BOLLES+WILSON: Drawing Towards Building – 4 & 5 July 2026

Friday 3 July
Julia Bolles and Peter Wilson in Conversation with Mark Dorrian and Peter Carl
18.00–20.00
Doors open at 18.00; talk begins at 18.30
Purchase tickets here.

Saturday 4 & Sunday 5 July
Exhibition: Drawings Towards Building
11.00–18.00
Free and open to all

Saturday 4 & Sunday 5 July
Exhibition Walk-arounds with Julia Bolles and Peter Wilson (Saturday) and Silvana Taher (Sunday)
15.00–15.45
Free and open to all

On Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 July, Drawing Matter will present an exhibition of drawings by BOLLES+WILSON (founded in London in 1980; based in Münster since 1988). The exhibition is the fourth in a series presenting the work of architects and practices that are represented in the Drawing Matter Collection by significant portfolios of drawings. It follows a roughly chronological narrative, bookended by drawings made by Peter Wilson in the mid-1970s while teaching at the Architectural Association and drawings for the Bazaar Gate, a twenty-eight-storey tower currently under construction in Tirana, Albania.

Peter Wilson, Public Convenience, 1976. Pencil and watercolour, 333 × 493 mm. DMC 2753.3.

On 3 July, the exhibition will open with a conversation between Julia Bolles, Peter Wilson, Mark Dorrian and Peter Carl. A recording will be published online.  

During the weekend, Julia Bolles and Peter Wilson (Saturday 4 July, 3pm) and Silvana Taher (Sunday 5 July, 3pm) will lead informal walk-arounds of the exhibition, responding to the drawings on show. Free and open to all; no booking required.

Peter Wilson & Julia Bolles, Landing Square Scenarios, Wilhelmina Pier, Rotterdam, 1992-1994. Print and xeroxed foil on cartridge paper, 595 × 845 mm. DMC 3648.3.
Peter Wilson, Bazaar Gate, 2024. Watercolour, gouache and gold paint, 295 × 420 mm. DMC 3904.1.

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. 

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