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London Metropolitan Archives

ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4252

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION

Date(s): 1952-1984

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.6 linear metres

Name of creator(s): GLC | Greater London Council

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Architecture Foundation was founded in 1991 to promote contemporary architecture through exhibitions, competitions and design initiatives.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

The collection comprises photographs from the Greater London Council Department of Architecture and Civic Design and the Department of Planning and Transportation.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

LMA/4252/A/001-011: Department of Architecture and Civic Design; LMA/4252/A/012-015: Department of Planning and Transportation, and other photographs.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated to the Archive in October 1999.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Architectural details | Architecture
Architectural heritage | Cultural heritage
Architectural photography | Photography
Historic buildings | Historic properties | Immovable cultural property | Cultural property | Cultural heritage
Photographs | Visual materials

Personal names

Corporate names
GLC | Greater London Council x Greater London Council
Greater London Council | Department of Architecture and Civic Design
Greater London Council | Department of Planning and Transportation

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe