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Greater London, Camden, Hampstead, Swiss Cottage, Swiss Cottage Library And Swimming Baths

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Manuscripts MS 2329/ENG/57/1 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Folder titled 'Hampstead Civic Centre' containing lists of photographs and drawing sizes. c. 1960 Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2329/ENG/57/2 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Loose papers including list of suppliers and sub-contractors, project synopsis, press releases, and newscuttings. c. 8/1964 Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2329/ENG/57/3 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Bound file titled 'Hampstead Civic Centre Swimming Baths/Library' containing scheme synopisis, plans, and cuttings. c. 9/1964 Item Level
View of library from N. On-line Digital Images SC 1057412 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England View of library from N. 1964 Item Level
View of swimming baths from SE. On-line Digital Images SC 1057413 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England View of swimming baths from SE. 1964 Item Level
Interior.  
View of main pool. On-line Digital Images SC 1057414 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Interior. View of main pool. 1964 Item Level
Interior.  
View of two level reference library. On-line Digital Images SC 1057415 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Interior. View of two level reference library. 1964 Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2329/X/19/11 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Folder titled 'Articles' including correspondence, notes, and transcripts of interviews, articles, lectures, radio and television broadcasts. 1963 Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2329/X/19/16 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Folder titled 'Publicity 1963/ 1964/ 1965' containing correspondence and newscuttings. 1963 Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2329/X/19/19 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Folder titled 'Publicity Basil Spence' containing publications and list of publications. 1953 Item Level
Perspective of Swiss Cottage Library and Swimming Baths, London.
On-line Digital Images DP 022892 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Perspective of Swiss Cottage Library and Swimming Baths, London. 12/1958 Item Level
Hamsptead Civic Centre.
Plan of baths.
On-line Digital Images DP 022895 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Hamsptead Civic Centre. Plan of baths. c. 1964 Item Level
Perspective.
On-line Digital Images DP 023255 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Perspective. c. 1958 Item Level
Perspective.
On-line Digital Images DP 023256 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Perspective. 1958 Item Level
Perspective.
On-line Digital Images DP 023257 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Perspective. c. 1958 Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2329/ENG/57/4 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Booklet and journal article. c. 1964 Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2329/X/28/2 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Boxfile titled 'Congratulations on Order of Merit and Knighthood - Publicity on all buildings from December 1960 to December 1962' containing correspondence, photographs, and newcuttings. 6/1960 Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2329/X/40/4/1 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Book titled 'Coventry 1956-1959' including large range of newspaper and magazine cuttings relating to Coventry Cathedral. Material includes cuttings relating to Coventry Cathedral, Edinburgh University and George Square redevelopment, Hutchesontown, Liverpool Cathedral, Nottingham University, Queen's College Cambridge, and Swiss Cottage. Also includes general comments on the reception of modern architecture. c. 7/1956 Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2329/X/40/4/2 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Loose material from book titled 'Coventry 1956-1959'. Material includes articles on Coventry Cathedral, St Oswald's, Spike Milligan writing on modern architecture, Swedish town planning, Swiss Cottage, Mies van der Rohe receiving RIBA Gold Medal, St Andrew Square's Scottish Widows', and Hutchesontown development. c. 10/1954 Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2329/X/40/4 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Material relating to book titled 'Coventry 1956-1959'. c. 7/1956 Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2329/X/40/5/1 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Book titled 'Scrap Book 1959'. Includes cuttings on Liverpoool Cathedral, Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station, Thorn House, University of Sussex, Churchill College, University of Nottingham, George Square redevelopment, Hutchesontown development, University of Southampton, Swiss Cottage, British Embassy in Rome, Modern Homes Exhibition, St Andrew Square's Scottish Widows', and Spence's Swan Chair. c. 8/1952 Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2329/X/40/6/1 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Book titled 'From June 1961'. Includes cuttings on St Andrew Square's Scottish Widows', Lewis Mumford commenting on Coventry Cathedral, Swiss Cottage, University of Sussex, Beaulieu, and Hutchesontown. c. 7/1961 Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2329/X/42/5 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Folder titled '6. Civic Centres, Airports, Barracks, Embassies, Factories, Hospiptal Buildings, Libraries, Banks, Boathouses (Carmel)'. Includes standardised summaries of, and articles on, job details, including Abbotsinch airport, Bank of Piraeus, Hampstead Civic Centre, Sunderland Civic Centre, Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station, Edinburgh Western General Hospital, Newcastle City Library, Kensington and Chelsea Civic Centre, c. 1956 Item Level
Manuscripts MS 2329/X/40/10/1 Records of Sir Basil Spence OM RA, architects, Canonbury Place, London, England Book titled 'Scrap Book Filled Up 13-11-58'. Includes cuttings on Boxgrove houses, Coventry Cathedral, Dunbar, Glasgow's AEI Showroom, Glasgow's Modern Homes exhibition, Gorbals, Southampton university, Nottingham university, Slough town hall, East Kilbride and Glenrothes receving the Saltire Award, Edinburgh University, Basildon town centre, Sydney Opera House competition, Thorn House, Tile Hill, Sydenham School, Sheffield's St Catherine's, St Chad's, Newcastle's King's College, Queen's College, Swiss Cottage, Wythenshawe's St Francis, and Glasgow University's Dept of Virology, and SAI Fertiliser Works in Leith. c. 1956 Item Level