Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California: Plan developed on an equilateral parallelogram grid, north and south elevations and section for the cloister, cloister garden and parish house, including campanile as-built

Part of:

People:

Lloyd Wright (architect)
K.A.Z. (draughtsman)

Title:

Date:

30 August 1954

Description:

- The site contours on this drawing for Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California, are delineated on the verso as is the equilateral parallelogram grid from which the plan was developed. The grid unit is inscribed on several orthographic drawings (eg. DR1987:0530) and is described by Lloyd Wright in the architect's statement (DR1987:0869:011:009).

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing
record drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite; verso: graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 91.7 x 121.7 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0706 R/V

Drawing Type:

line drawings
mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings)

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)
section
elevations (drawings)

Point of View:

general views
exterior views
interior view

Inscription:

inscribed, signed, dated and numbered - by the draughtsman, in graphite, l.l. to b.: with title; l.r.: "PALOS VERDES / CALIFORNIA", "LLOYD WRIGHT, ARCHITECT / 858 N DOHENY DR; LOS ANGELES CALIF.", "KAZ / AUG 30, 1954. 25 [sheet number?]"; c.l.: with compass points and "HORIZ. BASE LINE"; and in various locations: with identification of views, identification of features, buildings and rooms, measurements, elevations and notes on finished appearance and on property boundaries numbered - by the architect's son ? in graphite, l.r.: "#243" [job number]

Location:

United States

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

cloister garden

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

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