Category: office cultures

It is a truism that aggressive building contractors treat architectural drawings with contempt; McAlpine’s were no exception and it being my temporary responsibility in 1969 to negotiate a procedure of actually constructing the visible fair faced in-situ concrete of this vast structure, I arrived at The Brunswick’s site office ready for a… Read More

Tagssketch projection (axonometric isometric) housing autographicals (editorial project) DMC

Robert Mylne
01.04.2016

Robert Mylne01.04.2016

– Robert Adam

There are two sons of Deacon Mylne’s in Rome at present, studying architecture. One of them had studied in France and has accordingly that abominable taste to perfection: the other, who came straight from Scotland, has made great progress and begins to draw extremely well, so that if he goes… Read More

Tagscorrespondence letters ephemera DMC elevation presentation domestic

James Gowan: The Expandable House
01.11.2015

James Gowan: The Expandable House01.11.2015

– Markus Lähteenmäki

James Gowan and James Stirling, first as partners (1956–1963) and then in their own practices, reworked the ideas of composition both in plan and section, often echoing alternative Modernist sources, such as those of the Soviet avant-garde. They looked for new ways to forge connections between programme and form, and… Read More

Tagstheoretical & imaginary domestic DMC sketch plan section projection (axonometric isometric)