The Birth of the Column
7 April 2016
The Birth of the Column7 April 2016
Álvaro Siza (1933), Royal Academy Columns Sketchbook, 2013. Pen and ink on paper, 295 × 240 mm. DMC 2618. The following text is excepted from an interview with Kate Goodwin,…
Three Projects (1969)
12 November 2015
Three Projects (1969)12 November 2015
John Hejduk (1929–2000), Three Projects, photographs of the model for Project A, 1969. Gelatin silver prints, 90 × 140 mm. DMC 2304. I believe in the density of the sparse….
Rem Koolhaas: EuroDisney
29 January 2016
Rem Koolhaas: EuroDisney29 January 2016
Rem Koolhaas (1944), Interior view of the EuroDisney Hotel, Marne-la-Vallée, France, 1988. Print on translucent paper, 532 × 665 mm. DMC 1797. Looking up toward a glass ceiling, the drawing…
Believe in books (1998)
13 November 2015
Believe in books (1998)13 November 2015
John Hejduk (1929–2000), Silent Witness, 1975. Magic marker and watercolour on three boards, 315 × 647 mm. DMC 2290. I believe in books and the written word, therefore I fabricate…
Peter Märkli: Thinking Drawings
15 November 2015
Peter Märkli: Thinking Drawings15 November 2015
– Florian Beigel and Philip Christou
Peter Märkli (1953), untitled, c.1990. Charcoal on trace, 295 × 240 mm. DMC 2012.2. These are an intriguing set of drawings … they are very memorable and have a charm…
Ville Spatiale
20 November 2015
Ville Spatiale20 November 2015
Yona Friedman (1923–2020), hoop wire structural study, Ville Spatiale, 1958–1959. Wire, 180 × 600 × 600 mm. DMC 1500. The ‘spatial city’, or rather its infrastructure, is the support for…
A Lung for the City (1984)
27 November 2015
A Lung for the City (1984)27 November 2015
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. The following has been…
View the action, neck or talk (1965)
4 December 2015
View the action, neck or talk (1965)4 December 2015
Michael Webb (1937), isometric of car ramp, Sin Centre, Leicester Square, London, c.1965. Pencil and graphite on airbrush board, 410 × 530 mm. DMC 1101.7. All this can, and is…
Michael Webb: Sin Centre
5 December 2015
Michael Webb: Sin Centre5 December 2015
Michael Webb (1937), Sin Centre, Leicester Square, London: wire frame axo drawing. Black pen on mylar, 281 × 654 mm. DMC 1101.2. The first thing you will notice about the…
On Drawing
4 February 2016
On Drawing4 February 2016
Adolfo Natalini (1941–2020), Superstudio Sketchbook, New York, 1969–1970. Ink on paper, 340 × 275 mm. the artist. DMC 2141.3. When I was very young I wanted to be an artist;…
Seven Farmyards
22 April 2016
Seven Farmyards22 April 2016
Cedric Price (1934–2003), Studies for Shatwell Farm, Somerset, 2002–2003. Mixed media collage, 590 × 535 mm. 3196.1. Cedric Price (1934–2003), Studies for Shatwell Farm, Somerset, 2002–2003. Mixed media, 300 ×…
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