The Vitruvian Man: with Fresh Eyes
14 April 2021
The Vitruvian Man: with Fresh Eyes14 April 2021
β Niamh Murphy
…da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man. Source: Space Patches https://space.abemblem.com/products/eva Stephen Jay Gould once described Leonardo da Vinci as a spaceman. The second image shows the adaptation of the Vitruvian Man drawing by NASA…
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Vanishing Points: Architectural Imagination in the Digital Universe
9 February 2023
Vanishing Points: Architectural Imagination in the Digital Universe9 February 2023
John Hejduk (1929–2000), Silent Witness, 1975. Magic marker and watercolour on three boards, 315 × 647 mm. DMC 2290. 9 February – 29 July 2023, Roca Gallery, London Curated by…
OMA’S NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER
15 December 2018
OMA’S NEDERLANDS DANS THEATER15 December 2018
Stefano de Martino (1955), sketch, Nederlands Dans Theater, the Hague, c.1982. Pencil and crayon on tracing paper, 340 × 297 mm. DMC 3000.8.2. Stefano de Martino, for OMA, Nederlands Dans…
Emilio Ambasz’s ‘Italy, The New Domestic Landscape’ (1972)
9 February 2023
Emilio Ambasz’s ‘Italy, The New Domestic Landscape’ (1972)9 February 2023
β Editors
Late last year Emilio Ambasz offered us a fascinating text in which he reflects on ‘Italy, The New Domestic Landscape’, the seminal exhibition he curated in 1972 for MoMA. We have taken his text…
Stanley Peach: Church Plan based on the Figure of Christ
8 March 2021
Stanley Peach: Church Plan based on the Figure of Christ8 March 2021
β Mireya Fabregas
Charles Stanley Peach (1858–1934), Plan of a church constructed on divine principles, 1910. Pencil and watercolour with gold paint on paper, 1300 × 750 mm. DMC 2981. Charles Stanley Peach’s…
Alternative Histories: Rloaluarnad on Mario Sironi
7 March 2019
Alternative Histories: Rloaluarnad on Mario Sironi7 March 2019
RLOALUARNAD, Mario Sironi’s perspective study of a four-storey building, 2018. Timber, card, medium-density fibreboard, paper, paint, 250 × 250 × 230 mm. Mario Sironi (1855–1961), architectural study, 1925–1938. Charcoal on…
Γlvaro Siza β An ‘Amoral’ Architect
27 March 2023
Γlvaro Siza β An ‘Amoral’ Architect27 March 2023
…cluster of type A houses, Malagueira, page 32, Caderno 56, 1980. DMC 2540.32. Self-portrait with figures, page 53, Caderno 56, 1980. DMC 2540.53. Note Quotations are taken from Herberto Helder’s ‘Memoria-Montagem’….
Trevor Dannatt: St Mary’s Grove β Hook & Extension
28 August 2023
Trevor Dannatt: St Mary’s Grove β Hook & Extension28 August 2023
β Adrian Dannatt
…room and garage, St Mary’s Grove, London, 1960. Pencil on tracing, 510 × 710 mm. DMC 3504.18.1. Trevor Dannatt (1920–2021), General arrangement plans, Extension, St Mary’s Grove, London, c.1978. Pencil…
14 Wine Street, Bristol
29 April 2021
14 Wine Street, Bristol29 April 2021
β Lee Marable
Henry Crisp, Proposed Shop Front & alterations for Mr S J Burman, Bristol, 1885. Pen, ink and watercolour on wove paper, 368 × 508 mm. DMC 2708. Whilst leafing through…
Alternative Histories: Witherford Watson Mann on Cedric Price
4 February 2019
Alternative Histories: Witherford Watson Mann on Cedric Price4 February 2019
…c.1990. Red pen and coloured crayon on sketchbook sheet, 203 × 253 mm. DMC 1092. —–Original Message—– From: William Mann Sent: 17 January 2019 19:22 To: cedric@cpa.org Cc: Stephen Witherford;…
Startha Γagsula: Grafton Architects on Paulo Mendes da Rocha
20 October 2020
Startha Γagsula: Grafton Architects on Paulo Mendes da Rocha20 October 2020
β Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara
…São Pedro, 2018. Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928), Capela de São Pedro, Palácio da Boa Vista, Campos do Jordão, 1987. Oil pastel on tracing paper. We are always the same…
DMC sketch elevation religion alternative histories (project)