Alternative Histories: Lilith Ronner van Hooijdonk on Edward Blore
29 July 2019
Alternative Histories: Lilith Ronner van Hooijdonk on Edward Blore29 July 2019
Lilith Ronner van Hooijdonk, Edward Blore’s elevations and ground plans for a pair of gothic structures, 2018. Plywood, paint, paper, profiled plastic, tape, branches, fabric, 3D-printed polyamide powder, 500 ×…
Alternative Histories: Marie-José Van Hee on Hans Hollein
14 February 2019
Alternative Histories: Marie-José Van Hee on Hans Hollein14 February 2019
Marie-José Van Hee, Hans Hollein’s sketch for City, Communication Interchange, 2018. Cardboard, 300 × 110 × 90 mm. Hans Hollein (1934–2014), City, Communication Interchange, c.1960. Red chalk on wove paper,…
Derrida & Eisenman: Laugh(ing) of(f) the lyre
22 March 2021
Derrida & Eisenman: Laugh(ing) of(f) the lyre22 March 2021
…on paper, 28 × 22 mm. Peter Eisenman fonds Canadian Centre for Architecture © Estate of Jacques Derrida. ‘I think I understand, at least in principle.’ [1] Jacques Derrida tries…
Trees Move In
22 October 2020
Trees Move In22 October 2020
…Drawing Matter would like to thank the author and the journal’s editors for allowing us to reproduce the essays on www.drawingmatter.org. To order a copy of Log 49, click here….
The First Exercise, One Door and One Window
1 June 2023
The First Exercise, One Door and One Window1 June 2023
…four months, I spent my days at the university’s library looking at the usual suspects—Le Corbusier, Mies Van Den Rohe, Alvar Aalto, Luis Barragán, I razionalisti italiani, etc. I was…
Place and Displacement: Rubbings from Architecture
12 April 2021
Place and Displacement: Rubbings from Architecture12 April 2021
Sam van Strien, American Electric Power: Place & Displacement, 2017. Charcoal rubbing, laser-cut engraving, tyvek, plywood, 1820 × 2380 mm (each). The process of making a rubbing transcends the traditional…
Stirling at Stuttgart: Rear View / Up Views
15 June 2020
Stirling at Stuttgart: Rear View / Up Views15 June 2020
…picked up from his time working with John Miller. Evenings were loud with Schaad’s selection of Rolling Stones and Bob Marley on his reel-to-reel tape recorder. I know its only Rock…
Materia: Render
12 April 2022
Materia: Render12 April 2022
…of render technology, in a bid to improve render’s longevity, mix synthetic acrylic polymers with cement, sand, and lime to create a surface that has high water resistance, flexibility, adhesion,…
biq: Revealing Construction
26 May 2021
biq: Revealing Construction26 May 2021
…practice who explicitly espouse their interest in construction is biq, a Rotterdam practice headed by Rick Wessels and until 2014 Hans van der Heijden, who now continues to explore the theme…
Architecture and Real Abstraction: Adler & Sullivan
12 September 2023
Architecture and Real Abstraction: Adler & Sullivan12 September 2023
– Francesco Marullo
…between 1886 –1907, is not among the most impressive commercial projects of Adler & Sullivan. It was a cheap but experimental steel framing system on isolated footings, with an austere,…
industry & infrastructure construction drawing symposium april 2023 (series) DMC