Architects' Co-Partnership

Firm of English Architects
Dunelm House, Durham, 1966 by Richard Raines and Michael Powers of the Architects' Co-Partnership

The Architects' Co-Partnership (ACP) is a firm of English architects, founded in 1939 as the Architects' Cooperative Partnership by recent graduates of the Architectural Association School of Architecture.[1][2][3] It encouraged teamwork, and set out to be a practice in which all members would be equal.[1][2]

Its notable buildings include:

  • Brynmawr rubber factory (Michael Powers, 1946–52, with Ove Arup), the first post-war building to receive listed status[1][4]
  • Danegrove Primary School (1949–50)[5]
  • Dunelm House, Durham (Richard Raines and Michael Powers, 1966)[6]
  • "Beehives", St John's College, Oxford (Michael Powers, 1958–60), the first modern student accommodation at the University of Oxford[7]
  • St Paul's Cathedral School, London (Leo de Syllas and Michael Powers, 1962–7)[8]
  • University of Essex, Colchester (Kenneth Capon, 1964)[9]
  • Wolfson Building, Trinity College, Cambridge (1968–72)[10]
  • Levi Strauss & Co. UK HQ and distribution centre, Northampton (1999)[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Architects' Co-Partnership". A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ a b Powers, Alan (5 Feb 2009). "Obituary: Michael Grice". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Ward, Colin; Goodway, David (2003). Talking Anarchy. PM Press. p. 11. ISBN 9781604869057.
  4. ^ Cadw. "Former Boiler House at Dunlop Semtex Factory (Grade II*) (1869)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Danegrove School (Grade II) (1064765)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Dunelm House including landing stage, steps and attached walls (Grade II) (1477064)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  7. ^ Historic England. "St John's College, The Beehives (Grade II) (1278860)". National Heritage List for England.
  8. ^ Historic England. "St Paul's Cathedral Choir School (Grade II*) (1391842)". National Heritage List for England.
  9. ^ Kucharek, Jan-Carlos. "University of Essex". RIBA Journal Magazine. Royal Institute of British Architects. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  10. ^ Colin, Westwood (1972). "Wolfson Building, Trinity College, Cambridge: the south elevation". RIBAPix. Royal Institute of British Architects.
  11. ^ "Jean technology". Architects' Journal. 29 July 1999.