PP/32/1/1 - [Letter, Maxwell Fry to Walter Gropius, 15/6/34]

Reference code

PP/32/1/1

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, Maxwell Fry to Walter Gropius, 15/6/34]

Date/s

1934

Quantity & Format

3 leaves Letters (typescript)

Personal name

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969
Pritchard, John Craven, 1899-1992
Shand, Philip Morton
MacAlister, Ian
Fry, Ann
Fry, Maxwell
Lubetkin, Berthold, 1901-

Subject

Isokon Flats (Manchester)
Lawn Road Flats
Royal Institute of British Architects
MARS Group

Creator

Fry, Maxwell

Creator

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Refers to Walter Gropius' proposed collaboration with Max Fry and Jack Pritchard on a block of flats in Manchester [Isokon Flats (Manchester)]. Mentions [Philip Morton] Shand, Thompson (Fry's partner) and Lawn Road Flats

Also refers to Fry nominating Gropius to be "an Honourary Corresponding member of the RIBA for Germany" and to receive the Royal Gold medal. Mentions [RIBA] Secretary MacAlister

Fry gives news of the MARS Group, mentioning the Lubetkin revolt and the Wills manifesto

Also mentions Fry's proposed new house, and [his daughter?] Ann

PP - Pritchard Papers
- PP/32 - Correspondence with Maxwell Fry
  - PP/32/1 - Section 1. Maxwell Fry 1934-1940, 1968, 1974, 1986
    - PP/32/1/1 - [Letter, Maxwell Fry to Walter Gropius, 15/6/34]

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