Aldo Rossi: Divination of a Drawing
18 January 2021
Aldo Rossi: Divination of a Drawing18 January 2021
Aldo Rossi (1931–1997), study for a hall of residence for a student housing competition, Trieste, 1975. Wax crayon on ‘eliocopia’, 310 × 290 mm. DMC 2341. © Eredi Aldo Rossi….
Wright & Lautner: The Divorce
12 May 2020
Wright & Lautner: The Divorce12 May 2020
…DMC 1298. Wright’s Eaglefeather (1941) – hilltop Malibu extravaganza for the filmmaker Arch Oboler – was running into trouble. Lloyd Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright’s son, oversaw construction drawings and supervision,…
Quinta da Malagueira
11 August 2023
Quinta da Malagueira11 August 2023
…(1933), Sketched aerial perspective, Malagueira, Évora. Ballpoint pen , 210 × 297 mm. DMC 2393.3. Quinta da Malagueira is perhaps the last great ‘social housing project’. That is, it is…
Startha Éagsula: t o b Architect on James Gowan
3 December 2020
Startha Éagsula: t o b Architect on James Gowan3 December 2020
t o b Architect, James Gowan’s studies for Greenwich Housing Projects, 2020. James Gowan (1923–2015), studies, Greenwich Housing Projects, London, 1963–1968. Pencil on trace. DMC 2780.4. There is a ramp;…
Haiku
28 April 2020
Gowan: A rather beautiful coherence
12 December 2016
Gowan: A rather beautiful coherence12 December 2016
James Gowan (1923–2015), section through house with mechanical services, Housing at East Hanningfield, 1975–1976. Colour print, 305 × 382 mm. DMC 2786.8.4. James Gowan’s Section through house with mechanical services…
Alternative Histories: Carmody Groarke on Haus-Rücker-Co
22 February 2019
Alternative Histories: Carmody Groarke on Haus-Rücker-Co22 February 2019
Carmody Groarke, Haus-Rucker-Co’s plan and two sections of a wind cover installation at Museum Haus Lang, 2018. Travertine, 184 × 184 × 45 mm. Haus-Rücker-Co, plan and two sections of…
Alternative Histories: Hild und K Architekten on James Gowan
10 August 2019
Alternative Histories: Hild und K Architekten on James Gowan10 August 2019
Hild und K Architekten, James Gowan’s curved shapes and a car, 2018. Pear wood, 210 × 145 × 140 mm. James Gowan (1923–2015), curved shapes and a car, sketchbook 5,…
Adolfo Natalini: The last supper
5 April 2018
Adolfo Natalini: The last supper5 April 2018
Adolfo Natalini (1941), The Last Supper, 1972. Typewritten text. DMC 2974….
Trevor Dannatt: St Mary’s Grove — House Number & Gate
4 July 2023
Trevor Dannatt: St Mary’s Grove — House Number & Gate4 July 2023
…Trevor Dannatt (1920–2021), Plan of new gates (fabricated by A. J. Binns), St Mary’s Grove, London, 1956. Pencil, pen and ink on tracing, 420 × 255 mm. DMC 3504.16. Detail;…
Alternative Histories: NoAarchitecten on Álvaro Siza
30 July 2019
Alternative Histories: NoAarchitecten on Álvaro Siza30 July 2019
noAarchitecten, Álvaro Siza’s elevation and plan of B-FFH ASE 06, 2018. Wood, paint, 270 × 320 × 55 mm. Álvaro Siza (1933), Elevations and site plan, Bouça housing project, 1973….
Zahalternative Histories: O’Donnell + Tuomey on Zaha Hadid
19 January 2021
Zahalternative Histories: O’Donnell + Tuomey on Zaha Hadid19 January 2021
– John Tuomey
…O’Donnell + Tuomey’s Alternative Histories model. This commentary is the first in a series organised by the Irish Architectural Archive. The series, Startha Eagsula Insights, continues on the IAA’s website….
DMC alternative histories (project)