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TG 8 - Building Tate Liverpool - 1980-
1 - Advocacy for 'Tate in the North' and initial project proposals - 1980-1982
1 - Early searches for a suitable location for the proposed Tate in the North. Locations examined include Halifax, Huddersfield, Liverpool and Manchester. With an enclosure containing the following drawings: Merseyside County Council, Merseyside Maritime Museum site plan, Apr 1981. Pierhead to Albert Dock, dock dimensions, May 1979, (annotated by Stirling Wilford architects 8 Jul 1982). Property Services Agency for Tate Gallery in the North, Albert Dock Development Liverpool (dimensions added by Stirling Wilford architects 8 Jul 1982)and a copy of the 1985 publicity brochure 'Tate in the North: A gallery of modern art in Liverpool' - 1980-1981
2 - Correspondence and notes on a preliminary visit to Merseyside to consider several possible sites within Liverpool for the Tate in the North. Includes a manuscript account written by Tate Director Alan Bowness about the very beginnings of Tate Liverpool and the selection of the dockside site in Liverpool - 1980
3 - Correspondence between Tate Director Alan Bowness, Merseyside Development Corporation, Merseyside County Council and the Department of Education and Science about a Tate in the North located in Albert Dock, Liverpool. With a report by Tate’s Richard Francis and Michael Compton on the proposal, describing the function and purpose of the new gallery - 1981
4 - Albert Dock, Preliminary Structural Survey Phase 1 for the Property Services Agency on behalf of Tate. Produced by Allot & Lomax Consulting Engineers, February 1982. With site photographs and appendices recording sample testing - 1982
5 - Albert Dock Development -Liverpool. Servicing Feasibility Study produced by Steensen Varming Mulcahy & Partners for Stirling Wilford & Partners on behalf of Tate - 1982
6 - Tate discussion of the surveys carried out by Allot and Lomaz, Steensen Varming Mulcahey & Partners and by Belfield, Davis and Everest. With a report on a visit to the Liverpool Albert dock by the Stirling Wilford and Partners design team and a copy of the Belfield, Davis and Everest survey and sketch plans, FSK100-119 - 1982
7 - Correspondence between Tate and the Secretary of State for the Environment and the Minister of the Arts concerning the project funding and costs, and with the chair of the Tate Trustees concerning the proposal for Tate to manage the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. With the archaeological and historical survey of the Albert dock, prepared by Merseyside County Council - 1982-1984
8 - Correspondence between Tate and the Secretary of State for the Environment and with local government seeking support for the project and the minutes of a project funding meeting. Correspondence with the Minister for the Arts on a proposal for Tate to assume responsibility for the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and the Laing Gallery, Newcastle - 1984
2 - Design proposals and structural reviews - 1985-1986
3 - Technical specifications - 1985-1986
4 - Fundraising - 1986
5 - Project management - 1982-1987
6 - Opening of Tate Liverpool - 1985-1988
7 - Tate Liverpool Phase IB - 1989-1990
8 - Tate Liverpool Phase IC - 1990-
9 - Tate Liverpool Phase ID - 1990-
10 - Tate Liverpool Phase II - 1987-1997
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