Sir William Chambers: Somerset House
23 December 2017
Sir William Chambers: Somerset House23 December 2017
…commission. At that point in his career he was Comptroller of the Works under King George III, a position that entitled him to oversee rather than to do. But when the appointed architect, William…
An Overwhelming Concern with Shelter! (1966)
16 September 2021
An Overwhelming Concern with Shelter! (1966)16 September 2021
…with Derek Paul, marks a peak in the achievement of the group. This event, which included a large exhibition of photographs and models, was attended by over 600 people and…
A souvenir and survey
22 June 2017
A souvenir and survey22 June 2017
…DMC 1099. While working on the the Paris basilica of Sainte Genevieve, Jacques-Germain Soufflot sent his nephew – also trained as an architect – to Italy, in order to compile…
R for Representation
27 September 2021
R for Representation27 September 2021
…The artefacts that are left at the end of the process represent these ways of thinking as a reminder, a remainder, or sometimes only as trash. They are not created…
Lines, Drawings, the Human Condition
13 October 2021
Lines, Drawings, the Human Condition13 October 2021
– Tim Ingold, Momoyo Kaijima, Andreas Kalpakci and Anh-linh Ngo
…they are quite different, in so far as ethnography is fundamentally a descriptive endeavor. You take the world as you find it and you try to render it in great…
Edifice
19 August 2022
Edifice19 August 2022
…Herculaneum, Italy. Asilah, Morocco. Render as a convenient surface. Traditional house, Carmona. Peeling layers of colour on render, Lisbon. Photographs of Morocco and Barcelona by Tom Thistlethwaite, others Philippa Lewis….
The Italian Job: Anthony Salvin, Sir John Benson and the Royal Cork Yacht Club, Cóbh
27 October 2021
The Italian Job: Anthony Salvin, Sir John Benson and the Royal Cork Yacht Club, Cóbh27 October 2021
…eve of its opening and why were the drawings all signed by the contractor, not Salvin? What was the builder’s role in the design? Lastly, another Cork architect and builder,…
Freddie Phillipson ‘The Ulysses Project’ – Review
18 July 2022
Freddie Phillipson ‘The Ulysses Project’ – Review18 July 2022
…the nature of architectural and urban order. Freddie Phillipson ‘The Ulysses Project’, installation at the Irish Architectural Archive. Photos: Freddie Phillipson. In my view, Ulysses is the best account of…
The I’Ansons: A Dynasty of London Architects & Surveyors
30 November 2021
The I’Ansons: A Dynasty of London Architects & Surveyors30 November 2021
…old colleague and probably friend of the older Edward I’Anson. A section of the new building signed by I’Anson Sr and dated 1829 has come to light recently, though it…
Schinkel
8 February 2019
Schinkel8 February 2019
…als Künstler bald überm..ig in Anspruch nahm,” Gustav Friedrich Waagen, “Karl Friedrich Schinkel als Mensch und als Künstler,” in Berliner Kalender auf das Schalt-Jahr 1844 (Berlin: Preußische Kalender Deputation, 1844),…
Drawing Powers: Introduction
2 November 2021
Drawing Powers: Introduction2 November 2021
…a design? To answer it, we will consider only design drawings, excluding other types of drawing such as presentation drawings. We will also consider only architectural drawings, although this study…
Pan Scroll Zoom 16: Luis Callejas
28 July 2021
Pan Scroll Zoom 16: Luis Callejas28 July 2021
– Luis Callejas
…of a higher order of importance than the actual, real site. For us, the real site is the constructed model, the artificial and edited survey of a site, and therefore…
landscape education Pan Scroll Zoom (series)