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Postcard from Nowhere (Counterswimming)
8 April 2020
Postcard from Nowhere (Counterswimming)8 April 2020
Madelon Vriesendorp (1945), Medusa Raft, Trial proof, 1978. Screenprint. DMC 3000.11. Sixteen swim in synchrony. Bright red trunks, blue swim caps, in a perfectly choreographed 4 x 4 grid of…
Ruskin: Fairy Tales
22 April 2020
Ruskin: Fairy Tales22 April 2020
Hector Horeau (1801–1872), Competition drawing for an exhibition hall on the Champs Elysées, c.1853. Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour on laid paper, laid on board, 465 × 625 mm. DMC…
One Thing Leads to Another
23 April 2020
One Thing Leads to Another23 April 2020
Architecture rarely results from a singular eureka moment or a spontaneous act of genius. The myth of the napkin sketch is precisely a myth. The lucidity it suggests is essential,…
Daria’s Aria
23 April 2020
Daria’s Aria23 April 2020
Giò Ponti (1891–1979), draft layout for Aria d’Italia VIII: espressione di Gio Ponti (detail), c.1954. Print, pencil, pen, watercolour, gouache and collage on prepared printed paper. Between 1939 and 1941…
Cadbury-Brown: Royal College of Art Extension
28 April 2020
Cadbury-Brown: Royal College of Art Extension28 April 2020
Henry Thomas Cadbury-Brown (1913–2009), Royal College of Art extension model (detail), 1972. Mixed media, 600 × 850 × 130 mm. DMC 2191. The counter-reformation did not last long. In the…
Wright & Lautner: The Divorce
12 May 2020
Wright & Lautner: The Divorce12 May 2020
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959), drawing for the ‘Eaglefeather’ estate for Arch Oboler in the Santa Monica Mountains, 1940. Graphite pencil and colour pencil on tracing paper, 599 × 900 mm….
Shape
28 April 2020
Shape28 April 2020
Charles Moore, colour elevation, study for a hotel and office building at the Piazza d’Italia, New Orleans, 1985. Coloured crayon and pencil on yellow tracing paper, 295 × 460 mm….
Haiku
28 April 2020
Grounded: Plans & Planning
29 April 2020
Grounded: Plans & Planning29 April 2020
– Richard Hall and Niall Hobhouse
Alberto Ponis, plan, Casa Scalesciani, Sardinia, 1977. Pen and green ink on tracing, 330 × 430 mm. DMC 2918.13. Louis Kahn (1901–1974), plan, Office Building, Kansas City. Print with orange…
The Ultimate Climes of John Lautner (1986)
4 May 2020
The Ultimate Climes of John Lautner (1986)4 May 2020
John Lautner (1911–1994), Suspended scheme, house and studio for the artist Edgar Ewing on Mt Washington, Los Angeles, 1952. Print with colour wash and crayon, 780 × 780 mm. DMC…
Animals
5 May 2020
Animals5 May 2020
– James Gowan and Ellis Woodman
James Gowan (1923–2015), The howling dog with heliport, 1977. Pen and coloured pencil on paper, Daler spiral-bound sketchbook, 148 × 210 mm. DMC 2658.19v-20r. Ellis Woodman: Your sketchbooks from the…
Retail Therapy
30 March 2020
Retail Therapy30 March 2020
– A. Trystan Edwards
Alexander Scott Carter (1881–1968), competition design for a double-fronted shop for W.H.Smith, c.1910. Encil and watercolour on thick wove paper, 560 × 777 mm. DMC 2168. Alexander Scott Carter (‘ALEX’)…
elevation presentation commerce DMC