered by home owners and appeal to a wide range of owners and their preferences. Schematic sketches include exterior elevations, floor plans, preliminary details, and charts for building components. Conceptual sketches show alternate unit and floor plan arrangements, and include network analysis plans, site maximization plans based on transportability, family breakdown diagrams, alternate internal unit layout plans based on age and other factors, functional area plans indicating separation possibilities, and charts which cross-reference factors such as transportability, construction, and assembly requirements. Design development drawings show typical plans, site plans, sections, elevations, details, axonometric drawings of structure and cladding, internal units, and components. Some material in this file was published in Price, Cedric, "Steel Housing", 'Architectural Design', vol. 37, (May 1967) 244, and Price, Cedric, 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984) 36, 49-50, 113. Material in this file was produced between 1965 and 1969. 'High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community' is the full name of the client as found in the textual records. The title of the competition is 'International Competition for the Design of Industrially Fabricated Dwellings'. File contains conceptual drawings, design development drawings, photographic material, presentation panels, textual records, and model.
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File 60
File 60
Date:
1965-1969
1965-1969
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drawings, textual records
drawings, textual records
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DR2006:0112
Description:
correspondence, sketch layout, press releases, schedules, invitations, notes, and interview questions, with respect to the Austrian Frederick Kiesler Award for Architecture and Art, awarded to Cedric Price in 2002 by the Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation
DR2006:0112
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correspondence, sketch layout, press releases, schedules, invitations, notes, and interview questions, with respect to the Austrian Frederick Kiesler Award for Architecture and Art, awarded to Cedric Price in 2002 by the Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation
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Date:
2002
2002
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Correspondence, sketch layout, press releases, schedules
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DR2006:0112
Description:
correspondence, sketch layout, press releases, schedules, invitations, notes, and interview questions, with respect to the Austrian Frederick Kiesler Award for Architecture and Art, awarded to Cedric Price in 2002 by the Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation
Correspondence, sketch layout, press releases, schedules
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DR2006:0112
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correspondence, sketch layout, press releases, schedules, invitations, notes, and interview questions, with respect to the Austrian Frederick Kiesler Award for Architecture and Art, awarded to Cedric Price in 2002 by the Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation
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drawings, textual records
drawings, textual records
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2002
2002
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textual records
textual records
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DR2004:1310
Description:
publications, correspondence, menu, notes, application brochure, invoice, promotional material, with regards to The Prudential Awards for the Arts, Tate, London (1997) for which Cedric Price was a jury member, and also contains correspondence for Halmag (AP144.S2.D178)
DR2004:1310
Description:
publications, correspondence, menu, notes, application brochure, invoice, promotional material, with regards to The Prudential Awards for the Arts, Tate, London (1997) for which Cedric Price was a jury member, and also contains correspondence for Halmag (AP144.S2.D178)
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Date:
1996-1997
1996-1997
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Publications, correspondence, menu, notes, application brochure
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DR2004:1310
Description:
publications, correspondence, menu, notes, application brochure, invoice, promotional material, with regards to The Prudential Awards for the Arts, Tate, London (1997) for which Cedric Price was a jury member, and also contains correspondence for Halmag (AP144.S2.D178)
Publications, correspondence, menu, notes, application brochure
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DR2004:1310
Description:
publications, correspondence, menu, notes, application brochure, invoice, promotional material, with regards to The Prudential Awards for the Arts, Tate, London (1997) for which Cedric Price was a jury member, and also contains correspondence for Halmag (AP144.S2.D178)
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textual records
textual records
Date:
1996-1997
1996-1997
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drawings, textual records
drawings, textual records
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DR2004:1293
Description:
clippings, correspondence, architect's report, sketches, diagrams with annotations, meeting agenda, notes, reports, and site plan, for a new boys residence, Boys House at Stowe School, for which Cedric Price was consultant for architectural firm Barnsley, Hewett and Mallinson
DR2004:1293
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clippings, correspondence, architect's report, sketches, diagrams with annotations, meeting agenda, notes, reports, and site plan, for a new boys residence, Boys House at Stowe School, for which Cedric Price was consultant for architectural firm Barnsley, Hewett and Mallinson
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Clippings, correspondence, architect's report, sketches
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DR2004:1293
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clippings, correspondence, architect's report, sketches, diagrams with annotations, meeting agenda, notes, reports, and site plan, for a new boys residence, Boys House at Stowe School, for which Cedric Price was consultant for architectural firm Barnsley, Hewett and Mallinson
Clippings, correspondence, architect's report, sketches
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DR2004:1293
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clippings, correspondence, architect's report, sketches, diagrams with annotations, meeting agenda, notes, reports, and site plan, for a new boys residence, Boys House at Stowe School, for which Cedric Price was consultant for architectural firm Barnsley, Hewett and Mallinson
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drawings, textual records
drawings, textual records
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Project
Project
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Juke
Juke
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AP144.S2.D186
Description:
File documents Cedric Price's involvement in a project to renovate an old building in West Hampstead, Camden, London, England, into an interdisciplinary artists' studio. Material in this file was produced in 1970 and between 2000 and 2002, but predominantly in 2000. File contains conceptual drawings and textual records.
AP144.S2.D186
Description:
File documents Cedric Price's involvement in a project to renovate an old building in West Hampstead, Camden, London, England, into an interdisciplinary artists' studio. Material in this file was produced in 1970 and between 2000 and 2002, but predominantly in 2000. File contains conceptual drawings and textual records.
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1970, 2000-2002, predominant 2000
1970, 2000-2002, predominant 2000
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Juke
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AP144.S2.D186
Description:
File documents Cedric Price's involvement in a project to renovate an old building in West Hampstead, Camden, London, England, into an interdisciplinary artists' studio. Material in this file was produced in 1970 and between 2000 and 2002, but predominantly in 2000. File contains conceptual drawings and textual records.
Juke
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AP144.S2.D186
Description:
File documents Cedric Price's involvement in a project to renovate an old building in West Hampstead, Camden, London, England, into an interdisciplinary artists' studio. Material in this file was produced in 1970 and between 2000 and 2002, but predominantly in 2000. File contains conceptual drawings and textual records.
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File 186
File 186
Date:
1970, 2000-2002, predominant 2000
1970, 2000-2002, predominant 2000
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Project
Project
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BMI/HQ
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.
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.
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Date:
1967-1971
1967-1971
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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.
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.
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File 74
File 74
Date:
1967-1971
1967-1971
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