Alternative Histories: East Architecture on Otto Wagner
28 February 2019
Alternative Histories: East Architecture on Otto Wagner28 February 2019
East Architecture, Otto Wagner’s site plan for a proposed Imperial Crypt, 2018. Plaster, mountboard, paint, ink, 120 × 150 × 75 mm. Otto Wagner (1841–1918), Capuchin Church and Imperial Crypt,…
Alternative Histories: Eagles of Architecture on Adolfo Natalini
29 July 2019
Alternative Histories: Eagles of Architecture on Adolfo Natalini29 July 2019
Eagles of Architecture, Adolfo Natalini’s sketches of the Colosseum, 2018. Foam block, aluminium T profiles, brass plates, screw-bulb lamps, screw base, cable lug, electric copper cable, electrical transformer, UK plug…
Alternative Histories: Dyvik Kahlen Architects on Tony Fretton
29 July 2019
Alternative Histories: Dyvik Kahlen Architects on Tony Fretton29 July 2019
Dyvik Kahlen Architects, Tony Fretton’s sketch of building entrance for the Holy Island Buddhist Retreat Centre, 2018. Stucco-embossed aluminium, corrugated aluminium, foam board, black foam, timber veneer, stone, green fabric,…
Alternative Histories: Dow Jones Architects on Robbrecht en Daem
15 March 2019
Alternative Histories: Dow Jones Architects on Robbrecht en Daem15 March 2019
Dow Jones Architects, Paul Robbrecht and Hilde Daem’s sketch of Blokhut, 2018. Plaster, softwood, watercolour, clear resin, 210 × 300 × 370 mm. Paul Robbrecht (1950), study for Blokhut, 2000….
Alternative Histories: GAFPA on Superstudio
12 January 2019
Alternative Histories: GAFPA on Superstudio12 January 2019
GAFPA, Superstudio’s Sketchbook 12, page 16, 2018. PVC nestbox grates, marble rouge griotte belge, 350 × 170 × 120 mm. Adolfo Natalini (1941–2020), Continuous Monument, Sketchbook 12, page 16, 1968–1969….
Alternative Histories: Tony Fretton Architects on Erik Gunnar Asplund
19 December 2018
Alternative Histories: Tony Fretton Architects on Erik Gunnar Asplund19 December 2018
Tony Fretton Architects, Erik Gunnar Asplund’s hillside elevation of Stennäs, 2018. Wood, 670 × 440 × 170 mm. Erik Gunnar Asplund (1885–1940), Stennäs (Asplund Summer House), Sarunda, Sweden, 1937. Pencil…
Alternative Histories: Dierendonckblancke Architecten on Jean and HENRI Prouvé
29 July 2019
Alternative Histories: Dierendonckblancke Architecten on Jean and HENRI Prouvé29 July 2019
Dierendonckblancke Architecten, Jean Prouvé and Henri Prouvé’s north elevation of a collective and system-built housing project, 2018. Paper, cardboard, plastic, 115 × 65 × 870 mm. Jean Prouvé (1901–1984) and…
Alternative Histories: Ryan W Kennihan Architects on John Nash
24 February 2019
Alternative Histories: Ryan W Kennihan Architects on John Nash24 February 2019
Ryan W. Kennihan Architects, John Nash’s elevation of the original design for Langham House, 2018. Painted basswood, card, painted medium-density fibreboard, 452 × 847 × 240 mm. John Nash (1752–1835),…
Stone Adversaries – Ruskin’s Rocks, Hejduk’s Diamonds
24 October 2016
Stone Adversaries – Ruskin’s Rocks, Hejduk’s Diamonds24 October 2016
Paper by Anthony Auerbach read at the Architectural Drawings Symposium, Shatwell, 24 April 2016. I would like to introduce two items from this collection, or rather two collections our host…
Alternative Histories: Havana architectuur on Michael Webb
18 April 2019
Alternative Histories: Havana architectuur on Michael Webb18 April 2019
Havana architectuur, Michael Webb’s horizontal section of car ramp for Sin Centre, 2018. Laser-sintered polyamide, oak base, 1100 × 350 × 570 mm. Michael Webb (1937), plan of car ramps…
Alternative Histories: Raamwerk on Tony Fretton
31 July 2019
Alternative Histories: Raamwerk on Tony Fretton31 July 2019
Raamwerk, Tony Fretton’s studies of the north facade of the Lisson Gallery, 2018. Medium-density fibreboard, 160 × 160 × 50 mm. Tony Fretton (1945), facade studies, Lisson Gallery, London, 1990….
Trees Move In
22 October 2020
Trees Move In22 October 2020
– Sylvia Lavin
The following text is the second of a series of four essays on trees in architectural drawings by Sylvia Lavin. The essays were first published in Log 49 (Summer 2020)….
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