Read Mark Dorrian’s examination of the theoretical history of the shadow and its evolving role in architectural drawing. (Drawing: Peter Wilson (1950), Ninja Comfortable House, The Electronic Metropolis, 1989. Mixed media print with hand-colouring, 845 × 595 mm (detail). DMC 3117.1.)
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Drawing Matter News and Events
In February, Drawing Matter is welcoming architect Sam Jacob to the archive for a series of public programme events exploring collage as a tool for design. Tickets for his talk and workshop are available now; the exhibition is free and open to all.
On Tuesday 27 January, we are hosting our first Chatter evening. Join artist Richard Wentworth and his special guests Roger Malbert, Rowan Moore and Marina Warner for informal and open discussions around drawings and objects from the collection.(Sold Out)
Drawings by Álvaro Siza from the Drawing Matter Collection are reproduced in Lost Causes, curated by João Manuel Miranda and Tiago Antero at Fundação Marques da Silva (Porto) (21 November 2025 – 21 February 2026).
Drawing Matter editors Rosie Ellison-Balaam and Maria Mitsoula feature in the latest issue of Stoà. Their text Working (with) Drawings from the Drawing Matter Collection discusses the formation of the collection alongside a description of a workshop run with the University of Edinburgh. It explores how our drawings can become a brief in themselves.
New in the Collection
Sheila O’Donnell (1953), drawing over Giambattista Nolli’s Nuova Topografia di Roma, Campus Martius, centro, 2019. Coloured pencil on photocopy, 420 × 297 mm. DMC 3955.1.
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The Shatwell Valley. Photos: Sue Barr.
The Drawing Matter Archive at Shatwell Farm and grain silos.
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