About
Drawing Matter is a charitable trust that explores the role of drawing in architectural thought and practice, through workshops for students and practitioners, public events, exhibitions, and publications, both physical and digital. Central to our activities is the Drawing Matter Collection of many thousands of architectural and design drawings from across the world, dating from the Renaissance to the present day.
Our website is a fast-growing repository of new and historical writings on drawing, currently containing over 1300 texts (with at least two added each week) and visited by 1500 readers a day. Many of the texts address material in the Drawing Matter Collection, while others examine drawings and objects archived elsewhere and made by practitioners working today. If you are interested in contributing a text, please read the Guide for Submissions and submit a proposal to the editors.
Workshops at Drawing Matter are an important part of our programme and offer students and practitioners a unique opportunity to engage closely with our collection of architectural drawings. Our workshops activate the collection through observation, discussion, and practical exercises.
Drawing Matter’s Public Programme offers the public opportunities to experience our drawings collection, which is usually only open to researchers by appointment and for student/practice workshops. Events take the form of talks at the archive, workshops by practitioners, and open weekends.
In October 2024, Drawing Matter moved its activities and collection from Shatwell Farm to Smart’s Place, Central London. We continue to welcome research visits by appointment, to examine the drawings in person. For more general visits we encourage you to come on one of our seasonal open weekends.
Team
Jesper Authen, Martha Cruz, Rosie Ellison-Balaam, Orinta Fowler, Niall Hobhouse, Kendra Matchett, Maria Mitsoula, Matt Page
Collaborators
Susie Dowding, Craig Stevens, Jackie Brooks, Sophie Wehtje
Contact
Editors – editors@drawingmatter.org
Collection – collection@drawingmatter.org
Workshops and Visits – workshops@drawingmatter.org
DMJournal – journal@drawingmatter.org
Public Programme – info@drawingmatter.org
Drawing Matter Trust (Reg. Charity 264878)
8 Smart’s Place, London, WC2B 5LW
