Moses, Nalina

Single-Handedly: Contemporary Architects Draw - Park Books/University of Chicago Press 2017 - 240p. 20.32 x 2.54 x 27.94 cm

Its a collection of sixteen architectural artifacts a mask, a church, a labyrinth, a dwelling, a bust, and a series of totems, among others designed by WOJR: Organization for Architecture, based in Cambridge, MA. The work is presented three times throughout the book in conceptual drawings, architectural drawings, and images. Certain characteristics recur such as symmetry, frontality, figurality, proportionality, flatness and depth, outlining WOJR's preoccupation with fundamental aspects of architectural form that are rich in historical precedent. The new book carves a space for discourse around the role of architectural representation in a contemporary context

9781616897260


Architectural Drawings
Architecture
Historical Precedent

ARCH / MOS