Architects' Co-Partnership Explained

The Architects' Co-Partnership (ACP) was a firm of English architects, founded in 1939 as the Architects' Cooperative Partnership by recent graduates of the Architectural Association School of Architecture.^{[1] [2] [3]} It encouraged teamwork, and set out to be a practice in which all members would be equal.

The firm filed for insolvency in 2014, and finally dissolved in 2018.^[4]

Notable buildings

Its notable buildings include:

• Brynmawr rubber factory (Michael Powers, 1946–52, with Ove Arup), the first post-war building to receive listed status
• Danegrove Primary School (1949–50)
• Dunelm House, Durham (Richard Raines and Michael Powers, 1966)
• "Beehives", St John's College, Oxford (Michael Powers, 1958–60), the first modern student accommodation at the University of Oxford
• St Paul's Cathedral School, London (Leo de Syllas and Michael Powers, 1962–7)
• University of Essex, Colchester (Kenneth Capon, 1964)^[5]
• Wolfson Building, Trinity College, Cambridge (1968–72)^[6]
• Levi Strauss & Co. UK HQ and distribution centre, Northampton (1999)^[7]

References

1. Encyclopedia: Architects' Co-Partnership. A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Oxford University Press.
2. News: Obituary: Michael Grice. The Guardian. Alan. Powers. 5 Feb 2009.
3. Book: Talking Anarchy. Colin. Ward. David. Goodway. 2003. 11. 9781604869057. PM Press.
4. Web site: Architects’ Co-Partnership 1939 - 2018. Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Architects 1800-1950.
5. University of Essex. Jan-Carlos. Kucharek. RIBA Journal Magazine. Royal Institute of British Architects. 23 March 2023.
6. Web site: Wolfson Building, Trinity College, Cambridge: the south elevation. Westwood. Colin. 1972. RIBAPix. Royal Institute of British Architects.
7. Web site: Jean technology. 29 July 1999. Architects' Journal.