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Lightweight Enclosures Unit
AP144.S2.D79
Description:
File documents the work of the Lightweight Enclosures Unit (LEU) which was set up by Frank Newby and Cedric Price after their completion of a UK government research programme into air structures in 1969 (see Air Structures Research AP144.S2.D63). The work of LEU included research and design into the social, economic and structural development of lightweight enclosures. The LEU published a bibliography for the industry on air structures in 1972 titled 'Air Structures Bibliography, B0001-0069 and B0070-0119. It also helped produce the report BS6661:1986 'Design, construction and maintenance of single-skin air supported structures', and reviewed lightweight enclosures in AD 8/71, p 465. LEU was commissioned to write 'Air Support Structures: BSI Draft for Development Code of Practice' (DD50). This work is documented in DOE Air Structure (AP144.S2.D91). Frank Newby continued to work on the review of DD50 up until the 1980s. Material in this file was produced between 1956 and 1993. Group DR2004:1356 contains a 1973 drawing attributed to Pierre Martin for S.A.S. (Lausanne). Group DR2004:1353 contains reference drawings by architect Rurik Ekstrom, for Antioch Pneumatic Campus, Columbia Maryland (1972). Group DR2004:0132 contains material that relates to 'Air Structures' a conference on Antioch Campus in Columbia, Maryland, US May 22-34, 1973. DR2004:0135 contains publications by Frei Otto and the Institute of Lightweight Structures at the University of Stuttgart, and a transcript of an Air Structures Lecture, presented in Maryland, possibly by Cedric Price. DR2004:0137, DR2004:0139, and DR2004:0141 contain materials that relate to DD50 'Draft for Development: Air Supported Structures' for British Standards Institution, 1976 (see DOE Air Structure AP144.S2.D91). DR2004:0142 contains papers from the 'International Symposium on Pneumatic Structures' - Delft, 1972. DR2004:0145 contains material on 'Pneuma Jam'. DR2004:0146 contains material that relates to Christo (1973 projects). Group DR2004:0127 contains material that relates to Christo and his project, Valley Curtain. The group DR2004:0159 contains materials from the following manufacturers: Kurashiki Rayon Co., Ltd; Krupp Universalbau; Kleyer; Kellbro Construction Ltd; AEI; Norris Brothers Limited; Kaltenbach; Irvin Industries Ltd; Gotthard; Graydon; Gourock; Goodyear; Firestone; Environmental Structures; English Electric; Dynamit Nobel; Dunlop; Williaam Cox; Cidair; Birdair Structures Inc.; Frankenstein Beaufort; Barracuda; Air-Tech Industries, Inc.; Air Inflatable Products Company; Airco; M.L. Aviation; M.U.S.T.; Plasteco Milano; P.N. Structures; Polydrom; Peter Potter Ltd; RFD-GQ limited; RP Structures Ltd; Scanhover; Seattle Tent & Awning Company; Sheltair; Stromeyer; C.F. Taylor; O. Van Den Buys; and John Edgington & Co. Ltd. File contains conceptual drawings, reference drawings, photographic materials, a poster, and textual records.
1956-1995, predominant 1969-1986
Lightweight Enclosures Unit
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AP144.S2.D79
Description:
File documents the work of the Lightweight Enclosures Unit (LEU) which was set up by Frank Newby and Cedric Price after their completion of a UK government research programme into air structures in 1969 (see Air Structures Research AP144.S2.D63). The work of LEU included research and design into the social, economic and structural development of lightweight enclosures. The LEU published a bibliography for the industry on air structures in 1972 titled 'Air Structures Bibliography, B0001-0069 and B0070-0119. It also helped produce the report BS6661:1986 'Design, construction and maintenance of single-skin air supported structures', and reviewed lightweight enclosures in AD 8/71, p 465. LEU was commissioned to write 'Air Support Structures: BSI Draft for Development Code of Practice' (DD50). This work is documented in DOE Air Structure (AP144.S2.D91). Frank Newby continued to work on the review of DD50 up until the 1980s. Material in this file was produced between 1956 and 1993. Group DR2004:1356 contains a 1973 drawing attributed to Pierre Martin for S.A.S. (Lausanne). Group DR2004:1353 contains reference drawings by architect Rurik Ekstrom, for Antioch Pneumatic Campus, Columbia Maryland (1972). Group DR2004:0132 contains material that relates to 'Air Structures' a conference on Antioch Campus in Columbia, Maryland, US May 22-34, 1973. DR2004:0135 contains publications by Frei Otto and the Institute of Lightweight Structures at the University of Stuttgart, and a transcript of an Air Structures Lecture, presented in Maryland, possibly by Cedric Price. DR2004:0137, DR2004:0139, and DR2004:0141 contain materials that relate to DD50 'Draft for Development: Air Supported Structures' for British Standards Institution, 1976 (see DOE Air Structure AP144.S2.D91). DR2004:0142 contains papers from the 'International Symposium on Pneumatic Structures' - Delft, 1972. DR2004:0145 contains material on 'Pneuma Jam'. DR2004:0146 contains material that relates to Christo (1973 projects). Group DR2004:0127 contains material that relates to Christo and his project, Valley Curtain. The group DR2004:0159 contains materials from the following manufacturers: Kurashiki Rayon Co., Ltd; Krupp Universalbau; Kleyer; Kellbro Construction Ltd; AEI; Norris Brothers Limited; Kaltenbach; Irvin Industries Ltd; Gotthard; Graydon; Gourock; Goodyear; Firestone; Environmental Structures; English Electric; Dynamit Nobel; Dunlop; Williaam Cox; Cidair; Birdair Structures Inc.; Frankenstein Beaufort; Barracuda; Air-Tech Industries, Inc.; Air Inflatable Products Company; Airco; M.L. Aviation; M.U.S.T.; Plasteco Milano; P.N. Structures; Polydrom; Peter Potter Ltd; RFD-GQ limited; RP Structures Ltd; Scanhover; Seattle Tent & Awning Company; Sheltair; Stromeyer; C.F. Taylor; O. Van Den Buys; and John Edgington & Co. Ltd. File contains conceptual drawings, reference drawings, photographic materials, a poster, and textual records.
File 79
1956-1995, predominant 1969-1986
drawings, textual records
DR1995:0263:041-041
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includes 9 folders containing clippings, regulations, press release, code of practice, pamphlet, brochures, reports, price lists, diagrams, drawings, trade catalogues, guidebooks, publications, memoranda, sketches, calculations, and notes
Clippings, regulations, press release, code of practice, pamphlet, brochures, reports
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DR1995:0263:041-041
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includes 9 folders containing clippings, regulations, press release, code of practice, pamphlet, brochures, reports, price lists, diagrams, drawings, trade catalogues, guidebooks, publications, memoranda, sketches, calculations, and notes
drawings, textual records
drawings, textual records, photographs
DR2004:0159
Description:
The group DR2004:0159 contains materials from the following manufacturers: Kurashiki Rayon Co., Ltd; Krupp Universalbau; Kleyer; Kellbro Construction Ltd; AEI; Norris Brothers Limited; Kaltenbach; Irvin Industries Ltd; Gotthard; Graydon; Gourock; Goodyear; Firestone; Environmental Structures; English Electric; Dynamit Nobel; Dunlop; Williaam Cox; Cidair; Birdair Structures Inc.; Frankenstein Beaufort; Barracuda; Air-Tech Industries, Inc.; Air Inflatable Products Company; Airco; M.L. Aviation; M.U.S.T.; Plasteco Milano; P.N. Structures; Polydrom; Peter Potter Ltd; RFD-GQ limited; RP Structures Ltd; Scanhover; Seattle Tent & Awning Company; Sheltair; Stromeyer; C.F. Taylor; O. Van Den Buys; and John Edgington & Co. Ltd.
Correspondence, manufacturers' promotional material, brochures, publications, reports
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DR2004:0159
Description:
The group DR2004:0159 contains materials from the following manufacturers: Kurashiki Rayon Co., Ltd; Krupp Universalbau; Kleyer; Kellbro Construction Ltd; AEI; Norris Brothers Limited; Kaltenbach; Irvin Industries Ltd; Gotthard; Graydon; Gourock; Goodyear; Firestone; Environmental Structures; English Electric; Dynamit Nobel; Dunlop; Williaam Cox; Cidair; Birdair Structures Inc.; Frankenstein Beaufort; Barracuda; Air-Tech Industries, Inc.; Air Inflatable Products Company; Airco; M.L. Aviation; M.U.S.T.; Plasteco Milano; P.N. Structures; Polydrom; Peter Potter Ltd; RFD-GQ limited; RP Structures Ltd; Scanhover; Seattle Tent & Awning Company; Sheltair; Stromeyer; C.F. Taylor; O. Van Den Buys; and John Edgington & Co. Ltd.
drawings, textual records, photographs
textual records
DR1995:0252:1930-2059
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File documents a lawsuit against Price and a countersuit; includes correspondence, reports, valuation and payment certificates, architect's instructions, and 2 copies of bill of approximate quantities (Phase II, 1975).
Correspondence, reports, valuation and payment certificates
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DR1995:0252:1930-2059
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File documents a lawsuit against Price and a countersuit; includes correspondence, reports, valuation and payment certificates, architect's instructions, and 2 copies of bill of approximate quantities (Phase II, 1975).
textual records
Project
Stark
AP144.S2.D130
Description:
File documents a consultancy project to increase public access to the Stowe Gardens in Buckinghamshire, England, undertaken for the Stowe School, which owned the gardens. Included are proposals to improve vehicular access routes and parking; to improve and expand walking routes; and to introduce new tourist facilities and improve existing facilities. This project also includes proposals for alterations and additions to existing Stowe School buildings, and an earlier executed project for a new girls' boarding house, for which Price was also consultant. Material in this file was produced between 1978 and 1990, but predominantly between 1983 and 1986. File contains conceptual drawings, photographic materials, and textual records
1978-1990, predominant 1983-1986
Stark
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AP144.S2.D130
Description:
File documents a consultancy project to increase public access to the Stowe Gardens in Buckinghamshire, England, undertaken for the Stowe School, which owned the gardens. Included are proposals to improve vehicular access routes and parking; to improve and expand walking routes; and to introduce new tourist facilities and improve existing facilities. This project also includes proposals for alterations and additions to existing Stowe School buildings, and an earlier executed project for a new girls' boarding house, for which Price was also consultant. Material in this file was produced between 1978 and 1990, but predominantly between 1983 and 1986. File contains conceptual drawings, photographic materials, and textual records
File 130
1978-1990, predominant 1983-1986
Project
El Toreo, Mexico
AP144.S2.D58
Description:
File documents a project for the conversion of El Toreo, a bullring located in Mexico City, Mexico, into an adaptable entertainment venue, and includes plans and partial sections of the stadium, prepared by the engineering firm DIRAC. Textual records show that apart from the initial contact it is unlikely that Price was involved with the project. Material in this file was produced between 1964 and 1965. The drawings were produced by Dirac, Ingenieros Consultores and are stamped with Price's office stamp. File contains reference drawings and textual records.
1964-1965
El Toreo, Mexico
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AP144.S2.D58
Description:
File documents a project for the conversion of El Toreo, a bullring located in Mexico City, Mexico, into an adaptable entertainment venue, and includes plans and partial sections of the stadium, prepared by the engineering firm DIRAC. Textual records show that apart from the initial contact it is unlikely that Price was involved with the project. Material in this file was produced between 1964 and 1965. The drawings were produced by Dirac, Ingenieros Consultores and are stamped with Price's office stamp. File contains reference drawings and textual records.
File 58
1964-1965
drawings, textual records
Correspondence, Clippings
DR2006:0097
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correspondence, including a letter to Buckminster Fuller, sketches, doodles, financial records, promotional material, newspaper clippings, two copies of a proposal with a cost estimate for a memorial at Auschwitz, an extract of 'County of London Development Plan, 1951 - Analysis' (for the Architectural Association), the 1955-1956 Diploma Final Examination for the AA School of Architecture, a letter to the Editor of 'The Observer', texts for classified ads, biographical notes, an address list, teaching materials, a sheet of unused letterhead, unused addressed envelopes, a synopsis of a lecture by Cedric Price and Bill Cowburn, measurements and sketches for a drawing, a 1955 edition of the 'Broadsheet' student [?] magazine, and printed rules and a brochure for the Cambridge Union Society
1951-1962
Correspondence, Clippings
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DR2006:0097
Description:
correspondence, including a letter to Buckminster Fuller, sketches, doodles, financial records, promotional material, newspaper clippings, two copies of a proposal with a cost estimate for a memorial at Auschwitz, an extract of 'County of London Development Plan, 1951 - Analysis' (for the Architectural Association), the 1955-1956 Diploma Final Examination for the AA School of Architecture, a letter to the Editor of 'The Observer', texts for classified ads, biographical notes, an address list, teaching materials, a sheet of unused letterhead, unused addressed envelopes, a synopsis of a lecture by Cedric Price and Bill Cowburn, measurements and sketches for a drawing, a 1955 edition of the 'Broadsheet' student [?] magazine, and printed rules and a brochure for the Cambridge Union Society
drawings, textual records
1951-1962
Project
AP144.S2.D54
Description:
File documents an exploration of use and circulation of open spaces and natural areas throughout the Borough of Hackney just outside London: Hackney Marsh, Springfield Park, London Fields, and Victoria Park. Price felt that the "[i]ncrease in the amount of leisure time combined with increased personal mobility ma[d]e it essential that available P.O.S. be considered in relation to each other and together with all other urban facilities available." Regional plans include a partially enlarged plan of an unidentified area (DR1995:0206:001, DR1995:0206:003, and DR1995:0206:004). Two marked-up drawings which indicate circulation systems. Material in this file was produced in 1962. File contains conceptual drawings.
[1962]
Borough of Hackney, Public Open Space
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AP144.S2.D54
Description:
File documents an exploration of use and circulation of open spaces and natural areas throughout the Borough of Hackney just outside London: Hackney Marsh, Springfield Park, London Fields, and Victoria Park. Price felt that the "[i]ncrease in the amount of leisure time combined with increased personal mobility ma[d]e it essential that available P.O.S. be considered in relation to each other and together with all other urban facilities available." Regional plans include a partially enlarged plan of an unidentified area (DR1995:0206:001, DR1995:0206:003, and DR1995:0206:004). Two marked-up drawings which indicate circulation systems. Material in this file was produced in 1962. File contains conceptual drawings.
File 54
[1962]
drawings, textual records
DR1995:0280:655-655
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over 50 originals and copies of sketches and design development drawings, consultant report and specifications, brochures, pamphlets, promotional material, maps, clippings, reference drawings, copies of publication drawings, price list, and trade catalogue
Sketches and design development drawings, consultant report and specifications
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DR1995:0280:655-655
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over 50 originals and copies of sketches and design development drawings, consultant report and specifications, brochures, pamphlets, promotional material, maps, clippings, reference drawings, copies of publication drawings, price list, and trade catalogue
drawings, textual records
textual records
DR2004:0069
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plan of showroom, conceptual sketches of furniture and interior details, measured sketches, plans and elevations of existing showroom, correspondence, specifications, estimates, invoices, calculations, price lists, promotional material, trade catalogues. brochures, publication, clippings
Plan of showroom, conceptual sketches of furniture and interior details
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DR2004:0069
Description:
plan of showroom, conceptual sketches of furniture and interior details, measured sketches, plans and elevations of existing showroom, correspondence, specifications, estimates, invoices, calculations, price lists, promotional material, trade catalogues. brochures, publication, clippings
textual records