Ink Drawings
Architectural drawings using ink with drafting pen instruments as the primary media can be on paper or on other types of support. Drawings use pen and ink as well as washes to produce lighter hues of the base ink, be it in black or in any other ink color. Throughout the twentieth century, ink on vellum or mylar supports was used in architectural drawings because they were mainly meant to be reproduced. Such drawings have a distinctive, linear appearance.
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elevations
Production of Meaning in Architecture; [Elevation] (black ink on mylar (gloss front, matte back); 34″ x 25 1/2″)
The Steps of Providence; Elevation [Elevation, Scale: 1/8″ = 1′] (black ink on mylar (gloss front, matte back); 20″ x 22″)
The Steps of Providence; Frazier Terrace Facade [Handwritten note, Dated May 1979] (black ink on mylar (gloss front, matte back); 17 3/4″ x 20″)
Country House; Front Elevation [Scale 1:50] (black ink on mylar (gloss front, matte back); 24″ x 36″)
plans
House in Pergusa; Planimetria Generale [Site plan, scale: 3/4″ = 10′] (black ink on light weight mylar (matte double sided); 25 1/4″ x 30″)
House in Pergusa; Pianta Del Primo Piano [Plan, scale: 1 1/2″ = 10′] (black ink on light weight mylar (matte front, matte back); 25 1/4″ x 22″)
House in Pergusa; Pianta Del Piano Terreno [Plan, scale: 1 1/2″ = 10′] (black ink on light weight mylar (matte double sided); 25 1/4″ x 22″)
House in Pergusa; Planta Del Secondo Piano [Plan, scale: 1 1/2″ = 10′] (black ink; 25 1/2″ x 20″)
Four Plazas for Leonforte; Existing Site Plan [Site plans] (black ink on paper; 21″ x 24″)
Four Plazas for Leonforte; Projected Site Plan [Site plan] (black ink on paper; 21″ x 38 1/2″)
Four Plazas for Leonforte; Projected Site Plan 2 [Site plan] (black ink on paper; 21″ x 24″)
Four Plazas for Leonforte; 2 Diagrammatic Site Plans (black and red ink on paper; 21″ x 24″)
The Steps of Providence; Memorial Hall Benefit St. Level[ Scale: 1/8″=1′] (black ink wtih letraset on mylar (gloss front, matte back); 48″ x 24″)
Country House; 1st Floor [Floor Plan, Scale 1:50] (black ink on mylar (matte); 37″ x 36″)
House in Pergusa; Plan of the Garden and Water System [Site plan ] (black ink; 26″ x 24 1/2″)
sections
Four Plazas for Leonforte; Floor plan and building section I (black and red ink with graphite pencil on strathmore; 42″ x 12″)
Four Plazas for Leonforte; Floor plan and building section II (black and red ink with graphite pencil on strathmore; 42″ x 12″)
Four Plazas for Leonforte; Floor plan and building section III (black and red ink with graphite pencil on strathmore; 42″ x 12″)
Four Plazas for Leonforte; Floor plan and building section IV (black and red ink with graphite pencil on strathmore; 42″ x 12″)
The Steps of Providence; Section [Section, Scale 1/16″=1′] (black ink wtih letraset on mylar (gloss front, matte back); 22″ x 43″)
The Steps of Providence; Market Square-Memorial Steps [Section] (black ink with letraset on mylar (matte front, gloss back); 18″ x 43″)
The Steps of Providence; Frazier Terrace, Garden Steps and Studio Cloister [Section] [Scale: 1/16″=1′] (black ink wtih letraset on mylar (gloss front, matte back); 19 1/2″ x 48″)
exterior perspectives
The Steps of Providence; Frazier Terrace” [Exterior Perspective] (black ink on mylar (gloss front, matte back); 23″ x 23″)
The Steps of Providence; Market Square Memorial Steps [Exterior perspective] (electrostatic copy on mylar (matte double sided); 18″ x 21″)
axonometrics
The Steps of Providence; Existing Conditions, [Axonometric, Scale: 1/16″=1′,] (black ink with letraset on mylar (gloss front, matte back); 45″ x 18″)
The Steps of Providence; Woods-Gerry Steps (Original) [Bird’s eye Axonometric with Landscape] (black ink on mylar (gloss front, matte back); 26″ x 21″)
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