South elevation with thumbnail sketches of the portico and upper-story windows for the Brooklyn Museum master plan, first phase

People:

Arata Isozaki (draughtsman)
James Stewart Polshek and Partners (associated architectural firm)
Arata Isozaki & Associates (associated architectural firm)

Title:

South elevation with thumbnail sketches of the portico and upper-story windows for the Brooklyn Museum master plan, first phase

Date:

24 July 1986

Description:

- This drawing is part of a group of 23 drawings by Arata Isozaki, DR1987:0039 - DR1987:0060 and DR1987:0100, for the Brooklyn Museum master plan competition. The drawings are executed in graphite and/or pen and black ink on yellow tracing paper, with the exception fo two drawings on white stationary bearing the letterhead "Arata Isozaki & Associates" (DR1987:0055 and DR1987:0056). The Brooklyn Museum master plan, designed by Arata Isozaki & Associates in collaboration with James Stewart Polshek and Partners, was the winning design in an invitational competition held during the summer of 1986. The competition entry is loosely based on the original master plan by McKim, Mead and White, which was only partially completed.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

conceptual drawing
design development drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 43.4 x 80.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0043

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

sketch elevation (drawing)

Inscription:

signed and inscribed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, c.r.: "ISO"; and c.l.: "I-[S1]" dated - by the architect ? in pen and red ink, l.r.: "7-24-86" numbered - by the dealer, in graphite, l.l.: "BM-6 / AI86.006"

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

portico
obelisk

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

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