Read an extract from Tom Emerson’s book Dirty Old River, where he talks about the architects’ drawings that inspired him (drawing: Frank O. Gehry and Associate, Elevation sketch for Gemini G.E.L. workshops and gallery, ca. 1976–1979. Getty Research Institute, 2017.M.66). Also published this week, Marwa El Mubark reads Emerson’s new book.
Thank you to all who visited Drawing Matter during the first weekend of Open House Festival. We were delighted that over 500 of you got to see ‘Drawing London’, our exhibition that mapped the city through drawings from the collection for familiar buildings, those that have been lost over time, others that were never built, and radical projects.
The Ninth Drawing Matter Summer School took place at the end of August. Six young architectural tutors led thirty students in a series of workshops based between the Zaha Hadid Foundation, the Drawing Matter Archive Space, and Hauser & Wirth on Savile Row. Thank you to all of our Sponsors, tutors, and students for making this year’s Summer School such a success.
Drawing Matter Collection
Peter Myers, perspective, Brunswick Centre, 1969 (architect: Patrick Hodgkinson). Pencil on architects’ detail paper, 700 × 1200 mm. DMC 2739.
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The Shatwell Valley. Photos: Sue Barr.
The Drawing Matter Archive at Shatwell Farm and grain silos.
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