London County Council. Architect's Department, Town Planning Division
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
London County Council Architect's Department: sociological reports, 1951-1957
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/6
Scope and Contents
A set of 35 sociological reports written by Margaret Willis for London County Council's Architect's Department. The reports are based on primary research conducted through questionnaire and survey work and report on a number of factors which would influence housing design and amenity provision. There are different editions or drafts of some of the titles, and some include original photographs or are typescript. Subjects cover a wide range of issues, including: social surveys, high rise...
Dates:
1951-1957
Photographs of Stepney / Poplar: east end before and after reconstruction, c1947-1961
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.1.4b
Scope and Contents
Mixed collection of black and white photographic prints. 53 of the prints (max 24cm x 30cm, min 11cm x 17cm) show old or derelict buildings and waste land before reconstruction, some of which have a location, date or London County Council Architect's Town Planning Division stamp on the reverse. The remainder (21cm x 25) are of completed building projects by London County Council Architect's Department, including flats and housing in Stepney / Poplar, a children's play area, Lansbury market,...
Dates:
c1947-1961
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
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London County Council
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London County Council: Comprehensive Development Areas
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Comprehensive Development Areas: Stepney / Poplar
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Stepney / Poplar: general papers and photographs
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General papers: photographs of Stepney / Poplar
Plans: Mixed Barbican Development Plans, 1955-1958
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.2.5c
Scope and Contents
4 copy plans relating to the redevelopment of the Barbican Comprehensive Development Area in London.
"Barbican 27 storey building Moor Lane" (38cm x 51cm) - layout plan is at 44' to 1" scale, 1958
"Annex B" (55cm x 70cm) - a plan with a numbered index to sites and their areas according to the development plan at 88' to 1" scale, January 1956
"Barbican Area" (50cm x 76cm)...
Dates:
1955-1958
Plans: New Barbican accommodation schedule original proposals, c1955
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/1.2.5b
Scope and Contents
3 copy plans (33cm x 40cm) probably by the Town Planning Division of London County Council's's Architect's Department showing a cross-section of the proposed Barbican development and the number of square feet of accommodation available at each section of each level. 2 of the plans are identical except for some hand written notes. the third differs slightly in the area calculations.
Dates:
c1955
Plans: Upstream offices, 1953-1956
File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.8.11
Scope and Contents
8 copy plans (69cm x 101cm) showing the planned development of Upstream Offices on the South Bank, London. This office tower block was part of the planned South Bank Permanent Development and was later occupied by the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies. 6 of the plans are by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department. 1 plan comprises site plans and sections for alternative positions of the blocks at 1" to 88'...
Dates:
1953-1956
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- Subject: Tower Blocks X
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- City Planning 4
- Housing Development 4
- Architecture, Designs and Plans 3
- Office Buildings 3
- Barbican (London, England) 2
- Photographs 2
- Play Environments 2
- Postwar Reconstruction 2
- Architectural Design 1
- Church Buildings 1
- Community Life 1
- Flats 1
- Laundries 1
- Letters 1
- Local Government 1
- Maps 1
- Markets 1
- Old Age Homes 1
- Open Spaces 1
- Poplar (London, England) 1
- Richmond (England) 1
- Social Surveys 1
- Sociology 1
- Stepney (London, England) 1 + ∧ less
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