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Iain Boyd Whyte writes about the Drawing Matter drawings from the Viennese School (Drawing: Otto Wagner, Design for Berlin Cathedral, Germany, 1867. DMC 2063).

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The Drawing Matter editorial team invites short contributions that either bring to the surface the unseen drawings within the Drawing Matter Collections (I. In the Archive) or explore original architectural drawings, created by the author(s) of the contribution, which make visible the unseen (II. In Practice). 

For more information, read here.

Deadline for contributions: Midnight (GMT) on Monday 1 December 2025.

Drawing Matter News and Events

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the exhibition Tony Fretton: Everything I Saw Became Important on 8 & 9 November. A recording of the conversation between Tony Fretton and Benjamin Machin is now available to watch here.

More information about the exhibition can be found here.
Tomas Schmit’s two new ways to draw a circle (1971) [DMC 2230] is featured on the cover of the November issue of The Architectural Review, dedicated to the AR‘s Emerging Architects awards.

Read more about Schmit’s drawing here.

New in the Collection

Central Office of Architecture, Museum Square, Los Angeles, CA, 1993. Mixed media collage on trace, 380 × 542 mm. DMC 3968.

With thanks to Julia Bloomfield.

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Collection Guides

The Viennese School at Drawing Matter
Andrea Branzi and Archizoom Associati at Drawing Matter

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Shatwell Farm

Find an archive of the building projects and interventions at Shatwell Farm, Somerset, Drawing Matter’s home from 2014 – 2024, here.

The Shatwell Valley. Photos: Sue Barr.
The Drawing Matter Archive at Shatwell Farm and grain silos.