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1329 texts about architecture in drawings, models and photography. 792 writers on 890 architects.
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In the Archive: Alejandro Carrasco Hidalgo
05.02.2024

In the Archive: Alejandro Carrasco Hidalgo05.02.2024

– Alejandro Carrasco Hidalgo

In this series, Drawing Matter invites visitors to write about material in the archive or the libraries at Shatwell that they have viewed as part of their research. During the…

in the archive (project)

In the Archive: New and Found 3
03.05.2024

In the Archive: New and Found 303.05.2024

– Editors

Click on drawings to move and enlarge. The New and Found series is an informal miscellany, which allows us to show some recent acquisitions together with material in the archive…

detail in the archive (project) DMC

In the Archive: Laugier, Eisen, Boulogne, Petitot, Percier, Dumont and Hadid
22.03.2022

In the Archive: Laugier, Eisen, Boulogne, Petitot, Percier, Dumont and Hadid22.03.2022

– Christiane Matt

Click on drawings to move and enlarge. In this series, Drawing Matter invites visitors to write about material in the archive or the libraries at Shatwell that they have viewed…

in the archive (project) DMC

In the Archive: OMA, Neutelings, Hejduk, Gowan
01.03.2020

In the Archive: OMA, Neutelings, Hejduk, Gowan01.03.2020

– Richard Hall and Emma Rutherford

Click on drawings to move and enlarge (fullscreen version). In this series, Drawing Matter invites visitors to write about material in the archive or the libraries at Shatwell that they…

DMC in the archive (project)

In the Archive: Petit, Lebas, Fontaine, Le Corbusier and Kolář
04.10.2022

In the Archive: Petit, Lebas, Fontaine, Le Corbusier and Kolář04.10.2022

– Raphael Haque

Click on drawings to move and enlarge. In this series, Drawing Matter invites visitors to write about material in the archive or the libraries at Shatwell that they have viewed…

DMC in the archive (project)

In the Archive
25.05.2021

In the Archive25.05.2021

…roughly to scale, In the Archive allows you to better understand the physical aspects of the drawings. We suggest that you use In the Archive’s thematically curated selections of drawings as a…

In the Archive: New and Found 2
12.01.2022

In the Archive: New and Found 212.01.2022

– Editors

Click on drawings to move and enlarge. The New and Found series is an informal miscellany, which allows us to show some recent acquisitions together with material in the archive…

DMC detail in the archive (project)

In the Archive: New and Found
01.12.2021

In the Archive: New and Found01.12.2021

– Editors

Click on drawings to move and enlarge. The New and Found series is an informal miscellany, which allows us to show some recent acquisitions together with material in the archive…

in the archive (project) DMC

In the Archive: de la Fuente, Unknown, OMA, Ellwood and Ponis
15.02.2023

In the Archive: de la Fuente, Unknown, OMA, Ellwood and Ponis15.02.2023

– Sarah Hearne

Click on drawings to move and enlarge. In this series, Drawing Matter invites visitors to write about material in the archive or the libraries at Shatwell that they have viewed…

DMC

In the Archive: Maristella Casciato – 4 June 2025 @ 18.30
13.05.2025

In the Archive: Maristella Casciato – 4 June 2025 @ 18.3013.05.2025

Wednesday 4 June 2025 18.30 – 20.00 Doors open at 18.15 8 Smart’s Place, London, WC2B 5LW Join us for the first ‘In the Archive’ evening at Drawing Matter with…

In the Archive: New and Found 4
26.07.2024

In the Archive: New and Found 426.07.2024

– Editors

Click on drawings to move. The New and Found series is an informal miscellany, which allows us to show some recent acquisitions together with material in the archive or the…

presentation theoretical & imaginary urban form DMC plan projection (axonometric isometric) map

In the Archive: Edouard Cabay
16.02.2020

In the Archive: Edouard Cabay16.02.2020

– Edouard Cabay

…said in your archive, the fluxes in a building might have the legitimacy to be the primary order of design. I don’t know many that have worked with this. R….

in the archive (project) DMC

In the Archive: Riefenstahl, Hitler, Ebhardt, Sironi, Brasini
04.11.2024

In the Archive: Riefenstahl, Hitler, Ebhardt, Sironi, Brasini04.11.2024

– Rosie Ellison-Balaam

…are reminded that archives are not neutral places, they are to be dissected and analysed by researchers. Having this in mind, we looked at our archive’s related materials, which holds…

DMC plan presentation

Historic England Image Archive
23.01.2023

Historic England Image Archive23.01.2023

– Arthur Prior-Palmer

…series of drawings that they had studied or made. The Historic England Archive is a repository of many smaller archives folded into one, but in its digital, searchable guise it…

record ephemeral architecture architecture foundation writing prize 2022

Archive Politics
21.04.2023

Archive Politics21.04.2023

– Pedro Baía and Carlos Machado e Moura

…team, in the Drawing Matter archive while curating material for ‘The Hidden Horizontal: Cornices in Art and Architecture’ at the Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich. 2. Dead archive / living archive …

archives

Where to Find a Drawing of a Swiss Gold Vault
28.02.2024

Where to Find a Drawing of a Swiss Gold Vault28.02.2024

– Ludo Groen

…archives of architects, similarly for reasons of confidentiality.[4] This selective curation of both disciplinary-mandated archives questions their continued relevance. The current shifting gaze in architectural history, away from single authorship towards…

Open Call: Storytellers, Observed plan archives

8 Smart’s Place: Making Sense
24.02.2025

8 Smart’s Place: Making Sense24.02.2025

– Emily Priest

…blankets (turned curtains) from Shatwell Farm are used to softly separate the entrance from the archive, the office from the archive, and the kitchen from the archive. The same cabinet…

DMC archive

Conjunction and Incongruity
01.09.2018

Conjunction and Incongruity01.09.2018

– Polly Gould

…foreground of The Archive by Hugh Strange Architects, on show during Drawing Matter Open Day in The Archive, by Hugh Strange Architects, 2012. Shatwell Farm, Drawing Matter. The Archive interior…

DMC

Letter of Authorisation to Discuss Late Ottoman Archive Drawings as Operational Images
06.02.2023

Letter of Authorisation to Discuss Late Ottoman Archive Drawings as Operational Images06.02.2023

– Ecem Arslanay and Mina Gürsel Tabanlıoğlu

…T.R. Directorate of State Archives, Ottoman Archives, Topkapı Palace Museum Archive Record (TS.MA.e), Folder no: 654, File no: 21. Although their intentions seem reasonable, the production methods aren’t. Relying on…

correspondence letters ephemera architecture foundation writing prize 2022

In the Archive: Abattoirs, Boucheries, and Slaughterhouses
31.03.2025

In the Archive: Abattoirs, Boucheries, and Slaughterhouses31.03.2025

– Rosie Ellison-Balaam

Click on drawings to move and enlarge. As architectural typologies, abattoirs, boucheries, and slaughterhouses embody the civilising of animal slaughter; serving as concrete expressions of the culture of animal consumption….

presentation theoretical & imaginary plan DMC elevation

Interview with Space Magazine
20.06.2022

Interview with Space Magazine20.06.2022

– Matt Page and Semi Park

…turn strongly dictates how drawings are studied. The Drawing Matter collection is housed in an archive building at Shatwell Farm, Somerset, UK (designed by Hugh Strange; built in 2014). The…

Design Starts: Loughborough School of Architecture at Shatwell Farm
03.05.2022

Design Starts: Loughborough School of Architecture at Shatwell Farm03.05.2022

– Benjamin Machin

…with enough give and bend so that happenstance, coincidence, and adventure would be encouraged within the archive. While working into a selection of survey drawings from the archive that we…

student work DMC

Visit Shatwell Farm and the Archive
15.09.2020

Visit Shatwell Farm and the Archive15.09.2020

…based on the drawings in the archive. The cost of these visits helps fund the student scholarships at our annual Architectural Drawing Summer School. Within the archive, we like to limit…

Reflections on my Internship
27.04.2022

Reflections on my Internship27.04.2022

– Jonah Ginsburg

…activities regularly pass between them. There are drawings and models that are held in the office and ordinary objects held in the archive. In a way, the archive is an…

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