A life of their own (1985)
28 August 2015
A life of their own (1985)28 August 2015
β Paul Rudolph
Paul Rudolph (1918–1997), Model Flap House for Grand Rapids housing exhibition, 1955. Black and brown ink with pencil underdrawing, 654 × 1060 mm. DMC 2301. Paul Rudolph (1918–1997), Model Flap…
Mies: The Horizon
14 June 2020
Mies: The Horizon14 June 2020
β Robin Evans
…mm. Excerpted from ‘Mies van der Rohe’s Paradoxical Symmetries’, 1990, in Robin Evans, Translations from Drawing to Buildings (London: Architectural Association, 1997). Notes See, for example, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down: Radical…
A. W. N. Pugin
13 March 2018
A. W. N. Pugin13 March 2018
β Peter Howell
…Lord Feilding’s letter, as does Rosemary Hill, ‘A. W. N. Pugin and Viscount Feilding’, True Principles 3 (2008), pp. 25–31. For Pantasaph see Edward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (London, 1994), pp. 414–5….
Three Timber Constructions
10 July 2018
Three Timber Constructions10 July 2018
β David Grandorge
…two distinct advantages: firstly, it is fairly cheap relative to other building products. Secondly, it is a democratic material – one can move from a base of low skill to…
2024 Architecture Summer School: Translations between drawings and models
27 September 2024
2024 Architecture Summer School: Translations between drawings and models27 September 2024
β Jesper Authen and Matt Page
…made for Alternative Histories, a project that invited architecture practices to converse with drawings from Drawing Matter’s collection by making models. Hans Poelzig (1869–1936), sketch, Grosses Schauspielhaus, Berlin, 1919. Black…
What’s a Bludder Sketch?
28 February 2022
What’s a Bludder Sketch?28 February 2022
β Declan Quirke
Bengt Lindroos (1918–2010), sketch showing an imaginary scene of Lindroos’ studio working on the Södermalm masterplan, 1981. ArkDes Archive, Stockholm. As a timid foreigner in the Swedish Centre for Architecture…
Dariaβs Aria
23 April 2020
Dariaβs Aria23 April 2020
β Sarah Handelman
…vision at mass scale. And indeed, the colour, texture, fold-outs and pop-ups, not least variety of contributors – from Jean Cocteau to Saul Steinberg – made Flair the emigré cousin of Aria. Pallavicini saw Flair through its first…
Eisenman: House II
17 March 2017
Eisenman: House II17 March 2017
β Stefano Corbo
…representations. It’s not representing anything; it is the incarnation of the thing. – Peter Eisenman, 2013 The Canadian Centre for Architecture, which holds Peter Eisenman’s archive, has more than 2,000…
Tim Robinson: Deep Mapping
26 February 2024
Tim Robinson: Deep Mapping26 February 2024
β Tom Cookson
…Press), 218. Brian Dillon, ‘An Interview with Tim Robinson’ Field Day Review 3. (2007), 38. Gladwin & Cusick, Op. cit., 200. Gladwin & Cusick, 204. Gladwin & Cusick,199. Dillon, Op. cit., 38….
Drawings as Cosmovisions
12 August 2024
Drawings as Cosmovisions12 August 2024
β Fernanda Canales
…poplar, red cedar, American walnut, and MDF. Installed: 929 x 2750 cm (MCD140398). Courtesy of the artist and kurimanzutto, Mexico City / New York. Finding Oneself Outside, 2019, New Museum,…
The Ultimate Climes of John Lautner (1986)
4 May 2020
The Ultimate Climes of John Lautner (1986)4 May 2020
β Esther McCoy
John Lautner (1911–1994), Suspended scheme, house and studio for the artist Edgar Ewing on Mt Washington, Los Angeles, 1952. Print with colour wash and crayon, 780 × 780 mm. DMC…
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