London (England)
Found in 180 Collections and/or Records:
Photographs: office blocks, 1950s
6 black and white photographic prints (20cm x 25cm) showing office blocks. 3 show an office block at 20 Albert Embankment, London, under construction; 2 show different architectural models of office blocks; 1 shows some flatted housing. These were part of the London County Council Architect's Department Collection.
Photographs: the south prospect of London, 1666, 1950s
1 black and white photographic print (21cm x 25cm) showing part of an historical drawing, from the Crace Collection, entitled "the South prospect of London as it appeared after that dreadfull (sic) fire in 1666". This print may be in negative and was part of the London County Council Architect's Department Collection.
Planning manuals and methodologies: filing system information, 1948
List of file classifications from London County Council. The lists consist of: index to planning technique files, planning technique files: new town files, planning technique files: miscellaneous , local authority files, library cuttings files and a set of rules for the map library.
Planning manuals and methodologies: memos, 1955-1958
Percy Johnson-Marshall's file of memoranda issued by the London County Council's Architect's Department to the Town Planning Division during his employment there. These memoranda cover a number of professional issues which staff needed to be kept abreast of including standards, procedures and the work of other divisions of the council.
Planning manuals and methodologies: model house plans, 1952-1956
4 house type manuals from London County Council Architect's Department Town Planning Division and Housing Division. These show floor plans for the standard house types which London County Council built during the 1950s.
Planning manuals and methodologies: research materials, 1947-1955
File of research materials kept by Percy Johnson-Marshall while employed in London County Council Architect's Department. The file contains papers and research notes on a number of planning methodologies including, daylight, building density, development in central London, child population statistics and planning controls.
In addition the file contains related typescript notes of visits, meetings and talks, memoranda on departmental procedures and notes on legislative change.
Planning manuals and methodologies: sample forms and notifications, 1940s and 1950s
Planning manuals and methodologies: Town and Country Planning Act circulars, 1947-1959
Percy Johnson-Marshall's incomplete file of Town and Country Planning Act, 1947 and Town and Country Planning Act, 1959 circulars published by Her Majesty's Stationary Office during his employment at London County Council. In addition there is a minute of evidence from the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London.
Plans: Area of comprehensive development no 2 - Stepney / Poplar, 1950s
Plans: Areas in the Stepney / Poplar neighbourhoods, 1949-1958
18 copy plans (approximately 55cm x 80cm) by the Reconstruction Areas Group of the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's Department. The plans are development details for discrete areas of different neighbourhoods in Comprehensive Development Area no 2: Stepney / Poplar at 1" to 88' scale. Some of the plans are hand-coloured and 1 is on transparency. The majority have information concerning the proposed land use and housing density in the developments.