Michael Webb - Archigram Projects - Archigram Archival Project

The Six Members of Archigramare Peter Cook, David Greene, Mike Webb, Ron Herron, Warren Chalk and Dennis Crompton. Cook, Greene and Webb met in 1961, collaborated on the first Archigram magazine, later inviting Herron, Chalk and Crompton to join them, and the magazine name stuck to them as a group. Archigram projects are by named individuals and include other collaborators.

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Furniture Manufacturers' Association Building...

Student fourth year project at the Regent Street Polytechnic for a ferro-cement building featuring clubrooms, showrooms and offices for the Furniture Manufactures' Association (FMA) in Berkshire.

‘Entertainments Palace’ on the site of the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, London. Originally ‘failed’ as student final thesis project at the Regent Street Polytechnic.

Euston Station Redevelopment, London (Taylor ...

Redevelopment of Euston Station by Taylor Woodrow Construction. Platforms and freight handling areas completed, office development deferred.

Living City Exhibition, ICA Gallery, London

Exhibition of Archigram work, designed and curated by Archigram at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 19th June-2nd August 1963. Also exhibited at Manchester City Art Gallery and Walker Art Gallery, Cambridge.

Living City Articles: Living Arts Magazine

'Catalogue' of the Living City exhibition at the ICA, published as articles in issue 2 of Living Arts magazine.

Dream City Project

Speculative proposal for ‘city’ suspended on tension system: expanding to cover the earth or as Zeppelin war machine. Shown in Living City exhibition.

Ideal Home House competition

One of two competition submissions for the design of houses to be exhibited at the Ideal Home Exhibition at Olympia, London.

Auto-Environment

Speculative proposal for housing based on drive-in architecture; trailer, caravan and camping.

Article in Perspecta, Yale

‘Amazing Archigram: A Supplement’ in the Yale School of Architecture journal Perspecta, vol. 11, 1967, pp.131-154.

Drive-in Housing

Highly elaborated ongoing speculative exploration of the possible use of cars as mobile and serviced component parts of an adaptable dwelling system composed of cars, drive-in buildings and services.

Cushicle & Suitaloon

Speculative design for a personal, individual and portable dwelling unit which may be ‘worn’ for transport and unpacked for occupation.

Extremely conceptual, ongoing speculative proposal exploring the implications of cones of vision and their interaction with an existing neoclassical ‘temple’ on the River Thames in Henley, Berkshire.

Archigram Magazine Issue No. 1

Project No: 100.1

First Archigram magazine. Two sheets of paper of different sizes stapled together, containing text and collage of projects. Black and white with red potato print dot. Print run of around 400. Price sixpence. Video available in Magazines section.

Archigram Magazine Issue No. 2

Project No: 100.2

Second Archigram magazine. Seven pages of one size, one double-sized and folded. Stapled and professionally printed editorials and projects; front cover designed by Peter Taylor. Price one shilling and sixpence. Video available in Magazines section.

Archigram Magazine Issue No. 3

Project No: 100.3

Third Archigram magazine: ‘Expendability: Towards Throwaway Architecture’. Seven equally-sized pages of yellow paper, stapled. Professionally printed. Price one shilling. Video available in Magazines section.

Archigram Magazine Issue No. 4

Project No: 100.4

Fourth Archigram magazine ‘Amazing Archigram / Zoom’; science fiction/science fact theme. Silkscreened cover design by Warren Chalk. Coloured “pop up” section. Price two shillings. Video available in Magazines section.

Archigram Magazine Issue No. 5

Project No: 100.5

Fifth Archigram magazine, ‘Metropolis’ city theme. 22 pages, two fold outs. Cover design by Rae and Ben Fether. Price two shillings. Print run 1250. Video available in Magazines section.

Archigram Magazine Issue No. 6

Project No: 100.6

Sixth Archigram magazine. Reversible magazine with two fronts: one 1960s themed, the other 1940s themed. Cover designs by Geoff Reeve. Video available in Magazines section.

Archigram Magazine Issue No. 7

Project No: 100.7

Seventh Archigram magazine. ‘Beyond Architecture’. Seventeen loose sheets and an electronic resistor in a clear plastic bag. Includes two sheets of ‘cut-outs’ and three editorials. Unpriced. Video available in Magazines section.

Archigram Magazine Issue No. 8

Project No: 100.8

Eighth Archigram magazine, ‘Popular Pak’, population theme, designed to coincide with Milan Triennale. Sixteen loose double sided sheets in yellow envelope with punchcard sorting system. Video available in Magazines section.

Archigram Magazine Issue No. 9

Project No: 100.9

Ninth Archigram magazine ‘Fruitiest yet’, green or seed issue, landscape theme. Eleven double sided coloured paper pages, stapled and folded. Packet of Night Scented Stock seeds included. Video available in Magazines section.

Archigram Magazine Issue No. 9½

Project No: 100.95

'Archigram Nine and a Half'. An update on Archigram projects under way during the busy period of the Archigram office rather than a ‘full’ Archigram magazine. Two pages, different sizes, black and white, unpriced. Video in Magazines section.

Magic Carpet and Brunhilda's Magic Ring of Fi...

Project No: 117

Speculative proposal for ‘reverse hovercraft’ facility where a body can be held at an adjustable point in space through the use of jets of air.

Dreams Come True

Project No: 142

Speculative and conceptual proposal for catalogue of alternative synthetic ideal environments emerging from a business-led consortium producing and marketing various idealised lifestyles.

Archigram Opera

Project No: 175

Multi-screen audio-visual presentation developed to show slides, movies and soundtracks. First shown at Centre Pompidou and later adapted for different environments and changing technologies. An online version can be viewed in the Shows section.

Vienna Exhibition: Archigram Experimental Arc...

Project No: 212

Installation design for the exhibition Archigram: Experimental Architecture 1961-1974 at the Kunsthalle, Vienna.

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