"Design for an Embassy,"
Abel Faidy, 1959.
CHICAGO, ILL. - Before using computers, architects employed only
two visual formats in drawing the design of a building, the plan
and the elevation. Neither view is truly apparent in the
completed structure and thus remains conceptual artworks hidden
forever in architectural files.
Twentieth Century designers used this mathematical format
throughout the development of modern design, displaying graphic
beauty in the pure logic of geometry.
ArchiTech has assembled a collection of elevation drawings from
school homework assignments to Loop skyscraper designs that
demonstrate the power of this archaic format in reducing a
building to its elemental lines.
Rare works by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Bruce Goff and Alfonso
Iannelli communicate how an architect thinks on paper and offer
the collector a new way to appreciate the creation of a building.
Located at 730 North Franklin, Suite 200, the gallery is open
noon to 6 pm, Thursdays through Saturdays. For information,
www.architechgallery.com.
