Design sketches, including studies for houses and for the Illinois Institute of Technology Minerals and Metals Research Building

People:

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (architect)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (draughtsman)

Title:

Design sketches, including studies for houses and for the Illinois Institute of Technology Minerals and Metals Research Building

Date:

ca. 1938-1941

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
85 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawings
conceptual drawings
structural drawings

Technique and media:

Mostly graphite, with some sketches in pen and blue ink

Dimensions:

sheet (smallest): 15,1 x 21,1 cm sheet (largest): 13,9 x 21,5 cm

Reference number:

DR1990:0029:001-085

Drawing Type:

sketches

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawings
sketch elevations (drawings)
sketch plans (drawings)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- All sheets are perforated along the left edge, where there are two holes, mostly made by a hole punch. Some sheets are folded. The smaller sheets are imprinted with the letterhead: The / Stevens / Chicago.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, throughout: with names of rooms; and on versos: with names of rooms, numbers and other annotations

Subject:

architecture

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

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