Banham in Buffalo
13 May 2024
Banham in Buffalo13 May 2024
…(1922–1988), ‘Field notes’ on the Larkin Building, Chicago Street, Buffalo, 1977. Courtesy of the University at Buffalo University Archives. Simultaneously, Banham pursued his own research with ‘field studies’ focused on…
Louis-Hippolyte Lebas at Drawing Matter
27 May 2024
Louis-Hippolyte Lebas at Drawing Matter27 May 2024
– Editors and Nicholas Olsberg
…(1782–1867), interior perspective of gallery, Roman palazzo or church, Italy, c.1800. Engraving, 430 × 300 mm. DMC 1626. Louis-Hippolyte Lebas (1782–1867), plan, Farnese gardens, Rome, Italy, c.1800. Engraving, 460 ×…
Design Drawings Damage Atlas (2023)
15 April 2024
Design Drawings Damage Atlas (2023)15 April 2024
A lesson in not drinking coffee when working with drawings. Collection Nieuwe Instituut, c/o Pictoright Amsterdam 2023, G. TH. Rietveld Archive, RIET40.2. Photographer: Johannes Schwartz. Snap, crackle, pop. Oh, that…
Superstudio: Finding the Horizon
12 August 2021
Superstudio: Finding the Horizon12 August 2021
…placed. Superstudio, Positano, 1969. Collage, print and graphite on tracing paper and paper, 455 × 540 mm. Photo: © Georges Meguerditchian – Centre Pompidou, MNAN-CCI/Dist. RMN-GP. Courtesy of Gian Piero…
Alberto Ponis, The London Years
14 December 2023
Alberto Ponis, The London Years14 December 2023
…to reality … ending with ‘DOUBTS’.[Fig.12] Fig.12. Alberto Ponis. Sketchbook page 48, 1962-67. DMC 3507.48. In 1963, Ponis recalled the exultant mood in Lasdun’s office when the news of the National…
John Nash: Designs for Langham House, ca. 1812–1816
6 September 2021
John Nash: Designs for Langham House, ca. 1812–18166 September 2021
…elevation of south front, Langham House, 1812. Pen and ink on wove paper, 337 × 500 mm. DMC 1712.5. John Nash (1752–1835), elevation, original design for Langham House, 1812. Pencil,…
DMJ 2 – Drawing Instruments: Instrumental Drawings
7 September 2021
DMJ 2 – Drawing Instruments: Instrumental Drawings7 September 2021
…1866). Vitruvius, De Architectura, I. 2. 2. Wilbur Richard Knoff, The Ancient Tradition of Geometric Problems (New York: Dover, 1986), 15. [John Farey], ‘Drawing Instruments’, in David Brewster et al., The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, vol.VIII, (Edinburgh…
Architecture at the Edge
13 January 2021
Architecture at the Edge13 January 2021
– Craig Moller and Marco Moro
…for two years. That’s why most people do it. I was really interested in doing more study, so I went to America, Yale University, for a two-year master’s degree. Since…
Cartographies of the Imagination
4 June 2021
Cartographies of the Imagination4 June 2021
– Kirsty Badenoch and Sayan Skandarajah
…2945.2. Peter Wilson, Eurolandschaft – A Derive, 1998. Mixed media, 182 × 242 mm. DMC 2945.18. Peter Wilson, Eurolandschaft – A Derive, 1998. Mixed media, 182 × 242 mm. DMC…
Sant’Elia and Global Futurist Architecture
21 July 2023
Sant’Elia and Global Futurist Architecture21 July 2023
…(1876—1944) and Antonio Sant’Elia (1888—1916), Mostra delle opere dell’architetto futurisa comasco Sant’Elia Catalogue 1930. Print on paper, 170 x 123 mm. DMC 3037. Born in Como on 30 April 1888…
On the Street
14 June 2024
On the Street14 June 2024
…by a drain in King’s hometown, Bangor in Maine). Things, including paper boats and arms, disappear down the drain. There is, it seems, something innately terrifying about drains. As street…
Pan Scroll Zoom 7: MOS
25 February 2021
Pan Scroll Zoom 7: MOS25 February 2021
– Fabrizio Gallanti, Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample
…1, Orange, New Jersey, 2011. Speculative proposal for MoMA exhibition, ‘Foreclosed.’ House No. 10 (House With Courtyard), Cambridge, New York, 2019. House No. 8 (Ramp Hill), 2015. Tower No. 1,…
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