Basic Site Details
| Name: | RIBA-Ideal Home House Competition |
| Town, district or village: | Harlow and Stockport |
| City or county: | |
| Country: | England |
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| Notes: | jointly sponsored by RIBA and 'Ideal Home' magazine sites at Harlow and Stockport |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Housing | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1961 | 2 January 1962 | accepting applications for Housing Group Design Competition through 2 Jan 1962 per Builder 8 Dec 1961 p1081 | |
| 1961 | competition involves design of several types of dwellings and planning the layout of one or both of the two 4 1/2 acre sites; the two first premiums of £1,000 are additional to the RIBA scale fees payable to the winning architects when the sites are developed per Builder p1081 | ||
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| (Sir) Basil Urwin Spence | 1961 | 1962 | assessor | ||
| Donald Gibson | 1961 | 1962 | assessor | ||
| George Grenfell-Baines (Professor Sir) | 1961 | 1962 | assessor | ||
References
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | 29 September 1961 | 'Competitions Open' p571 | ||
| Builder | 6 October 1961 | 'Competition News: Housing Group Design' p628 | ||
| Builder | 8 December 1961 | 'Competition News: RIBA-Ideal Home Competition' p1081 | ||