First-year architectural design studies made at the Armour Institute of Technology

People:

Armour Institute of Technology (educational institution)
George Danforth (student)
George Danforth (draughtsman)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (teacher)

Title:

First-year architectural design studies made at the Armour Institute of Technology

Date:

1938-1939

Description:

- Group of student drawings by George Danforth for the first-year architectural design class taught by Mies van der Rohe at the Armour Institute of Technology in 1938-1939. Mostly sketch plans and interior views which study the relationship between walls, windows, columns and doors in houses. The works were accessioned in the groups that they were received in.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
209 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawings
conceptual drawings
student drawings

Technique and media:

Graphite and black chalk ?

Dimensions:

sheet (smallest): 15,2 x 21,4 cm sheet (largest): 28 x 21,7 cm

Reference number:

DR1990:0026:001-209

Drawing Type:

sketches

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawings
sketch plans (drawings)

Point of View:

interior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The drawings are stored with a brown duo-tang folder which originally housed the sheets. There are two holes on the left-hand side of each sheet where they were inserted into the duo-tang.

Inscription:

inscribed - on many drawings, by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ? in graphite, b.: "crit", sometimes with date inscribed - on many drawings, by the draughtsman, in graphite, throughout: with measurements, inscriptions identifying furniture and rooms, calculations, compass points and other annotations inscribed - on DR1990:0026:001, by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, u.r.: "1st YEAR STUDIES. / ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN / PROF. L. MIES VAN der ROHE. / 1938-39. / George Danforth"

Subject:

architecture
interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

houses
windows
walls
columns (architectural elements)
Modern Movement

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

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