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KAY-KORZENIEWICZ, WITOLD {ARCHITECT}


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/3743

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: KAY-KORZENIEWICZ, WITOLD {ARCHITECT}

Date(s): 1949-1979

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.30 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Korzeniewicz | Witold | Kay- | fl 1949-1979 | town planner x Kay-Korzeniewicz | Witold | fl 1949-1979 | town planner

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Mr Witold Kay-Korzeniewicz was architect to London Council Council (later Greater London Council) and part-time London University lecturer. He was a prominent town planner in the London area during his working life. He was involved in a number of important building and design projects, such as the Festival of Britain in 1951 and the redevelopment of the area around Saint Paul's Cathedral.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers relating to the work of Witold Kay-Korzeniewicz, including development plans, photographs and reports for Paternoster Square, Saint Paul's Cathedral, Heathrow Airport, Elephant and Castle, King's Cross Station, Saint Pancras Station, South Bank, Festival of Britain, London Underground, Wembley Stadium, Grand Union Canal, and Warren Street Station.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

ACC/3743/A: Saint Paul's, Paternoster Square;
ACC/3743/B: Heathrow Airport;
ACC/3743/C: Elephant and Castle;
ACC/3743/D: King's Cross and Saint Pancras Stations;
ACC/3743/E: South Bank Development and Festival of Britain;
ACC/3743/F: Other London developments and photographs.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Mr W Kay Korzeniewicz's widow donated his collection of photographs and some working papers to the London Metropolitan Archives in 1995 and 1998.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

Further papers relating to town planning can be found in the papers of the country councils (references LCC, MCC, GLC).

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Airports | Transport infrastructure
Canals | Transport infrastructure
Development plans | Development planning | Development policy | Economic and social development
Festivals | Cultural events | Leisure time activities | Leisure
Planning authorities | Local authorities | Local government | Public administration | Government
Planning process | Town and country planning | Urban development
Railway stations | Transport infrastructure
Stadiums | Sports facilities | Recreational facilities
Town planners | People by occupation | People
Urban planning | Urban development
Waterways

Personal names
Korzeniewicz | Witold | Kay- | fl 1949-1979 | town planner x Kay-Korzeniewicz | Witold | fl 1949-1979 | town planner

Corporate names
Festival of Britain
Festival of Britain | 1951
Grand Junction Canal x Grand Union Canal
Heathrow Airport
St Paul's Cathedral | London
Wembley Stadium

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe