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 The Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, commonly referred to as the AA, is the oldest private school of architecture in the UK. The AA hosts exhibitions, lectures, academic conference, symposia and publications. Histo ...

. 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.

Notable buildings

Its notable buildings include: * Brynmawr rubber factory (Michael Powers, 1946–52, with

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), the first post-war building to receive listed status * Danegrove Primary School (1949–50) *

Dunelm House Dunelm House is a Grade II listed building in Durham, England, built in 1966 in the brutalist style. It belongs to Durham University and houses Durham Students' Union. Its listing entry cites, among other factors, that it is "a significant Bruta ...

, Durham (Richard Raines and Michael Powers, 1966) * "Beehives",

St John's College, Oxford St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist Its foun ...

(Michael Powers, 1958–60), the first modern student accommodation at the University of Oxford *

St Paul's Cathedral School St Paul's Cathedral School is an independent school associated with St Paul's Cathedral in London and is located in New Change in the City of London. The school has around 220 pupils, most of whom are day pupils, both boys and girls, including ...

, London (Leo de Syllas and Michael Powers, 1962–7) *

University of Essex The University of Essex is a public university, public research university in Essex, England. Established by royal charter in 1965, it is one of the original plate glass university, plate glass universities. The university comprises three camp ...

, Colchester (Kenneth Capon, 1964) *

Wolfson Building Somerville College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's colleges. It began admitting men in 1994. The college's liberal tone derives from its fou ...

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(1968–72) * Levi Strauss & Co. UK HQ and distribution centre, Northampton (1999){{cite web, url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/archive/jean-technology, title=Jean technology, date=29 July 1999, work=Architects' Journal

References

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