Le Palais de Darius a Persepolis
27 May 2021
Le Palais de Darius a Persepolis27 May 2021
…of Persepolis. Through a combination of plan and perspective, Coste portrayed the symmetrical arrangement and elaborate construction of the ancient winter palace. Situated in Persepolis (Old Persia), the palace (or Taçara)…
Return to the Archive
12 January 2024
Return to the Archive12 January 2024
…post mill. Photo on cardboard, 59.5 x 43.6 cm. Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Berlin. Inv. No. BZ-F 18,022. As I delved deeper, a narrative, rich in legend…
Alternative Histories: Atelier Tomas Dirrix & Boris de Beijer on Otto Schönthal
1 January 2018
Alternative Histories: Atelier Tomas Dirrix & Boris de Beijer on Otto Schönthal1 January 2018
Atelier Tomas Dirrix, Otto Scönthal’s sketch for a cemetery church, 2018. Epoxy, pigments, oils, 120 × 120 × 160 mm. Otto Schönthal (1878–1961), design for a cemetery church, 1901. Pencil,…
Alternative Histories: Nikolaus Bienefeld on James Gowan
30 July 2019
Alternative Histories: Nikolaus Bienefeld on James Gowan30 July 2019
Nikolaus Bienefeld, James Gowan’s Sketchbook 6, 2018. Lead wood, 60 × 55 × 20 mm. James Gowan (1923–2015), Sketchbook 6, 1975–1976. Contains studies and notes on pen, pencil and coloured…
Alternative Histories: Robbrecht en Daem Architecten on Le Corbusier
12 January 2019
Alternative Histories: Robbrecht en Daem Architecten on Le Corbusier12 January 2019
…(1887–1965), model of south wall, Chapel de Notre-Dame-du-Haut, Ronchamp, c.1950–1951. Plaster, 127 × 216 × 38 mm. DMC 1439. A Rain of Light It is our true belief that light…
Sketch from Vézelay from letter to Mérimée (1843)
31 July 2015
Sketch from Vézelay from letter to Mérimée (1843)31 July 2015
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814–1879), sketch from Vézelay, from an album of pencil drawings, 1850. Pencil on paper. DMC 1713. From a letter to Mérimée written in 1843 from Vézelay: You, Sir,…
letters from nicholas hawksmoor and standford white
30 April 2018
letters from nicholas hawksmoor and standford white30 April 2018
…White (November 9, 1853–June 25, 1906), Letter to Frederick William MacMonnies, Quadriga, Soldiers and Sailors’ Arch, Grand Army Plaza, 1898. Typescript, with pen & ink on paper, 265 × 202…
Alternative Histories: Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven Architecten on Ernest Born
15 July 2019
Alternative Histories: Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven Architecten on Ernest Born15 July 2019
Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven Architecten, Ernest Born’s Perspective of the main entrance to the Golden Gate International Exposition, 2018. Plaster, 180 × 90 × 190 mm. Ernest Born (1898–1992), perspective, Main…
without irony 1
28 May 2018
without irony 128 May 2018
Kathmandu International Airport, 25/04/2018. James Gowan, Trafalgar Road Housing, after 1968. DMC 2781.1….
Dating Siza: The Malagueira ‘Cupula’
23 July 2020
Dating Siza: The Malagueira ‘Cupula’23 July 2020
…(1933), page 48, from Caderno 41. DMC 2535.48. Álvaro Siza (1933), page 49, from Caderno 41. DMC 2535.49. Álvaro Siza (1933), page 50, from Caderno 41. DMC 2535.50. Álvaro Siza…
Michael Gold: Crossed Swords
10 November 2017
Michael Gold: Crossed Swords10 November 2017
…mm. DMC 2929.5. Michael Gold, section and plan, Crossed Swords, Gateway to Mecca, 1979. Print, hand-coloured with crayon on board, 467 × 620 mm. DMC 2929.4. Michael Gold, perspective, Crossed…
without irony 2
23 May 2018
without irony 223 May 2018
– Niall Hobhouse
Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen (1720–1778), Frontispiece, Marc-Antoine Laugier’s Essai sur l’architecture, c.1754. Pen and ink and grey wash on paper, 210 × 147 mm. DMC 1240. Kathmandu Valley, 22/04/2018….
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