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Blundell Jones, Peter, 1949 - 2016

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 4 January 1949 - 19 August 2016

Biography

Professor Peter Blundell Jones (1949-2016), or PBJ as he was often known, was an architectural historian who joined the School of Architecture at the University of Sheffield in 1994, having previously taught at Cambridge and South Bank universities.

Blundell Jones published on a prolific scale, writing over 500 journal articles and 13 books, including monographs on previously marginalised architects including Hans Scharoun and Hugo Häring. Key research areas included 19th and 20th century architects, the birth of modernism, urban history, architecture and ritual, architecture and landscape, architecture of China, Japan and Korea and the history of architectural education. Although predominantly an academic, PBJ also practiced as an architect, designing a number of buildings including The Round House in Stoke Canon, Devon, which he built for his parents, and features in Pesvner’s Buildings of England.

Found in 80 Collections and/or Records:

Interview with Peter Hubner, 20 April 2000

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 142
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/70
Scope and Contents

Interview with architect Peter Hubner. They discuss his life and career, originally training as a shoemaker like his father, before deciding to be an architect. They discuss various architectural projects, including the school he built in Gelsenkirchen. Tape titled 'Gelsenkirchen etc.'.

Dates: 20 April 2000

Interview with Peter Sulzer, 21 - 23 November 1986

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 141
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/2
Scope and Contents

Interview with Peter Sulzer about his architectural work, in English. Originally recorded over two tapes.

Dates: 21 - 23 November 1986

Interview with Peter Wilson, 5 January 1994

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 141
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/31
Scope and Contents

Tape titled 'Peter Wilson Munster'. They discuss the Bolles+Wilson architecture firm entering and winning the competition to design the new City Library and Museum in Münster in 1985, which was completed in 1993. The design was changed in the second stage to just be a Library building project. They discuss building materials and details. The project was the firm's first major public commission.

Dates: 5 January 1994

Interview with Peter Wilson, 13 April 2000

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 142
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/67
Scope and Contents

Interview with architect Peter Wilson, about his career and architecture projects. They discuss a number of projects that Wilson has just finished, or are due to be completed in the coming months, including an office building. They also discuss the Munster City Library, Bolles+Wilson's first major public commission, completed in 1993.

Dates: 13 April 2000

Interview with Reverend James Newcombe, 15 February 1992

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 141
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/22
Scope and Contents

Interview with Reverend James Newcombe about Bar Hill Church in Cambridge. A new church was designed by Ivor Richards and the first phase was completed in 1991. Rev. James Newcombe was the Minister at Bar Hill Church from 1982 - 1994, during the majority of the project. Tape titled 'Ivor Richards Church'.

Dates: 15 February 1992

Interview with Richard MacCormack, 2 April 1992

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 141
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/23
Scope and Contents

Interview with Richard MacCormack about the design and building process of his work for Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, including the new Chapel which was completed in 1991. Titled by PBJ 'Fitzwilliam Church'.

Dates: 2 April 1992

Interview with Riess, April 1994

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 142
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/63
Scope and Contents

Interview with [Hubert] Riess, discussing building projects and materials, including pre-fabricated. They discuss houses in Germany, including by Scharoun.

Dates: April 1994

Interview with Ron Herron, 29 October 1998

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 142
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/65
Scope and Contents

Interview with English architect Ron Herron, who was part of the Archigram architectural group. Tape titled 'At Store St.'.

Dates: 29 October 1998

Interview with Rufus Lyons-Wilson, 29 December 2000

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 142
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/71
Scope and Contents

Interview with Rufus Lyons-Wilson discussing his life and family, mostly about the work of his father William Lyons-Wilson, an artist. PBJ was to contribute a section on modernist art to a book about William Lyons-Wilson.

Dates: 29 December 2000

Interview with Team A, 21 November 1994

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 142
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/44
Scope and Contents

Interview with members of 'Team A', some parts in German, discussing the Graz School of Architecture. The team members describe themselves as the generation before Hafner etc. Tape titled 'Graz'.

Dates: 21 November 1994

Interview with Volker Giencke, [July 1988]

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 141
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/7
Scope and Contents

Interview with Volker Giencke, in German. Tape titled 'Graz Uni Proj - Eisenkock'. Part of a series of three tapes titled 'Graz Interviews'. Original audio across tapes 'Graz interviews 2' and 'Graz interviews 3'.

Dates: [July 1988]

Interview with Volker Giencke, August 1991

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 141
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/20
Scope and Contents

Interview with Volker Giencke, in German and English. A woman is part of the interview from 37 minutes in. They discuss architectural drawings and details, and specifics of materials used in Giencke's building projects. There is mention of the architects Häring and Scharoun.

Dates: August 1991

Interview with Volker Giencke, 17 June 1994

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 141
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/35
Scope and Contents

Interview with Volker Giencke, in Graz, where he established an architecture firm in 1981. They discuss his career, the Graz School and projects Giencke is working on.

Dates: 17 June 1994

Interview with WD. Dreibholz, 19 November 1994

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 142
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/41
Scope and Contents

Interview with [Wolfdieter] Dreibholz discussing his career and background, his contemporaries from the Graz school, and political parties. Tape titled 'Graz'.

Dates: 19 November 1994

Interview with Winkel, 13 April 2000

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 142
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/68
Scope and Contents

Interview with architect Winkel, discussing the concept behind the school in Gelsenkirchen and its educational philosophy, and Winkel's experience working with Peter Hubner. Winkel was on the planning team for the school by Hubner, and the pupils were also involved in the planning, with the architects. Tape titled 'Hubner school'.

Dates: 13 April 2000

Peter Blundell Jones Archive

 Fonds
Reference code: 490
Scope and Contents The Peter Blundell Jones Archive is an extensive collection of both physical and digital material covering Professor Blundell Jones' entire career, from his training at the Architectural Association School in the late 1960s up until his death in 2016. The archive contains Blundell Jones’ professional correspondence, research notes, architectural drawings, photographic material and files relating to his writing and teaching, as well as his own architectural practice. The archive...
Dates: 1940s - 2016

Photographic material, 1979 - 2005

 Sub-Fonds
Reference code: 490/5
Scope and Contents

Photographs and slides taken by Blundell Jones.

Dates: 1979 - 2005

Professor Julius Posener lecture on Hermann Muthesius and the English House, 24 March 1993

 Item — Box Blundell Jones Box 141
Reference code: 490/6/1/1/24
Scope and Contents

Recording of a lecture by Professor Julius Posener at South Bank Polytechnic, introducted by PBJ. Architectural historian Posener discusses connection between English movement and German modernism. Tape titled 'Professor Julius Posener Berlin on Hermann Muthesius and the English House at South Bank Poly, Wandsworth Road'.

Dates: 24 March 1993

Research and writing, 1940s - 2015

 Sub-Fonds
Reference code: 490/2
Scope and Contents

Contains material relating to Peter Blundell's Jones research and writing undertaken throughout his career. Includes copies and lists of published work; correspondence and research material relating to the publication of books and articles; reviews of his work; research notes on individual architects and buildings; and research material relating to his studies at the Architectural Association in London

Dates: 1940s - 2015

Teaching, conference and exhibitions, 1953 - 2015

 Sub-Fonds
Reference code: 490/3
Scope and Contents

Material relating to teaching and administrative duties undertaken by Blundell Jones at a number of universities and polytechnics; exhibitions curated by Blundell Jones; and conferences, workshops and symposiums organised or attended by him.

Dates: 1953 - 2015

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