Los Angeles Municipal Airport [?]: Runway site plan; verso: Los Angeles Municipal Airport [?]: Runway plan

People:

Lloyd Wright (architect)
Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)

Title:

Los Angeles Municipal Airport [?]: Runway site plan; verso: Los Angeles Municipal Airport [?]: Runway plan

Date:

1929

Description:

- The central drawing on this sheet is an A-shaped runway scheme inscribed in pentagon within the square site. The site plan is surrounded by smaller conceptual sketches of different runway plans. The drawing on the verso shows the same A-shape runway scheme, but with a tri-lobed outline.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing
conceptual drawings

Technique and media:

Graphite with red and purple pencil; verso: graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 55.0 x 54.5 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0398 R/V

Drawing Type:

line drawings
freehand drawings
thumbnail sketches

Method of Projection:

site plan
sketch plans (drawings)

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, l.l. and u.r.: "Docks"; and in various locations: with notes and calculations numbered - by the architect's son ? graphite, u.r.: "#61" [job number] numbered - by the dealer, in graphite, verso, l.l.: "LW87.046"

Subject:

architecture

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

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