Architect: Ennemondo Alessandro Petitot
On Origins and Originality
15.11.2024
On Origins and Originality15.11.2024
The following text by Niall Hobhouse is included in the exhibition catalogue for Begin Again. Fail Better: Preliminary Drawings in Architecture. The exhibition, previously shown at the Kunstmuseum in Olten, opened at EPFL on the 5th of November and will close on the 2nd of December 2024. It includes nearly 100 drawings from… Read More
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
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 as part of their research. On a crisp January morning I made my way to York railway station to visit… Read More
Sans Humour?
14.09.2018
Sans Humour?14.09.2018
– Niall Hobhouse
It seems that architects are too self-conscious – or perhaps in need of being seen as permanently on duty – to portray themselves or what they do with much humour, let alone self-critical caricature. Edwin Lutyens is an honourable exception, even if his self-mockery ultimately becomes a public performance – a… Read More
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