Plan and decorative details of the soffit of the upper and lower balconies for the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo

People:

Frank Lloyd Wright (architect)
Office of Frank Lloyd Wright (Tokyo, Japan) (draughtsman)
Baron Okura Impeho (client)

Title:

Plan and decorative details of the soffit of the upper and lower balconies for the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo

Date:

1914 or 1915

Description:

- The two drawings on this sheet are partial reflected ceiling plans for upper and lower balcony soffits for the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo. Both drawings include areas where the decorative treatment of the soffit is worked out in detail, including the decoration around the dome of the lower balcony. The entire sheet is covered with a 7.5 cm grid.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing
detail drawings

Technique and media:

Graphite with brown pencil

Dimensions:

sheet: 58.0 x 79.7 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0271

Drawing Type:

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

Method of Projection:

reflected ceiling plan

Point of View:

partial views

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, l.l.: "Plan of Soffit of Upper Balcony of Banquet Hall"; c.r.: "Plan of Soffit of Lower Balcony in Banquet Hall / Sections A.-A."; u.c..: "Dome", "Stone / Soffit"; c.: "Wood", "Stone"; c.r.: "Metal + Glass / Inserts"; l.r.: "IMPERIAL"; c.: with an erased inscription; c.r.: with an illeg. inscription numbered - by a member of the FLW Foundation, in graphite, l.l.: "1509.27" [foundation number]

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

soffit

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

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