| Admin/Biog History | The Documentation and Conservation of the Modern Movement (Docomomoco) group is a non-profit organization devoted to the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the modern movement. Sharp co-chaired the British branch of Docomomo, known as Docomomo UK. |
| Description | Contains material including published and draft articles which have been filed under the heading 'DOCOMOMO UK' including:
-a copy of a published article by Sharp entitled 'The Natural' relating to the Boots Factory designed by the engineer, Owen Williams, with research notes by Sharp
-a draft article entitled 'The modern movement in East Africa' written by Sharp
-notes on modern movement buildings from the 1930s
Also includes b&w photographs showing buildings [from the 1930s] which were not designed by Connell, Ward and Lucas. These include the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club (Cowes, Isle of Wight) designed by Joseph Emberton; Impington Village College in Cambridgeshire; as well as Finsbury Health Centre, 10 Palace Gate and the Penguin Pool at Regent's Park Zoo (London). |