Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California: Two conceptual sketches for an outdoor exedra on a hill near the parking lot

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People:

Lloyd Wright (architect)
Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)

Title:

Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California: Two conceptual sketches for an outdoor exedra on a hill near the parking lot

Date:

between 1953 and 1958

Description:

- This sketch site plan for Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California, includes two sketches for the exhedra and the walkway leading from the parking area to the exhedra. An inscription refers to the apartment house on the adjacent lot.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

conceptual drawings

Technique and media:

Graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 25.2 x 47.8 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0657

Drawing Type:

line drawings
freehand drawings
sketches

Method of Projection:

sketch site plans

Point of View:

general views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet is trimmed unevenly.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, c.l.: "TYPICAL / APT. HOUSE BLOCK / TONE [ZONE?] C-1 / PHILAROM [sic] CO."; t.: "KELVIN VANDERLIP / MEMORIAL", "(EXHEDRA.)"; l.l.: "PARKING / PARKING AREA"; and in various locations: with calculations, elevations, compass points and notes stamped and numbered - l.r.: "243" [job number]

Location:

United States

Subject:

architecture
landscape architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

parking lot
exedra (site element)

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

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