New premises for the Royal Institute of British Architects: Plan of ground floor

People:

Harold Bramhill (draughtsman)
Harold Bramhill (architect)

Title:

New premises for the Royal Institute of British Architects: Plan of ground floor

Date:

1932

Description:

- An apparently incomplete set of twelve orthographic competition drawings by Harold Bramhill for the new premises of the Royal Institute of British Architects, DR1988:0294 - DR1988:0305. Drawings numbered 224I and 224L are missing from an otherwise consecutively numbered series, 224A - 224M, and one of the drawings, DR1988:0304, is unnumbered.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

competition drawing

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink with grey wash over graphite

Dimensions:

secondary support: 67.9 x 52.8 cm sheet: 63.4 x 48.2 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0295

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet mounted on cardboard and surrounded by a margin of laminated paper. Pinholes at edges.

Inscription:

numbered - by an unknown hand, in blue pencil, l.r.: "224B" inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, b.: "GROVND FLOOR PLAN / NEW PREMISES / FOR / THE ROYAL INSTITVTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS"; and throughout: with identification of rooms

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance hall
offices
Modern Movement

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

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