The Mary Rose Museum
01/01/1995“The Mary Rose Museum”, the eight volume of “The Center for Environmental Structure Series” on architecture published by Oxford University Press, tells the story of how this large building was conceived and designed.
In 1982, more than four hundred years after Mary Rose mysteriously sank off the English coastline; she was raised and towed to a dry dock in the beautiful and historic harbor at Portsmouth, where she lies today, an enduring symbol of Britain’s seafaring past.
In 1991, Christopher Alexander was commissioned by the Prince of Wales and the Mary Rose Trust to design a museum to house this national treasure. Grounded in his techniques and principles for a new way of building that have earned Alexander a worldwide following over the last several decades, this book explains Alexander’s vision of a permanent home for the Mary Rose. Spanning from the first inception of its design to finished models and drawings, it includes detailed, step-by-step explanations of the way this vision could be realized in structure and construction. Emphasizing the unification of design and construction, with hands-on construction management by the architect, it provides a model for the way a large and highly technical building can be designed with proper importance given to human comfort and human feeling, while using the most advanced and sophisticated technology.
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The Mary Rose Museum Book: Notification of sample pages to be sent via fax and courier in effort to get the text input underway; expectations set to follow same procedures as the carpet book
06/11/1992
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The Mary Rose Museum Book: Information on price differences compared to the regular T-Saifu cloth
30/11/1992
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The Mary Rose Museum Book: Requesting a direct cost estimate offer, stating the list of specifications for the book
10/11/1992
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The Mary Rose Museum: Book dummy with specifications
25/02/1994
Blank test copy of the book and physical information labelled on inner cover.
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The Mary Rose Museum: Book dummy in purple color with specifications
25/02/1994
Blank test copy of book with specifications attached to cover.
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The Mary Rose Museum: Book dummy in tan color with specifications
25/02/1994
Blank test copy of book with specifications attached to cover.
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A Foreshadowing of 21st Century Art: The Color and Geometry of very Early Turkish Carpets and The Mary Rose Museum: DAI Nippon Quote
01/01/1993
Cost estimate for 2000 copies for Turkish Carpets and Mary Rose books.
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The Mary Rose Museum: Book jacket text and layout
23/08/1994
Sample book jacket, with close to final layout proposals and handwritten notes .
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The Mary Rose Museum Book: Sales Agreement between the Center of Environmental Structure and DAI Nippon America, Inc.
22/04/1994
Order confirmation for 2000 copies, including specifications and remarks; with one signature only.