Drawing Walmer Yard
4 October 2016
Drawing Walmer Yard4 October 2016
Peter Salter, Early proposal House 2 Living Room (1:20), 2010. Piano Nobile and Peter Salter. The following text is excerpted from the exhibition essay in Drawing Walmer Yard. Piano Nobile, Publications…
Ronchamp: ‘Rough to the Touch’
28 February 2020
Ronchamp: ‘Rough to the Touch’28 February 2020
Le Corbusier (1887–1965), model of south wall, Chapel de Notre-Dame-du-Haut, Ronchamp, c.1950–1951. Plaster, 127 × 216 × 38 mm. DMC 1439. The architect turned artist takes possession of the building…
Writing Prize 2020: To Measure a Croissant
9 November 2020
Writing Prize 2020: To Measure a Croissant9 November 2020
…Croissant (1991). El Croquis 49/50: 240-241. Print on paper, 340 x 488mm. C. To measure a croissant, we might: 1.1 Evaluate all ingredients involved: flour, sugar, milk, yeast, salt and…
Robert Venturi: The difficult whole
22 January 2016
Robert Venturi: The difficult whole22 January 2016
Robert Venturi (1925–2018), Facade Study for Gordon Wu Hall, Butler College, Princeton, 1981. Marker pen ink on trace, 304 × 645 mm. DMC 2041. Lying on the border between an…
Abelardo Morell
6 April 2023
Abelardo Morell6 April 2023
…a dog’s bark, a man’s shout, and folded them round the house in silence.’ [1] Note Robert Adams, Art Can Help (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2017), p.21….
Anna Atkins: Laying Out the Blueprints
21 December 2020
Anna Atkins: Laying Out the Blueprints21 December 2020
…to rapidly reproduce drawings. Anna Atkins, ‘Porphyra laciniata’, Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, 1843. The New York Public Library Digital Collections. The images are of algae, made by Anna…
Dom Hans Van Der Laan Saint Benedictusberg Abbey at Vaals
25 January 2018
Dom Hans Van Der Laan Saint Benedictusberg Abbey at Vaals25 January 2018
…church, atrium and guest quarters, St. Benedictusberg Abbey at Vaals, 1956. Pencil on paper, 220 × 280 mm. Dom Hans van der Laan (1904–1991), Cross-section of church and courtyard, St….
François-Joseph Bélanger
4 June 2016
François-Joseph Bélanger4 June 2016
François-Joseph Bélanger (1744–1818), Design for a Wall Elevation at the Hôtel Dervieux, c.1789. Pen, black and red ink over graphite with coloured washes and gouache on paper, 306 × 285…
Shower at Shatwell Farm
21 December 2020
Shower at Shatwell Farm21 December 2020
Photo: Tom Parker Being a designer and adherent of adhocism – speed, economy, improvisation and learning-as-you-go – the materials I use have a strong influence on the outcome of my…
Friedensreich Hundertwasser
15 July 2016
Friedensreich Hundertwasser15 July 2016
…(1928–2000), Hauteurs de Macchu-Picchu, 1966. Mixed media. © Estate of the architect. DMC 1563. Friedensreich Hunderstwasser (1928–2000), Hauteurs de Macchu-Picchu, 1966. Mixed media. © Estate of the architect. DMC 1563….
Cedric Price: Bathat
8 August 2016
Cedric Price: Bathat8 August 2016
Cedric Price (1934–2003), Battersea Power Station, c.1990. Red pen and coloured crayon on sketchbook sheet, 203 × 253 mm. DMC 1092. Swiftly drawn in soft orange-red crayon, four upright fingers…
Pan Scroll Zoom 8: Patrick Lynch
16 March 2021
Pan Scroll Zoom 8: Patrick Lynch16 March 2021
– Patrick Lynch
…helps everyone I think.’ Sketches from crits at Milan Polytechnic: ‘Sketches from the @ku_archland crits last week – some extremely laconic comments, e.g. “make it visible”, etc. @cathy_hawley_ @tomcoward1‘ ‘Sketches from the…
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