Benjamin Wistar Morris and a new Metropolitan Opera House
10 June 2022
Benjamin Wistar Morris and a new Metropolitan Opera House10 June 2022
…may be dispersed among multiple archives and large archives often contain these types of drawings that form an in-depth record of architects’ efforts. Objects like these six drawings often are…
Peter Wilson and Mark Dorrian in conversation – Part 1
20 June 2024
Peter Wilson and Mark Dorrian in conversation – Part 120 June 2024
– Mark Dorrian and Peter Wilson
…project with Leon. Shortly afterwards I drew The Second London Fire project, which is now in the AA archive. It was a reaction to Leon’s Reconstruction of the European City…
The Cottage at Bromley
28 June 2021
The Cottage at Bromley28 June 2021
– Tim Anstey and Mari Lending
Enjoyable finds in archives often emerge between the lines. Inside RIBA Collections, which is organised to form a narrative celebrating architects and their works, we found a gem of modern…
Pan Scroll Zoom 4: Pezo von Ellrichshausen
18 November 2020
Pan Scroll Zoom 4: Pezo von Ellrichshausen18 November 2020
– Sofia von Ellrichshausen, Fabrizio Gallanti and Mauricio Pezo
…Courtesy of PVE archive. Pezo von Ellrichshausen, Guna House, Llacolen, Chile, 2013. Oil on canvas, 300 × 300 mm. Courtesy of PVE archive. FG: I am very intrigued by your…
The ‘indispensable ingredients of sublimity’: Smirke and Papworth’s Designs for the Wellington Testimonial
20 November 2023
The ‘indispensable ingredients of sublimity’: Smirke and Papworth’s Designs for the Wellington Testimonial20 November 2023
George Papworth (1781–1855), design for Wellington Testimonial, Dublin, July – December 1815. Ink and grey wash on paper, 740 x 355 mm. Courtesy of the Irish Architectural Archive, 2001/156.1. In…
Pan Scroll Zoom 11: Architecten Jan De Vylder Inge Vinck
19 April 2021
Pan Scroll Zoom 11: Architecten Jan De Vylder Inge Vinck19 April 2021
– Fabrizio Gallanti, Inge Vinck and Jan De Vylder
…experimentations, accruing year on year. The archive is permanently accessible. FG: You often mention the terms ‘archive’ and ‘references’. You belong to a generation of cultivated architects who have returned…
‘A free composition of bodies’: the Härlanda Church
30 May 2023
‘A free composition of bodies’: the Härlanda Church30 May 2023
…Archive. Site plan as submitted the competition, c. 1952. Section through the church, February 1957. Courtesy of the Celsing Archive. Floor plans and site plan, final scheme, 1958. Courtesy of…
Josef Frank: Happy Accidentism
21 September 2019
Josef Frank: Happy Accidentism21 September 2019
…on paper. Josef Frank Archive, Stockholm. Josef Frank (1885–1967), 13 Fantasy Houses for Dagmar Grill (8-13), 1947. Ink on paper. Josef Frank Archive, Stockholm. House No 9 is the most…
Richard J. Neutra
10 August 2018
Richard J. Neutra10 August 2018
…with the outdoors.’ Panels from ‘Modern Architecture for the Modern School,’, 1942. MoMA Archives. Panels from ‘Modern Architecture for the Modern School,’, 1942. MoMA Archives. The influence of these images…
Architectural Covers: A Site of Design
7 February 2024
Architectural Covers: A Site of Design7 February 2024
…of buildings, the stacks of paper that scattered as flyers, posters, newspapers, and letters are an important factor in this material layer of gentrification. Roger Katan (1931), Archive of preparatory…
Walter Pichler: 20 Sketches from the Archives
13 October 2015
Walter Pichler: 20 Sketches from the Archives13 October 2015
…Walter Pichler (1936–2012), Study sketch for the Underground City, 1960–1964. Pen and ink on wove paper, 210 × 297 mm. DMC 2327.49r. For more sketches from the Pichler archive, register…
sketch plan section elevation concept & diagram domestic DMC