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Lucien Hervé reflects on a discussion he had with Le Corbusier about photography (Contact Sheet for Le Corbusier’s Chapel de Notre-Dame-du-Haut, (Ronchamp), c. 1955. Photographic Prints on Card, 235 × 320 mm. DMC 1748.1).

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Over the next two months, 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). 

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

Drawing Matter News and Events

Drawing Matter presents an exhibition of early projects by Tony Fretton. To open the exhibition, on Friday 7 November Tony Fretton will be in conversation with Benjamin Machin.

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Drawing Matter Collection

Zünd-Up, The Great Vienna Auto Expander, 1969. Pencil and red ink on tracing paper, 300 × 490 mm. DMC 2157.2.

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Collection Guides

William Butterfield at Drawing Matter
Gio Ponti at Drawing Matter

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Subscribe to our fortnightly newsletter, which highlights new writing on the site and offers a snapshot of Drawing Matter’s activities – new texts and publications, exhibitions, workshops and public events.

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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.