Tag: Book

Franco Purini: Drawings of Imagination
03.09.2026

Franco Purini: Drawings of Imagination03.09.2026

– Lina Malfona

‘The drawing represents the medianic exploration of the shaded side of reason and, contradictorily, the scene of an ideal landscape in which the architect believes he will be happy. As the place of theoretical truth, the drawing institutes itself independently of architecture. Superior to architecture by the fact that it… Read More

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Reading Dirty Old River
08.09.2025

Reading Dirty Old River08.09.2025

– Marwa El Mubark

The act of looking is complex. It varies depending on the observer, the medium, and what is being observed. In Dirty Old River, the observer, Tom Emerson, is looking at the world through the eyes of photographers, writers, and artists among a larger set of characters. The observed range of artefacts… Read More

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On the Street
14.06.2024

On the Street14.06.2024

– Edwin Heathcote

The Drawing Matter editors have been enjoying Eddie Heathcote’s On the Street: In-Between Architecture and wanted to share the following short extracts. Draining Against the wall under the portico of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome is a strange object, looking a little like a pancake with… Read More

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