Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
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1 Dec 2008

Sketch Book Leeds

University of Leeds Autumn 2008
Architectural Studies Sketch Book

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The above are examples of images taken from a sketchbook produced for one of the architectural theory modules studied at the University of Leeds.  The purpose of the sketchbook  was to serve as a an interpretive reflection of the the ideas, principles and philosophies discussed in the lectures of autumn 2008. 

Below are some close up images from the sketch book.

Zaha Hadid - The Challenger

Architectural Theory - The link between architecture and other creative processes such as beauty, form, ratio, composition, harmony, tone, rhythm, similie, metaphor, theme, style and fashion.


Adaptive Systems - Taipei 101, Earthquake Resistance

Frank Gehry - The Builder - A Pop-Up feature to represent Gehry's approach to design

Herzog and de Meuron - The Beijing National Stadium - The Bird's Nest

Pier Luigi Nervi - Father to Architectural Engineering

Regionalism vs Internationalism - Antonio Gaudi vs Richard Meier

Santiago Calatrava - The Sculptor

Rem Koolhaas - The Theorist

20 Dec 2005

Guggenheim Bilbao Hand Study

University of Leeds, 2005.


1st Year Architectural Hand Sketch Study.


The Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain, 1997.
Frank Gehry.





St Paul's Cathedral Hand Study

University of Leeds, 2005.


1st Year Architectural Hand Sketch Study.


St Paul's Cathedral, London, UK.
Sir Christopher Wren.




21 Jul 2003

High School Strokes

Kirkley High School, 
Pieces from a time around 2003.