{"id":1890,"date":"2020-08-03T11:30:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T11:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/recordsandarchives.westminster.ac.uk\/?page_id=1890"},"modified":"2023-08-30T10:53:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T10:53:00","slug":"cullen-archive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/archive-blog\/cullen-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gordon Cullen Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1890\" class=\"elementor elementor-1890\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c4a8c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c4a8c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-314874d\" data-id=\"314874d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4353265 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4353265\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">2015,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the University of Westminster acquired the archive of Gordon Cullen, an alumnus and renowned illustrator, urban theorist, planner and architect.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0In the last 5 years University Records and Archives have been working on making the collection more accessible.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a7c1c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a7c1c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-acc861b\" data-id=\"acc861b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d6aae7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d6aae7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>CULLEN&#8217;S LIFE<\/h5><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Born in Yorkshire on 9 August 1914<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Cullen moved to London to study Architecture at the Regent Street Polytechnic (now the University of Westminster) in 1932.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Although\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e did not<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">complete the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">course,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0he worked in the field of architecture and urban design his entire professional life<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12391611 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Cullen<\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12391611 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0first<\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12391611 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0worked at Berthold\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12391611 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Lubektin<\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12391611 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12391611 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Tecton<\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12391611 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12391611 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">T<\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12391611 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">here he was involved in projects such as the Highpoint housing complex in Highgate, and the Finsbury Health Centre where he painted\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12391611 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12391611 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\">murals in the foyer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12391611 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12391611 BCX0\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">During\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the Second World War,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Cullen\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was unable to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">serve in the Armed Forces due to poor eyesight.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Instead,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0worked in the planning office of the Development and Welfare Department in Barbados<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and was involved in building a modernist school on Saint Vincent<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-766d0d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"766d0d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4217090\" data-id=\"4217090\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a845a53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"a845a53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1890 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"a845a53\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"CUL_Box19_63\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTk0MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2cud2VzdG1pbnN0ZXIuYWMudWtcL3JlY29yZHNhbmRhcmNoaXZlc1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQyXC8yMDIwXC8wOFwvQ1VMX0JveDE5XzYzLTIuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYTg0NWE1MyJ9\" href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box19_63-2.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box19_63-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Self Portrait of Gordon Cullen\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1943\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box19_63-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box19_63-2-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1943'>\n\t\t\t\tSelf portrait\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"a845a53\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"CUL_Box109_19\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTk0NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2cud2VzdG1pbnN0ZXIuYWMudWtcL3JlY29yZHNhbmRhcmNoaXZlc1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQyXC8yMDIwXC8wOFwvQ1VMX0JveDEwOV8xOS0yLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImE4NDVhNTMifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box109_19-2.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box109_19-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Swedish Quays section\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1945\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box109_19-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box109_19-2-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1945'>\n\t\t\t\tSwedish Quays section\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"a845a53\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"CUL_Box3_29\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTk1MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2cud2VzdG1pbnN0ZXIuYWMudWtcL3JlY29yZHNhbmRhcmNoaXZlc1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQyXC8yMDIwXC8wOFwvQ1VMX0JveDNfMjktMi5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiJhODQ1YTUzIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box3_29-2.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box3_29-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"6 drawings of Underhill Green\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1950\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box3_29-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box3_29-2-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1950'>\n\t\t\t\tUnderhill Green views\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0b785ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0b785ac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb763d9\" data-id=\"bb763d9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2b8f82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2b8f82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On his return to the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">UK<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0he started working for <em>T<\/em><em>he<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Architectural Review<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and produced\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">influential<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0editorials and case studies on planning theory and urban design.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1958<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Gordon Cullen\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and his family\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">moved from London\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Wraysbury<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in B<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">erk<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">shire.\u00a0 After a couple of years working in India advising on the planning of Ford Foundation work in Calcutta (now Kolkata) and New Delhi, Cullen<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">worked from his office in the garden of his\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Wraysbury<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0home for<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the remainder of his career<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Other projects included work on the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">post-war\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">reconstruction of Liverpool and Peterborough, the Festival of Britain in 1951 and the Swedish Quays development in the London Docklands.\u00a0 In\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1985<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0he set\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">up a practice with David Price and w<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">orked for Price and Cullen until his death in 1994.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dcad0e1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dcad0e1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-83dffed\" data-id=\"83dffed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7464325 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"7464325\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-1890 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"7464325\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"CUL_Box1_47\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTk1NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2cud2VzdG1pbnN0ZXIuYWMudWtcL3JlY29yZHNhbmRhcmNoaXZlc1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQyXC8yMDIwXC8wOFwvQ1VMX0JveDFfNDctMi5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI3NDY0MzI1In0%3D\" href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box1_47-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box1_47-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Colour drawing of the River Thames\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1954\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box1_47-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box1_47-2-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1954'>\n\t\t\t\tRiver Thames and Tower Bridge\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"7464325\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"CUL_Box3_102\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTk1NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2cud2VzdG1pbnN0ZXIuYWMudWtcL3JlY29yZHNhbmRhcmNoaXZlc1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQyXC8yMDIwXC8wOFwvQ1VMX0JveDNfMTAyLTIuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNzQ2NDMyNSJ9\" href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box3_102-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box3_102-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Perspective drawing of buildings\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1956\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box3_102-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box3_102-2-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1956'>\n\t\t\t\tPerspective drawing\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"7464325\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"CUL_Box2_36\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTk1NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2cud2VzdG1pbnN0ZXIuYWMudWtcL3JlY29yZHNhbmRhcmNoaXZlc1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQyXC8yMDIwXC8wOFwvQ1VMX0JveDJfMzYtMi5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI3NDY0MzI1In0%3D\" href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box2_36-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box2_36-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Colour drawing of marketplace\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1955\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box2_36-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CUL_Box2_36-2-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1955'>\n\t\t\t\tQuayside development\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-03c0d9b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"03c0d9b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f2147a\" data-id=\"7f2147a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f5cda6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f5cda6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Perhaps Gordon Cullen\u2019s most significant achievement\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">wa<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s his work to do with the townscape movement.\u00a0 In\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1961<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0he wrote\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Townscape<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">regarded by many as\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">his seminal work.\u00a0 This\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">has s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ince\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">b<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">republished<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0as\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Concise Townscape<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Architectural Press, 1961)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">continues to be<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">used<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">by students all over the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1978<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Cullen was awarded a CBE for his contribution to architecture.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"EOP SCXW201940726 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{\">Cullen died on 11 August 1994.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-99ba0c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"99ba0c9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-baacc83\" data-id=\"baacc83\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-104de86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"104de86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-1890 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"104de86\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"PC16_003\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTkxOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2cud2VzdG1pbnN0ZXIuYWMudWtcL3JlY29yZHNhbmRhcmNoaXZlc1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQyXC8yMDIwXC8wOFwvUEMxNl8wMDMtMi1zY2FsZWQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMTA0ZGU4NiJ9\" href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/PC16_003-2-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1820\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/PC16_003-2-1820x657.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Panorama of a townscape\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-1919\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/PC16_003-2-1820x657.jpg 1820w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/PC16_003-2-300x108.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/PC16_003-2-768x277.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/PC16_003-2-1536x555.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/PC16_003-2-2048x740.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1820px) 100vw, 1820px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-1919'>\n\t\t\t\tPanorama\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1afa77f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1afa77f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ca1376\" data-id=\"3ca1376\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ddb76d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ddb76d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>THE ARCHIVE<\/h5><p>The Cullen<span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Archive<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0is very diverse and rich, including drawings, plans and sketches, audiovisual material, papers and publications.<\/span><\/p><p>Prior to coming to the University of Westminster, the collection had been kept in plan chests and plastic crates in Cullen&#8217;s former office in the garden.\u00a0 We transferred a lot of the drawings into archive boxes on-site.\u00a0 Nevertheless, our first job once we got the collection back to the University was to transfer everything from the crates into archival boxes and folders.\u00a0 The archive now consists of 125 boxes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-85d2ec6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85d2ec6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fb34f3\" data-id=\"6fb34f3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f9ff38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"2f9ff38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-1890 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"2f9ff38\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"CullenTransfer08 LORES\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTkzOSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2cud2VzdG1pbnN0ZXIuYWMudWtcL3JlY29yZHNhbmRhcmNoaXZlc1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQyXC8yMDIwXC8wOFwvQ3VsbGVuVHJhbnNmZXIwOC1MT1JFUy0yLXNjYWxlZC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiIyZjlmZjM4In0%3D\" href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CullenTransfer08-LORES-2-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CullenTransfer08-LORES-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Contents of archive box\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CullenTransfer08-LORES-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CullenTransfer08-LORES-2-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"2f9ff38\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"CullenTransfer09 LORES\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTkwMSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2cud2VzdG1pbnN0ZXIuYWMudWtcL3JlY29yZHNhbmRhcmNoaXZlc1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQyXC8yMDIwXC8wOFwvQ3VsbGVuVHJhbnNmZXIwOS1MT1JFUy0yLXNjYWxlZC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiIyZjlmZjM4In0%3D\" href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CullenTransfer09-LORES-2-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CullenTransfer09-LORES-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"crates in a van\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-1901\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CullenTransfer09-LORES-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/CullenTransfer09-LORES-2-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-1901'>\n\t\t\t\tCrates of archive records\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"2f9ff38\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_3578\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTkzMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2cud2VzdG1pbnN0ZXIuYWMudWtcL3JlY29yZHNhbmRhcmNoaXZlc1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQyXC8yMDIwXC8wOFwvSU1HXzM1NzgtMi1zY2FsZWQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMmY5ZmYzOCJ9\" href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/IMG_3578-2-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/IMG_3578-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of archive boxes\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/IMG_3578-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/IMG_3578-2-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-211c9f2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"211c9f2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8c65a6\" data-id=\"a8c65a6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cf5f54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cf5f54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cullen drew a lot of his drawings and sketches in pencil and crayon on tracing paper.\u00a0 Consequently, the next priority was to put every drawing in clear archival polyester pockets to make handling possible. Polyester pockets not only protect the drawings from smudging and keep researchers\u2019 hands clean but also prevent the fragile tracing paper from being torn when handled.<\/p><p>The drawings in the collection range from preliminary sketches and finished drawings of projects<span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">to doodles and paintings he completed for pleasure.\u00a0 They date<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">back to 1934<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u00a0 In the last 12 mon<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ths, with the help of 2 architecture students, we have digitised this section of the archive and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a02<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">424<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0reference\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">image<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">s can<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0now<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0be found on our archive catalogue<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0to aid resea<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">r<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">chers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span>This has been a substantial piece of work that has really opened up the collection to researchers worldwide.\u00a0 It has also made our job as archivists considerably easier.\u00a0 Now when someone asks if we have a specific drawing we can simply check our catalogue rather than look through 30 boxes of drawings.<\/p><p>The\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"none\">photographic\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">material includes negatives, disc films<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">slides\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0reference photographs Cullen took to help with his work<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">For example, there are contac<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">t sheets devoted to railings and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">lettering<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0 There are also photos of his time in\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #008080\"><a style=\"color: #008080;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/ukdps.uwestminster-ro.tmp.accesstomemory.org\/cul-box118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">India<\/a><\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #008080\"><a style=\"color: #008080;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/ukdps.uwestminster-ro.tmp.accesstomemory.org\/cul-box20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barbados<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #008080\"><a style=\"color: #008080;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/ukdps.uwestminster-ro.tmp.accesstomemory.org\/cul-box30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">France<\/a><\/span>\u00a0as well as photos of the UK.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36ac47f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36ac47f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-525e6a3\" data-id=\"525e6a3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87587dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"87587dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-1890 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"87587dc\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"P1060130\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTg5NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2cud2VzdG1pbnN0ZXIuYWMudWtcL3JlY29yZHNhbmRhcmNoaXZlc1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQyXC8yMDIwXC8wOFwvUDEwNjAxMzAtMi1zY2FsZWQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiODc1ODdkYyJ9\" href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/P1060130-2-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/P1060130-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a disc film\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/P1060130-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/P1060130-2-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"87587dc\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Original Slide Boxes 3\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTg5NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2cud2VzdG1pbnN0ZXIuYWMudWtcL3JlY29yZHNhbmRhcmNoaXZlc1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQyXC8yMDIwXC8wOFwvT3JpZ2luYWwtU2xpZGUtQm94ZXMtMy0yLXNjYWxlZC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI4NzU4N2RjIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/Original-Slide-Boxes-3-2-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/Original-Slide-Boxes-3-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of slide boxes\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/Original-Slide-Boxes-3-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/Original-Slide-Boxes-3-2-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"87587dc\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_3708\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTkxMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2Jsb2cud2VzdG1pbnN0ZXIuYWMudWtcL3JlY29yZHNhbmRhcmNoaXZlc1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvc2l0ZXNcLzQyXC8yMDIwXC8wOFwvSU1HXzM3MDgtMi1zY2FsZWQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiODc1ODdkYyJ9\" href='https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/IMG_3708-2-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/IMG_3708-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of envelopes\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/IMG_3708-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2020\/08\/IMG_3708-2-65x65.jpg 65w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca6cf17 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca6cf17\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b23e936\" data-id=\"b23e936\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48ea0a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48ea0a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>His\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"none\">papers have yet to be catalogued in\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">detail,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0but highlights include <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #008080\"><a style=\"color: #008080;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/ukdps.uwestminster-ro.tmp.accesstomemory.org\/cul-box33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">diaries<\/a><\/span> of Cullen\u2019s time in India<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0records relating to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Townscape<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0for example drafts, correspondence and <a href=\"https:\/\/ukdps.uwestminster-ro.tmp.accesstomemory.org\/cul-box32\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #008080;text-decoration: underline\">translations<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">records relating to various redevelopment pro<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">jects<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0in the UK<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0including <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #008080\"><a style=\"color: #008080;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/ukdps.uwestminster-ro.tmp.accesstomemory.org\/cul-box42\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Westminster<\/a><\/span>,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #008080\"><a style=\"color: #008080;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/ukdps.uwestminster-ro.tmp.accesstomemory.org\/cul-box75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buckinghamshire<\/a><\/span><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #008080\"><a style=\"color: #008080;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/ukdps.uwestminster-ro.tmp.accesstomemory.org\/cul-box33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">and <a href=\"https:\/\/ukdps.uwestminster-ro.tmp.accesstomemory.org\/cul-box49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #008080;text-decoration: underline\">Llantrisant<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>The catalogue can be found at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #008080;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #008080;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/ukdps.uwestminster-ro.tmp.accesstomemory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Any enquiries should be sent to\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:archive@westminster.ac.uk\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #008080\">archive@westminster.ac.uk<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Claire Brunnen, August 2020<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b477acb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b477acb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d3ef3cd\" data-id=\"d3ef3cd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cce7a75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cce7a75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/recordsandarchives.westminster.ac.uk\/archive-blog\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Back to the blog<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In\u00a02015,\u00a0the University of Westminster acquired the archive of Gordon Cullen, an alumnus and renowned illustrator, urban theorist, planner and architect.\u00a0\u00a0In the last 5 years University Records and Archives have been working on making the collection more accessible.\u00a0\u00a0 CULLEN&#8217;S LIFE Born&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":0,"parent":3461,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1890","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1890"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5644,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1890\/revisions\/5644"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/recordsandarchives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}