Lehigh Airports Competition Entry: Sketch plan for the airport showing alternate designs for airplane circulation

People:

Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
Lloyd Wright (architect)

Title:

Lehigh Airports Competition Entry: Sketch plan for the airport showing alternate designs for airplane circulation

Date:

1929

Description:

- The entire site appears at lower left, sketched in graphite with the amphibian landing, dock, hangars and airplane circulation route highlighted in India ink. This sketch, and the others on this sheet that deal with the path taxiing airplanes will follow in picking up and depositing passengers at the station, are part of a series of eight drawings (DR1987:0347 - DR1987:0349, DR1987:0352 - DR1987:0354, DR1987:0358 and DR1987:0390). For a more detailed discussion of this drawing and its relationship to others in this series, consult Shubert.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing
conceptual drawings

Technique and media:

Graphite and pen and india ink with red pencil

Dimensions:

sheet: 30.4 x 30.4 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0352

Drawing Type:

line drawing
freehand drawing

Method of Projection:

sketch plans (drawings)

Point of View:

partial view

Inscription:

numbered - by the architect's son ? graphite, u.r.: "#61" [job number] numbered - by the dealer, in graphite, verso, u.l.: "LW87.008"

Subject:

architecture

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

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