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Architecture, Designs and Plans

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = PJM

Found in 265 Collections and/or Records:

Plans of Lansbury Neighbourhood: secondary school plans, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.6m
Scope and Contents

3 copy architectural plans (39cm x 68cm) for a secondary school in Lansbury, London. This was the part of Lansbury Neighbourhood, (Neighbourhood no 9) of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney and Poplar, which became the subject of the "Live Architecture Exhibition" at the Festival of Britain, 1951The plans consist of a small scale plan and elevation for a school.

Dates: 1950s

Plans of Lansbury Neighbourhood: Susan Lawrence Primary School, 1950s

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/2.2.6h
Scope and Contents 3 copy perspective drawings (26cm x 45cm) for a Susan Lawrence Primary School and Elizabeth Lansbury Nursery School, Lansbury, London (now amalgamated as the Lansbury Lawrence Primary School). This was the part of London County Council Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney and Poplar which became the subject of the "Live Architecture Exhibition" at the Festival of Britain, 1951. The drawings show different angles of this school, designed by Yorke, Rosenberg & Mardall....
Dates: 1950s

Plans of the ground floor of the new lunatic asylum at Morningside, 1839

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Identifier: LHB7/7/3/44
Scope and Contents From the Item:

Contains articles by Dr Andrew Duncan Sr and a letter from him to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh; annual reports; newspaper cuttings; regulations; and copies of letters.

Dates: 1839

Plans: Proposals for the new Museum of Scotland, 1925-1973

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Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/7.2
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Plans of proposals for the Museum of Scotland consists of:


  1. plans: Royal Scottish Museum, (1925-1957)
  2. plans: proposed National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Museum extension, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, (1970)
  3. plans: proposed National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, (1973)
Dates: 1925-1973

Plans relating to Willesden Borough Council, 1936-1938

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Identifier: PJM/WBC/B
Scope and Contents Plans relating to Willesden Borough Council consists of: Percy Road School, Kilburn, proposed alterations and additions (6 plans), 1938 nursery school at Curzon Crescent, NW10 (4 plans), 1937 house at Ridge, Herts (2 plans), 1937 Municipal Hospital: extension to existing nurses home (1 plan), 1938 Wesley Road School: proposed gymnasium...
Dates: 1936-1938

Plans: Rennie memorial - proposed resiting of monument, 18 January 1956

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.8.17
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Copy plan (68cm x 113cm) by the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department showing the proposed resiting of the Memorial to John Rennie, the designer of Waterloo Bridge, London. The plan comprises; the existing elevation and section and proposed elevation and section, of the memorial, both at 1/8" to 1' scale, elevations and plans of Waterloo Bridge at 30" to 1' scale and a perspective drawing of the proposed new site on the bridge.

Dates: 18 January 1956

Plans: Royal Victoria Yard, Deptford, 23 May 1961

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/F/2.9
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1 copy plans (50cm x 76cm) by the Housing Division of London County Council Architect's Department showing a layout plan for a housing development at Deptford. The plan is at 1:1250 scale and has handwritten notes concerning the number of blocks and storeys in these, and population density.

Dates: 23 May 1961

Plans: South Bank interim development, 1951-1952

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.8.20
Scope and Contents 1 manuscript an 6 copy plans (75cm x 131cm) by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department. The plans show the Interim Development for the South Bank Comprehensive Development Area. The manuscript plan is in ink on transparancy and shows a base map of the area at 1:500 scale. 2 of the copy plans are 1/2 size reductions of this plan - 1 with additional shading added to the original base plan, and some hand shading. The...
Dates: 1951-1952

Plans: South Bank layout plans (2), c1953

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.8.9
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2 copy plans (76cm x 102cm) probably by the by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department showing the proposed layout for a housing and commercial development, west of Westminster Bridge on the South Bank in London, overlaid on an Ordnance Survey plan at approximately 1:2500 scale. Notes, plot sizes, person capacity and commercial floor space are noted in red felt-tip pen.

Dates: c1953

Plans: South Bank permanent development (3), c1953

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Identifier: PJM/LCC/E/4.8.6
Scope and Contents Set of 5 mixed manuscript and copy plans (39cm x 76cm) by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council Architect's Department. The plans show the proposed permanent development for the South Bank in London, which includes the National Theatre, the Royal Festival Hall, a hotel, a science centre, an airport terminal and office buildings. The plans are at 1:2500 scale and are intended for reduction to half size for an article in the Journal of the Royal...
Dates: c1953