Sketches for the Palazzo dei Congressi, Venice, Italy

People:

Louis I. Kahn (draughtsman)
Louis I. Kahn (architect)
August E. Komendant (role unspecified)

Title:

Sketches for the Palazzo dei Congressi, Venice, Italy

Date:

1968 or 1969

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

conceptual drawings

Technique and media:

Charcoal and black crayon on translucent paper

Dimensions:

sheet: 28.8 x 87.1 cm

Reference number:

DR1982:0007

Drawing Type:

line drawing
sketches

Method of Projection:

sketch plans (drawings)
sketch sections (orthographic drawings)

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet has irregular edges, pinholes at corners and patches of white paper on t. corners at verso, where it may have been glued. Small tears along t. corner and r. edge.

Inscription:

inscribed - by the architect, in black Conté crayon, c.l.: with measurements

Subject:

architecture
engineering

Subject Descriptive Terms:

suspended floor
suspension structure

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

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