Los Angeles Municipal Airport: Aerial perspective

People:

Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
Lloyd Wright (architect)

Title:

Los Angeles Municipal Airport: Aerial perspective

Date:

1929

Description:

- This perspective view for the Los Angeles Municipal Airport includes the lots surrounding the site, some of which are to be used for car parking. In this design the central terminal is built around an elongated hexagon, with other buildings placed around its far end.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 60.7 x 65.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0377

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

bird's-eye view

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, in graphite, c.l. to l.c.: with the functions of some of the lots outside the perimeter of the airport; and in various locations: with number sequences 15 through 0 (excluding 5), and 1 through 12 [along both axes of the inscribed grid] numbered - by the architect's son ? graphite, l.r.: "#61" [job number] numbered - by the dealer, in graphite, verso, l.l.: "LW87.048"

Subject:

architecture

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

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