Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California: Unused sheet ruled with guide line for orthographic drawings and measurements for a typical grid unit

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People:

Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
Lloyd Wright (architect)

Title:

Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California: Unused sheet ruled with guide line for orthographic drawings and measurements for a typical grid unit

Date:

between 1946 and 1950

Description:

- This unused sheet was probably prepared for a drawing for Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California. The verso of the sheet includes four discrete grids whose units each represent an equilateral parallelgram measuring 4'8" along the side and 8'0 31/32" in length. These measurements are described by Lloyd Wright in the architect's statement as the grid unit for Wayfarers' Chapel (DR1987:0869:011:009).

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Technique and media:

Graphite; verso: graphite and red pencil

Dimensions:

sheet: 90.0 x 116.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0529 R/V

Drawing Type:

line drawings
mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is stained at u.r.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, l.l. "THE" [incomplete title]; l.r.: "TYP GRID UNIT" and "858 N DOHENY DRIVE; LOS ANGELES CALIF."; and in various locations: with measurements stamped and numbered - l.r.: "199" [job number]

Location:

United States

Subject:

architecture

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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