Hugh Strange: the Archive
22 September 2017
Hugh Strange: the Archive22 September 2017
…proposal for extended archive storage, which began to acquire other possibilities. Lying empty at the base of a steep slope, the Barton continues the monolithic presence of the Archive and together…
The Routledge Companion to Architectural Drawings and Models (2021) – Review
24 November 2022
The Routledge Companion to Architectural Drawings and Models (2021) – Review24 November 2022
…their good reads. For me there are three or four that stand out. One favourite was the first chapter by Alba Di Lieto, ‘The Well-sited Archive: The Carlo Scarpa Archive…
Building as Drawing: the Cowshed (2021) at Shatwell Farm
7 July 2023
Building as Drawing: the Cowshed (2021) at Shatwell Farm7 July 2023
…the archive room in that it includes a series of built and unbuilt commissions made for a landscape that is cultural, both conceptually and physically. The cowshed in this setting…
The Real and Imagined Worlds of Álvaro Siza
26 June 2020
The Real and Imagined Worlds of Álvaro Siza26 June 2020
…and imaginary. When flicking through Siza’s sketchbooks in the archive of Drawing Matter (where Siza’s yellow columns mark the moment of arrival), one also comes across his moments of intimate…
Remembering Architecture
18 October 2023
Remembering Architecture18 October 2023
…choices could do some work in relation to the Drawing Matter archive. The selected images represent the breadth of the project—which both celebrates and unfolds aspects of architecture—and includes work…
Sant’Elia and Global Futurist Architecture
21 July 2023
Sant’Elia and Global Futurist Architecture21 July 2023
‘Found’ in the archive at Drawing Matter, this wild text by Marinetti on his friend and collaborator Sant’Elia seems not to have been previously translated. Its occasion was a commemorative…
Dom Hans van der Laan: Drawing the Scottish Tartan
19 August 2019
Dom Hans van der Laan: Drawing the Scottish Tartan19 August 2019
…© Van der Laan Archives, St-Benedictusberg Vaals. Dom Hans van der Laan (1904–1991), Pattern of the Douglas tartan, 1968. Ink on paper. © Van der Laan Archives, St-Benedictusberg Vaals. These…
Sweet Disorder and the Carefully Careless: Ideas, Faces and Places (2022) – review
31 October 2022
Sweet Disorder and the Carefully Careless: Ideas, Faces and Places (2022) – review31 October 2022
– Eric Parry and Robin Webster
…Irish Architectural Archive, 2022. © Celia Scott. Françoise Choay, with Maxwell watercolours beyond, Sweet Disorder and the Carefully Careless: Ideas, Faces and Places, Irish Architectural Archive, 2022. © James Tuomey….
Hugh Strange Architects: Drawing Matter Archive
2 October 2018
Hugh Strange Architects: Drawing Matter Archive2 October 2018
Hugh Strange (1969), Drawing Matter Archive, Somerset, 2012. Coloured pen on paper / photocopy of 1:20 model photograph. We worked on the design of the Drawing Matter Archive in Somerset…
Return to the Archive
12 January 2024
Return to the Archive12 January 2024
…archive for architecture with drawings, models, some old books and photographs. It is a huge room. Light comes from big windows from the left. Please imagine this archive being a lost…
Geoffrey Bawa: Drawing from the Archives (2023) — Review
8 March 2024
Geoffrey Bawa: Drawing from the Archives (2023) — Review8 March 2024
…Colombo. © Dominic Sansoni. Spread from Geoffrey Bawa: Drawing from the Archives (2023), 12 – 13. Featuring Geoffrey Bawa, Preliminary sketches, Mangapwani Beach Hotel, Zanzibar, 1987. Ink on square-ruled paper….
On Tony Fretton and the Lisson Gallery
5 February 2021
On Tony Fretton and the Lisson Gallery5 February 2021
– Nicholas Logsdail
…I think there is a long recorded interview we have in the archive, which neither of them have published, if I remember rightly. Niall Hobhouse: You already had Bell Street…
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