Architects' Co-Partnership
The Architects' Co-Partnership (ACP) is a firm of English architects, founded in 1939 by recent graduates of the Architectural Association School of Architecture.[1][2] It encouraged teamwork, and set out to be a practice in which all members would be equal.[1][2]
Dunelm House, Durham, 1966 by Richard Raines and Michael Powers of the Architects' Co-Partnership
Its notable buildings include:
- Brynmawr rubber factory (Michael Powers, 1946–52, with Ove Arup), the first post-war building to receive listed status[1][3]
- Danegrove Primary School (1949–50)[4]
- Dunelm House, Durham (Richard Raines and Michael Powers, 1966)[5]
- "Beehives", St John's College, Oxford (Michael Powers, 1958–60), the first modern student accommodation at the University of Oxford[6]
- St Paul's Cathedral School, London (Leo de Syllas and Michael Powers, 1962–7)[7]
- University of Essex, Colchester (Kenneth Capon, 1964)[8]
- Wolfson Building, Trinity College, Cambridge (1968–72)[9]
- Levi Strauss & Co. UK HQ and distribution centre, Northampton (1999)[10]
References
- "Architects' Co-Partnership". A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Oxford University Press.
- Powers, Alan (5 Feb 2009). "Obituary: Michael Grice". The Guardian.
- Cadw. "Former Boiler House at Dunlop Semtex Factory (Grade II*) (1869)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- Historic England. "Danegrove School (Grade II) (1064765)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- Historic England. "Dunelm House including landing stage, steps and attached walls (Grade II) (1477064)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- Historic England. "St John's College, The Beehives (Grade II) (1278860)". National Heritage List for England.
- Historic England. "St Paul's Cathedral Choir School (Grade II*) (1391842)". National Heritage List for England.
- Kucharek, Jan-Carlos. "University of Essex". RIBA Journal magazine. Royal Institute of British Architects. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- Colin, Westwood (1972). "Wolfson Building, Trinity College, Cambridge: the south elevation". RIBAPix. Royal Institute of British Architects.
- "Jean technology". Architects' Journal. 29 July 1999.
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