Writer: Matt Page

Behind the Walls
23 March 2020

Behind the Walls23 March 2020

– Matt Page

Albert, an artist known only by his first name, thinks about buildings in ways similar to an architect. As he draws, he imagines the structures on the page having a future life in bricks and mortar, considering as he does so whether the audience for his drawings will ask themselves,… Read More

domestic sketch theoretical & imaginary

James Gowan Millbank: Sketches and Comments
9 December 2019

James Gowan Millbank: Sketches and Comments9 December 2019

– Matt Page

The following text was first published in 1977 in an issue of AD Profiles dedicated to the Millbank Housing Competition. Run by the Crown Estate, the competition to develop a site adjacent to Vauxhall Bridge attracted nearly five hundred entries, including proposals from Alison and Peter Smithson, Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano,… Read More

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Aux Citoyens Membres de La Commune attachés à la commissions des services publics
7 September 2018

Aux Citoyens Membres de La Commune attachés à la commissions des services publics7 September 2018

– Matt Page

i Hector Horeau’s sketch of the Church of La Madeleine came at the height of the Paris Commune – the radical socialist regime that governed the French capital from 18 March – 28 May 1871. Although dated 19 April 1871, the drawing is on the verso of a frontispiece to Panorama… Read More

elevation presentation civic & municipal DMC sketch plan