research
Visiting Scholars 2018
Elisa Dainese,Dalhousie University, Canada Architectural Culture in Translation: Postwar Cities and African Villages Martina Hrabová, Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic The Geography of an Intellectual Field: The Social Network of Le Corbusier’s Studio Lina Malfona, Rome Sapienza, Italy Political Mind: Alvaro Siza’s Urban Projects From(...)
June 2018 to September 2018
Visiting Scholars 2018
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Elisa Dainese,Dalhousie University, Canada Architectural Culture in Translation: Postwar Cities and African Villages Martina Hrabová, Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic The Geography of an Intellectual Field: The Social Network of Le Corbusier’s Studio Lina Malfona, Rome Sapienza, Italy Political Mind: Alvaro Siza’s Urban Projects From(...)
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June 2018 to
September 2018
textual records
DR2006:0094
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a sketch, a drawing, correspondence, financial records, promotional materials, a brochure, notes, forms, employment enquiries, a phonograph stylus, instructions, a warranty, a guarantee, a serial number tag, layouts for a signboard, layouts for letterhead, paper samples, an article on paper sizes, price lists, a catalogue of RBA publiations, and two copies of the 1953 RIBA 'Code of Professional conduct'
1961-1965
Office Correspondence / Financial Records
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DR2006:0094
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a sketch, a drawing, correspondence, financial records, promotional materials, a brochure, notes, forms, employment enquiries, a phonograph stylus, instructions, a warranty, a guarantee, a serial number tag, layouts for a signboard, layouts for letterhead, paper samples, an article on paper sizes, price lists, a catalogue of RBA publiations, and two copies of the 1953 RIBA 'Code of Professional conduct'
textual records
1961-1965
drawings, textual records, photographs
DR1995:0186:200-210
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sketches, correspondence, specifications, quantity survey, estimate, invoices, calculations, contracts, contract document, price list, trade catalogues, brochures, payment certificates, meeting notes, list of contractors and estimates, site visit minutes, quotes, sub-contractor submissions, postcards, telephone messages, consultant's drawings, flight schedules, article, details sketches, thumbnail sketches, measured sketches of existing building, annotated sketches, and site plan
Sketches, correspondence, specifications, quantity survey
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DR1995:0186:200-210
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sketches, correspondence, specifications, quantity survey, estimate, invoices, calculations, contracts, contract document, price list, trade catalogues, brochures, payment certificates, meeting notes, list of contractors and estimates, site visit minutes, quotes, sub-contractor submissions, postcards, telephone messages, consultant's drawings, flight schedules, article, details sketches, thumbnail sketches, measured sketches of existing building, annotated sketches, and site plan
drawings, textual records, photographs
Project
Britail
AP144.S2.D131
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File documents a set of proposals to British Railways for improvements to their passenger railway stations. Price's proposals included the use of pre-fabricated structures as shelters around the stations; the improvement of landscaping around the stations; new furniture and fittings; the improvement of services such as heating, electronic signage and station announcement mechanisms; the cleaning and painting of surfaces; and the increased presence of information and graphical devices in the stations. Material in this file was produced between 1984 and 1991. File contains reference drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
1984-1991
Britail
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AP144.S2.D131
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File documents a set of proposals to British Railways for improvements to their passenger railway stations. Price's proposals included the use of pre-fabricated structures as shelters around the stations; the improvement of landscaping around the stations; new furniture and fittings; the improvement of services such as heating, electronic signage and station announcement mechanisms; the cleaning and painting of surfaces; and the increased presence of information and graphical devices in the stations. Material in this file was produced between 1984 and 1991. File contains reference drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
File 131
1984-1991
Project
Blackpool Project
AP144.S2.D81
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File documents the completed project for a restaurant at the Blackpool Zoo Park in Blackpool, England, for client J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. Initially the brief also called for the erection of five pre-fabricated Wimpy kiosks, of which at least one and possibly two kiosks were erected. The restaurant building is a square, clear-span, steel-frame building with its own kitchen and store rooms, and includes a cafeteria, a full service restaurant and bar, and offices. The restaurant dining room can be converted from one large space into two by means of a curtain on a track, removable barrier rails, and mobile cash and cutlery units. The exterior is timber-clad with tinted glazing. Existing conditions drawings show the existing site layout, landscaping plans and plans showing water supply and electrical services. Design development drawings and working drawings include preliminary interior perspectives, site plans, floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, utility plans, sections, elevations, axonometric views of interior, roof trusses, and structural system, construction details, and progress charts. Two sets of drawings that include plans, sections, and elevations, were possibly used for presentation purposes. Construction details are drawn on letter-size paper and show details for curtain tracks, exterior walls, and windows. A project schedule listing the remaining work is dated October 29, 1973. Consultant's drawings for catering, structural, mechanical, and electrical services are also included in the file. Over 300 detail drawings on letter-size paper are included in the textual records. Cedric Price visited the restaurant in 1988. Some material in this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 81. Some reference drawings are attributed to H. Carpenter, Engineer, County Borough of Blackpool, and to Building Design Partnership. Versa-Serve Ltd Catering Consultants, Briggs Amasco, Crittall-Hope, Archbell Greenwood Ltd Structural Engineers, Hall & Kay Limited, Campbell & Isherwood Ltd Electrical Engineers appear as consultants in this project. Bovis: Fee Construction Limited appears as the general contractor for this project. File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, reference drawings, technical drawings, working drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
1963-1988, predominant 1971-1975
Blackpool Project
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AP144.S2.D81
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File documents the completed project for a restaurant at the Blackpool Zoo Park in Blackpool, England, for client J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. Initially the brief also called for the erection of five pre-fabricated Wimpy kiosks, of which at least one and possibly two kiosks were erected. The restaurant building is a square, clear-span, steel-frame building with its own kitchen and store rooms, and includes a cafeteria, a full service restaurant and bar, and offices. The restaurant dining room can be converted from one large space into two by means of a curtain on a track, removable barrier rails, and mobile cash and cutlery units. The exterior is timber-clad with tinted glazing. Existing conditions drawings show the existing site layout, landscaping plans and plans showing water supply and electrical services. Design development drawings and working drawings include preliminary interior perspectives, site plans, floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, utility plans, sections, elevations, axonometric views of interior, roof trusses, and structural system, construction details, and progress charts. Two sets of drawings that include plans, sections, and elevations, were possibly used for presentation purposes. Construction details are drawn on letter-size paper and show details for curtain tracks, exterior walls, and windows. A project schedule listing the remaining work is dated October 29, 1973. Consultant's drawings for catering, structural, mechanical, and electrical services are also included in the file. Over 300 detail drawings on letter-size paper are included in the textual records. Cedric Price visited the restaurant in 1988. Some material in this file was published in 'Cedric Price-Works II' (London: Architectural Press, 1984), 81. Some reference drawings are attributed to H. Carpenter, Engineer, County Borough of Blackpool, and to Building Design Partnership. Versa-Serve Ltd Catering Consultants, Briggs Amasco, Crittall-Hope, Archbell Greenwood Ltd Structural Engineers, Hall & Kay Limited, Campbell & Isherwood Ltd Electrical Engineers appear as consultants in this project. Bovis: Fee Construction Limited appears as the general contractor for this project. File contains design development drawings, presentation drawings, reference drawings, technical drawings, working drawings, photographic materials, and textual records.
File 81
1963-1988, predominant 1971-1975
Project
Citlin
AP144.S2.D144
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File documents a contribution to an exhibition hosted by the Aedes Galerie in Berlin, Germany, entitled "Berlin - Denkmal oder Denkmodell?". Price's contribution is centred around the concept of four "Annual Portals", monumental (but disassemblable and movable) structures which are apparently meant to guide the long-term flow of citizens' urban activities as they live in and eventually leave the city. Material in this file was produced in 1979 and between 1987 and 1988, but predominantly in 1988. File contains conceptual drawings, presentation panels, models, photographic materials and textual records.
1979, 1987-1988, predominant 1988
Citlin
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AP144.S2.D144
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File documents a contribution to an exhibition hosted by the Aedes Galerie in Berlin, Germany, entitled "Berlin - Denkmal oder Denkmodell?". Price's contribution is centred around the concept of four "Annual Portals", monumental (but disassemblable and movable) structures which are apparently meant to guide the long-term flow of citizens' urban activities as they live in and eventually leave the city. Material in this file was produced in 1979 and between 1987 and 1988, but predominantly in 1988. File contains conceptual drawings, presentation panels, models, photographic materials and textual records.
File 144
1979, 1987-1988, predominant 1988
drawings, textual records, photographs
DR2004:0336
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photographs, exhibition leaflets, brochures, correspondence, clippings, notes, loan agreements with the Hayward Gallery, Louisiana Museum and Nykytaiteen museo, sketches, drawings, proposal for the "Food of the Future" exhibition, letter and proposal documents related to the South Bank development, transcripts of an interview between Price and Hans-Ulrich Obrist, negative, postcard, issue 5-99 of Kiasma magazine, and receipts from the Helsinki visit
Photographs, exhibition leaflets, brochures, correspondence
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DR2004:0336
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photographs, exhibition leaflets, brochures, correspondence, clippings, notes, loan agreements with the Hayward Gallery, Louisiana Museum and Nykytaiteen museo, sketches, drawings, proposal for the "Food of the Future" exhibition, letter and proposal documents related to the South Bank development, transcripts of an interview between Price and Hans-Ulrich Obrist, negative, postcard, issue 5-99 of Kiasma magazine, and receipts from the Helsinki visit
drawings, textual records, photographs
Project
McAppy
AP144.S2.D89
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File documents a design programme undertaken for construction company, Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd., in London, England. The aim was to increase the efficiency of production and improve labour relations by producing enclosures, equipment, material, and information systems that would improve safety, on-site communication, and job satisfaction. Cedric Price's office produced 2 report volumes, a Portable Enclosures Programme (PEP) and used at least one construction site, at Angel Court, as a test site for the proposals. Diagrams and flow charts show preliminary planning and programming design decisions and show the relationship between present and future factors. A flow chart illustrates the scope of the program. Charts and diagrams map the relative time scale of parts of the programme over various development phases. An axonometric and cutaway drawing show the interior construction of a pedestrian walkway. Data showing both the projected and real results of a site test application of McAppy planning and equipment from 1974 to 1975 was collected and presented as a broadside. A large number of original drawings are included within the textual records. Material in this file was produced between 1955 and 1987. Zisman, Bowyer & Partners provided consultation services. File contains design development drawings, model, photographic materials, presentation drawings, and textual records.
1955-1987, predominant 1973-1976
McAppy
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AP144.S2.D89
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File documents a design programme undertaken for construction company, Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd., in London, England. The aim was to increase the efficiency of production and improve labour relations by producing enclosures, equipment, material, and information systems that would improve safety, on-site communication, and job satisfaction. Cedric Price's office produced 2 report volumes, a Portable Enclosures Programme (PEP) and used at least one construction site, at Angel Court, as a test site for the proposals. Diagrams and flow charts show preliminary planning and programming design decisions and show the relationship between present and future factors. A flow chart illustrates the scope of the program. Charts and diagrams map the relative time scale of parts of the programme over various development phases. An axonometric and cutaway drawing show the interior construction of a pedestrian walkway. Data showing both the projected and real results of a site test application of McAppy planning and equipment from 1974 to 1975 was collected and presented as a broadside. A large number of original drawings are included within the textual records. Material in this file was produced between 1955 and 1987. Zisman, Bowyer & Partners provided consultation services. File contains design development drawings, model, photographic materials, presentation drawings, and textual records.
File 89
1955-1987, predominant 1973-1976
drawings, textual records, photographs
DR1995:0252:2450-2579
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brochures, pamphlets, and promotional material for Inter-Action Centre programmes, activities, and fund-raising, clippings, reference photographs, poster, views of construction, and interior and exterior views, drawings, postcards showing Royal Exchange Theatre (Manchester), conceptual sketches and detail drawings, press release, contact sheet, correspondence, calculations, notes, material sample, promotional calendar, newsletter, schedule, cost summaries, trade brochures, code of practice, invoice, specifications, trade catalogues, and price lists
Brochures, pamphlets, and promotional material for Inter-Action Centre programmes
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DR1995:0252:2450-2579
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brochures, pamphlets, and promotional material for Inter-Action Centre programmes, activities, and fund-raising, clippings, reference photographs, poster, views of construction, and interior and exterior views, drawings, postcards showing Royal Exchange Theatre (Manchester), conceptual sketches and detail drawings, press release, contact sheet, correspondence, calculations, notes, material sample, promotional calendar, newsletter, schedule, cost summaries, trade brochures, code of practice, invoice, specifications, trade catalogues, and price lists
drawings, textual records, photographs
drawings, textual records, photographs
DR1995:0243:727-857
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loose textual records including 2 folders, that include building programme, correspondence, minutes of meeting, clippings, cost appraisals, planning application forms, drawings, table, sketches, reports, demographic study, schedules, publications, standards, annual reports, notes, minutes of meetings, charts, negatives, code of practice, brochures, photographs, invoices, posters, engineering test results, graphs, price lists, clippings, specifications, quantity survey, estimates, list of HVAC and electrical requirements, contract documents, and engineer's report
Building programme, correspondence, minutes of meeting, clippings, cost appraisals
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DR1995:0243:727-857
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loose textual records including 2 folders, that include building programme, correspondence, minutes of meeting, clippings, cost appraisals, planning application forms, drawings, table, sketches, reports, demographic study, schedules, publications, standards, annual reports, notes, minutes of meetings, charts, negatives, code of practice, brochures, photographs, invoices, posters, engineering test results, graphs, price lists, clippings, specifications, quantity survey, estimates, list of HVAC and electrical requirements, contract documents, and engineer's report
drawings, textual records, photographs