Prize competitions, 1936-1937
Scope and Contents
Prize competitions series consists of:
- "HW Williams Prize -design for a church", 1935-1936
- Owen Jones Studentship - design for a nursery, 1936
- Honan Scholarship - design for a riverside café, 1937
- competition for a glasshouse, 1937
- design for an ice-rink, 1937
- HW Williams Prize for the Promotion of Architectural Design in Concrete - a bus station for Liverpool, 1936
Dates
- Creation: 1936-1937
Creator
Language of Materials
This material is in English
Physical Description
16 drawings and 3 files
Conditions Governing Access
This material is unrestricted.
Biographical / Historical
While studying for both the Diploma in Architecture and the Certificate in Civic Design at the University of Liverpool, Percy Johnson-Marshall entered architectural designs for a number of prize competitions, in addition to his course work. On two occasions he entered as a partnership, once with his brother Stirrat Johnson-Marshall and once with a colleague JH Parker. He was successful in winning the HW Williams Prize for the Promotion of Architectural Design in Concrete also in 1936 for his design of a "Bus station for Liverpool".
Extent
From the Sub-Fonds: 0.5 metres
Physical Description
16 drawings and 3 files
Archivist's Note
None
Sarah Higgins 28 July 2003
Creator
Subject
- Johnson-Marshall, Percy, 1915-1993 (professor of urban design and regional planning, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
- Johnson-Marshall, Stirrat, 1912-1981 (architect) (Person)
- Jones, Owen, 1809-1868 (architect) (Person)
- Parker, JH, fl1937 (architect) (Person)
- Liverpool Architectural Society (1848-:) (Organization)
- University of Liverpool (1881-:) (Organization)
- University of Liverpool, Department of Civic Design. Department of Civic Design (1909-:) (Organization)
- University of Liverpool, Liverpool School of Architecture. Liverpool School of Architecture (1895-:) (Organization)
Repository Details
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