Josef Frank: Happy Accidentism
21 September 2019
Josef Frank: Happy Accidentism21 September 2019
…Frank could not shake his status as a peripheral figure in architectural milieu of Stockholm. Once a key player in the cultural scene of Vienna, he found himself an outsider:…
Charles Jencks: Architect in the Jumping Universe
25 January 2022
Charles Jencks: Architect in the Jumping Universe25 January 2022
…nature. Gardens bring the macrocosm into the microcosm by the necessity of being a living place, connecting to the wider rhythms, ecological networks, or the even more abstract forces that…
Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine on the Moriyama House
28 February 2023
Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine on the Moriyama House28 February 2023
– What is a House For and Bêka & Lemoine
…street. The house is minimal and left without any symbol of luxury, in order not to distract you from its main purpose. In terms of furniture and facilities, it offers…
Decoding Wittgenstein’s Stonborough Villa
18 January 2022
Decoding Wittgenstein’s Stonborough Villa18 January 2022
…different ideas from the beginning? Could the Stonborough Villa offer any clues? Was there some numerical order to the spatial composition? And could the placement of left or right door…
Michael Gold: Crossed Swords
10 November 2017
Michael Gold: Crossed Swords10 November 2017
…with crayon, gold pencil on board, 465 × 620 mm. DMC 2929.9. Michael Gold, plan, Crossed Swords, Gateway to Mecca, 1979. Print, crayon, gold leaf, bronze powder on board, 620…
Louis Bricard
8 November 2016
Louis Bricard8 November 2016
Louis Bricard (1750–1820), Elevation géométrale du Palais de Préfecture de la ville de Laval, 1803. Pen, ink watercolour on two joined sheets of watermarked laid paper with blue wash border,…
Brunswick Centre
5 December 2016
Brunswick Centre5 December 2016
…architect (and, Montpazier was commenced by Edward I in 1285!). Now, does setting aside Banham’s ex cathedraattribution to Sant’ Elia et al, really seem so improbable? Small wonder that, on…
James Malton
30 January 2017
James Malton30 January 2017
…houses and villas, with something of the appearance of farm labourers’ cottages, irregular in form and with flaking render and decaying thatch. James Malton (1761–1803), Plate 6, An Essay on…
Working with Tony Fretton
4 January 2022
Working with Tony Fretton4 January 2022
In the early 1990s a number of architects, academics and artists came together in a rather fluid manner, meeting regularly in my Bloomsbury apartment. Tony Fretton was older than most…
Jørn Utzon
3 March 2017
Jørn Utzon3 March 2017
…time-consuming drawings only the working field was exposed, the rest being covered by two to four paper sheets in order to avoid smearing or dirt, and it was all covered…
Eisenman: House II
17 March 2017
Eisenman: House II17 March 2017
…a consistent sequence of architectural elements and a rigorous internal logic, for example the manipulation of a simple grid composed of pillars as in House II, in order to transform…
Fontaine: Hide-and-Seek
1 November 2019
Fontaine: Hide-and-Seek1 November 2019
– Iris Moon
…through Drawing, edited by Desley Luscombe, Helen Thomas and Niall Hobhouse, published by Lund Humphries. Order your copy through our webshop or purchase directly from the publisher. The square and compass have long…
plan presentation domestic Extracts: Women Writing Architecture DMC