Alexander Brodsky: The Shed
18 May 2018
Alexander Brodsky: The Shed18 May 2018
Alexander Brodsky (1955), accompanying letter from Alexander Brodsky to Niall Hobhouse. DMC 2997.1. Alexander Brodsky (1955), Design for The Shed, 15 Biennale Di Venezia, 2016. Fibre tipped pen, ink and…
Schinkel: ‘Precisely Loose’
19 June 2018
Schinkel: ‘Precisely Loose’19 June 2018
Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781–1841), Construction for Entrance Facade, Tilebein House, Stettin, Prussia, 1806. Sepia ink and colour washes on paper, two sheets joined, 1000 × 605 mm. DMC 1856.1. What…
Architectural Research Quarterly: Plan
13 July 2018
Architectural Research Quarterly: Plan13 July 2018
Adolf Loos (1870–1933), plan and section, Tristan Tzara House, 1925. Ink on paper, 342 × 345 mm. DMC 2947.1. Volume 22, Issue 1 pp. 8–40 This issue of arq introduces…
arq : plan, Stan Allen, Helen Mallinson, Niall Hobhouse
20 July 2018
arq : plan, Stan Allen, Helen Mallinson, Niall Hobhouse20 July 2018
Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484–1546), Illustration to Vitruvius Book III, Chapter 2, c.1530–1545. Pen and dark brown ink on laid paper, 150 × 250 mm. DMC 2939 r. arq…
Foster + Partners: CLEVELAND CLINIC HEALTH EDUCATION CAMPUS
26 July 2018
Foster + Partners: CLEVELAND CLINIC HEALTH EDUCATION CAMPUS26 July 2018
Foster + Partners, coordination drawing, Cleveland Clinic Health Education Campus, Ohio, 2015. BIM drawing. DMC 2909.7. Following on from Farshid Moussavi’s curatorial decision to create a display of construction drawings…
Behind the Lines 6
13 August 2018
Behind the Lines 613 August 2018
Richard Bentley (1708–1782), A Neo-Gothic Fireplace, possibly for Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, Surrey, 1754. Brown, black and grey wash, black ink and pencil, 335 × 250 mm. DMC 1397. Richard Bentley…
Nicholas Grimshaw
5 April 2018
Nicholas Grimshaw5 April 2018
Nicholas Grimshaw (1939), Arthur Phillip Vertical High School, Sydney, 2017. Digital drawing, 500 × 670 mm. DMC 2909.8. This axonometric of the Arthur Phillip High School illustrates the very inner…
Netherfield Scroll One
28 August 2018
Netherfield Scroll One28 August 2018
– Chris Cross, Jeremy Dixon and Edward Jones
The following two-part conversation surrounds the acquisition of the Netherfield Scroll – a 20-foot-long drawing created c. 1971 by Chris Cross, Jeremy Dixon, Michael Gold and Edward Jones, otherwise known…
Le Corbusier: Sketch for the Governor’s Palace, Chandigarh, India
7 September 2018
Le Corbusier: Sketch for the Governor’s Palace, Chandigarh, India7 September 2018
Le Corbusier (1887–1965), Sketch (numbered ‘4’) for the Governor’s Palace, Chandigarh, India, Amis (Friends), 27 May 1953. Pen, pencil and coloured pencil on paper, torn from a sketchbook in the…
Aux Citoyens Membres de La Commune attachés à la commissions des services publics
7 September 2018
Aux Citoyens Membres de La Commune attachés à la commissions des services publics7 September 2018
Hector Horeau (1801–1872), Design for converting La Madeleine to an omnibus office, 9 April 1871. Pencil, pen and ink on reverse of title page of publication by Horeau, 615 ×…
Buckminster Fuller’s Geodesic Sphere
9 October 2018
Buckminster Fuller’s Geodesic Sphere9 October 2018
Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983), Study Drawing for a Geodesic Sphere, 1975. Pen on paper, 610 × 480 mm. DMC 1022. Frail and delicate, Richard Buckminster Fuller’s drawing of a geodesic…
Behind the Lines 5
10 May 2018
Behind the Lines 510 May 2018
– Philippa Lewis
Cassius Goldsmith, Front Elevation, Design for a Gate Lodge, c.1827. Pen, ink and watercolour on Whatman 1827 paper, 252 × 382 mm. DMC 2706.1. Boughton Monchelsea Maidstone September 26, 1828…
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