The Town: The Dream of Unity in the 1960s
21 March 2017
The Town: The Dream of Unity in the 1960s21 March 2017
Jean-Paul Jungmann et al., From: Concours international pour unité d’habitation industrialiseé, 1966. Print. DMC 2588.1. Jean-Paul Jungmann et al., From: Concours international pour unité d’habitation industrialiseé, 1966. Print. Staying on…
Alvar Aalto’s city
1 November 2017
Alvar Aalto’s city1 November 2017
Alvar Aalto (1898–1976), elevation, Design for an administrative and cultural centre for the city of Jyväskylä, 1972. Print, 595 × 1940 mm. DMC 2846.1. For whatever reason it is produced,…
L’art tue
19 January 2017
L’art tue19 January 2017
Aerolande, L’Art Tue, 1975. Pencil and felt pen on trace, 815 × 510 mm. DMC 2594. L’ART TUE – Art Kills L’ART TUE was the name of a poster project,…
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,…
A Public Convenience
18 November 2016
A Public Convenience18 November 2016
Peter Wilson, Public Convenience, 1976. Pencil and watercolour, 333 × 493 mm. DMC 2753.3. Whoops… that sounds like the confessions of George Michael. There was in choosing this title in…
Brunswick Centre
5 December 2016
Brunswick Centre5 December 2016
Peter Myers, perspective, Brunswick Centre, 1969 (architect: Patrick Hodgkinson). Pencil on architects’ detail paper, 700 × 1200 mm. DMC 2739. It is a truism that aggressive building contractors treat architectural…
Gowan: A rather beautiful coherence
12 December 2016
Gowan: A rather beautiful coherence12 December 2016
James Gowan (1923–2015), section through house with mechanical services, Housing at East Hanningfield, 1975–1976. Colour print, 305 × 382 mm. DMC 2786.8.4. James Gowan’s Section through house with mechanical services…
Projected Sections
15 January 2017
Projected Sections15 January 2017
James Gowan, Isle of Wight House, 1956–1958. Pencil, pen, ink and coloured crayon over print base on paper, 218 × 215 mm. DMC 2789.2.1. The perspectival and axonometric section: Great…
Gordon Matta-Clark
19 January 2017
Gordon Matta-Clark19 January 2017
Gordon Matta-Clark (1943–1978), Untitled (Drawing for the Judson Memorial Poetry Reading #7), 1973. Ink and felt pen on wove paper, 317 × 1400 mm. DMC 2570. The Genesis of Architecture…
A House for A Sculptor / A House for my Mother
17 March 2017
A House for A Sculptor / A House for my Mother17 March 2017
Ugo La Pietra (1938), House for a Sculptor, 1961. Charcoal on paper, 250 × 350 mm. DMC 2007. In this drawing of his project for a house for a sculptor,…
On Collecting
3 November 2016
On Collecting3 November 2016
– Niall Hobhouse
The following text is an excerpt from a conversation between Niall Hobhouse and Farshid Moussavi, published in FunctionLab, Issue #14: Collecting. This thrill in informally assembling material of different types…