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The changing metropolis 1900–1930s

The changing metropolis 1900–1930s

Niall Hobhouse and Nicholas Olsberg

John Belcher (1841–1913), Aerial perspective, Finsbury Square Estate, London, 1904. Watercolour and pencil on wove paper, 508 × 683 mm. DMC 1641. Part II: Unifying the city landscape: 1900–1930s The

The changing metropolis 1815–1900

The changing metropolis 1815–1900

Niall Hobhouse and Nicholas Olsberg

David Laing (1774–1856), Elevation and plan, Warehouse to be Erected on the Site of the Old Custom House, 1819. Black ink, sepia ink, red ink, grey, yellow, blue and pink…

The changing metropolis 1940s–1980s

The changing metropolis 1940s–1980s

Niall Hobhouse and Nicholas Olsberg

Cedric Price (1934–2003), Competition entry for the Parc de la Villette, Paris, 1982–1983. Ithograph on paper with painted mylar overlay, 350 × 465 mm. DMC 1438. Part III: Monumentalism and…

Potomania (1982)

Potomania (1982)

Jacques Couëlle

Jacques Couëlle (1902–1996), Etude Intimiste: study of the waterfall for the roofs of a villa, c.1982. Pen and coloured ink on trace, 622 × 900 mm. DMC 2061.10. Call it…

Dismantled Sketchbook

Dismantled Sketchbook

James Gowan

James Gowan (1923–2015), studies for the Expandable House. Pen on sketchbook sheet, 138 × 335 mm. DMC 2355.3r. To some extent this is the battleground of the British architectural avant-garde;…

Robert Venturi: The difficult whole

Robert Venturi: The difficult whole

Robert Venturi (1925–2018), Facade Study for Gordon Wu Hall, Butler College, Princeton, 1981. Marker pen ink on trace, 304 × 645 mm. DMC 2041. Lying on the border between an…

Archizoom, Andrea Branzi and the No-Stop City

Archizoom, Andrea Branzi and the No-Stop City

Andrea Branzi

Archizoom Associata & Andrea Branzi, Axonometric for an element of No-Stop City, 1969. Ink on trace, 280 × 430 mm. DMC 2057.2. Archizoom describe this ‘hypothetical theatre’ as part of…

The Marriage of Reason and Squalor

The Marriage of Reason and Squalor

Pier Vittorio Aureli

Pier Vittorio Aureli, The Marriage of Reason and Squalor, 2001–2004. Pencil, pen and ink on thick wove paper, 500 × 500 mm. DMC 2068.1. The Marriage of Reason and Squalor is…

Ducros: Arch of Titus

Ducros: Arch of Titus

Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros (1748–1810), Veduta dell’Arco di Tito verso il Campidoglio, c.1780–1790. Pencil, pen and ink on watermarked laid paper, 670 × 404 mm. DMC 2163. This drawing by the Swiss…

The Imperial Palace of God

The Imperial Palace of God

George Elliot

George Elliot, The Imperial Palace of God, 1856. Ink and wash on paper, laid on canvas, 1004 × 673 mm. DMC 2606. Inscribed by the artist: DEDICATED TO THE WORLD….

François-Joseph Bélanger

François-Joseph Bélanger

Olivia Edmondson

François-Joseph Bélanger (1744–1818), Design for a Wall Elevation at the Hôtel Dervieux, c.1789. Pen, black and red ink over graphite with coloured washes and gouache on paper, 306 × 285…

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Helen Thomas

Friedensreich Hunderstwasser (1928–2000), Hauteurs de Macchu-Picchu, 1966. Mixed media. © Estate of the architect. DMC 1563. Hauteurs de Macchu-Picchu, or the Heights of Macchu Picchu is a poem by Pablo…