Blueprint showing two methods of projecting text onto the exterior walls of the House of the Future, Daily Mail Ideal Homes Exhibition, London, England

People:

Edward Wright (draughtsman)
Alison Margaret Smithson (architect)
Peter Smithson (architect)

Title:

Blueprint showing two methods of projecting text onto the exterior walls of the House of the Future, Daily Mail Ideal Homes Exhibition, London, England

Date:

24 January 1956

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing

Technique and media:

Blueprint

Dimensions:

sheet: 43.5 x 79.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1995:0043

Drawing Type:

line drawings
mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings)
freehand drawing

Method of Projection:

exterior elevations

Point of View:

exterior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Tears at u.l., u.r., c.l., c.r. and l.r. Originally folded into three parts.

Inscription:

numbered, dated and signed - by the draughtsman, on the original, l.r.: "1/48", with scale and "24.1.56 / Ed Wright" imprinted and numbered - by the draughtsman, on the original, c.: "house of the future"; l.c.: "house / of the / future"; and l.r.: "HF1" [number in subscript] inscribed - by the draughtsman, on the original, throughtout: with measurements and a note

Location:

London; England; United Kingdom;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

stairs
houses
walls
text (layout feature)

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

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