Drawing is one of life’s great pleasures. And drawings are really useful tools for understanding architecture: reconstructions transform historic buildings into their original contexts, while cutaways explore the relationships between volumes that we can’t normally perceive. None of these old-school drawings have been near new-fangled CGI, as they’re hand-to-eye, and all about the ‘Three P’s’: pencils, pens and paints. And – yes, patience.
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Reconstructions
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- Kew Palace c.1750
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- Drawing of Edward I’s Bed
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- Reconstruction of Train Shed
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- Hampton Court Great Hall, c.1528
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- Jervaulx Abbey
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- Stowe House c.1690, sketch
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- Nonsuch Palace Reconstruction, c.1550
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- Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition, 1857
Cutaways
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- Stirling Castle, cutaway
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- Hampton Court cutaway, 1527
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- Coliseum, Rome
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- Cutaway analysis of house
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- Canterbury Cathedral
Other Drawings
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- Bibury Gloucestershire
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- Little Venice
