Plan Title: Clifton Nurseries, Bishops Bridge Road Elevations; Scale: 1:50; Date: November 1979; TFP ref CNC-012; Size: 600mm x 420mm; Material: Transparent Paper.

A collection of photographs of the external setting and internal detail of the Clifton Nurseries, Bayswater Greenhouse. Also included in the file are elevation, axonometric perspective and floor plan drawings, along with images of the building model. The

A collection of photograph image slides of the Clifton Nurseries Greenhouse structure. The file consists of 22 35mm slides in 6 wallets.

Clifton Nurseries, Covent Garden. Covent Garden, London, 1980-1981. The second temporary building occupied by Clifton Nurseries was developed at a prominent site by the Covent Garden Opera House. Whilst retaining the focus of the earlier Bayswater site on the exploration of new technologies, the Covent Garden site was also notable for the influence which the surrounding streets and buildings had on the final design. Since land was only available on one side of the axis at Kings Street, permission was obtained for the facade to be extended along a narrow strip on the other side purely as a screen, to complete the symmetry and hide car parking behind. A classical portico based on the numerous porticos of nearby buildings, was adopted and extended in a temple "form" to become, in a light hearted way, the underlying image of the design. The side elevation was a 'rusticated' glass and timber wall. The roof was fabricated from Teflon-coated glass fibre and was one of the first buildings to use Teflon-coated fibre glass at this sort of scale in the UK.

Construction Partners:
Client: Clifton Nurseries

Eleven prints by Graham Clilverd - all of hospital buildings. Graham Clilverd (1883-1978) was a British architectural painter, engraver and etcher. Having studied in London at the Central Arts School, he first exhibited his art around 1906 and by 1910 his paintings were annually shown at such major institutions as the Royal Academy, the Royal Scottish Academy and at the Paris Salon. During the First World War, Graham Clilverd also served as a camouflage artist (1916-1918) and he is believed to have acted as a war artist in the Second World War. Clilverd's main passion was architectural art, and his output eventually earned him a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts. His extensive series of hospital prints dates from approximately 1950s.

Casing and model parts (in box) are separate, but model slots onto piece of tubing inside the casing. Model consists of large building structure with internal supports and detailing.
The structure of the model is covered in a half-sphere geodesic dome, showing a rigid triangular elements of the dome distributed stress throughout the structure. It has glass panels which showing the interior of the floor space of the model including swimming facilities, hotels and shopping arcades. Dimensions of height, width, depth in centimetres: 153 x 82 x 41

A drawing image slide for Climatron. The file
consists of 1 35mm slide in 1 wallet.

A drawing image slide for Climatron. The file
consists of 1 35mm slide in 1 wallet.

A collection of model image slides for
Climatron. The file consists of 4 35mm slides
in 1 wallet.