Swedenborg Memorial Chapel, El Cerrito, California: Developmental site plan for the chapel and access road

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People:

Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
Lloyd Wright (architect)
San Francisco Society of the New Jerusalem (client)

Title:

Swedenborg Memorial Chapel, El Cerrito, California: Developmental site plan for the chapel and access road

Date:

1959

Description:

- This drawing for the site for Swedenborg Memorial Chapel, El Cerrito, California, includes calculations of gradients for the road and the placement of trees along the roadway.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawing

Technique and media:

Drawing in graphite with green pencil on translucent paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 55.8 x 130.7 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0422:001-002

Drawing Type:

line drawing
freehand drawing

Method of Projection:

site plan
sketch plans (drawings)

Point of View:

partial view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is folded and has a second, smaller sheet of tracing paper attached with pressure-sensitive tape.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, throughout: with identification of features, calculations, and gradients stamped and numbered - l.r: "#199" [cancelled with red pencil] numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, l.r.: "244" [job number; above cancelled stamp]

Location:

United States

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

access road

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

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