Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California: Elevation, section and plan developed on an equilateral paralellogram grid, with sketches for trusses and truss joints

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People:

Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
Lloyd Wright (architect)

Title:

Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California: Elevation, section and plan developed on an equilateral paralellogram grid, with sketches for trusses and truss joints

Date:

between 1946 and 1950

Description:

- This plan for Wayfarers' Chapel, Palos Verdes, California was developed on the equilateral parallelogram grid inscribed on the verso, while the elevation and section are based on a grid on the recto which is apparently the result of a transfer process. The grid unit is inscribed on several orthographic drawings (eg. DR1987:0530) and is described by Lloyd Wright in the architect's statement (DR1987:0869:011:009).

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawings

Technique and media:

Graphite and unidentified orange transfer process with traces of blue and red pencil; verso: graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 90.6 x 111.9 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0527 R/V

Drawing Type:

line drawings
mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings)
sketches

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)
section
elevation (drawing)
sketch sections (orthographic drawings)

Point of View:

general views
partial views

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, in graphite, in various locations: with calculations; and l.c.: with numbers of pews, 1 through 10 stamped and numbered - l.r.: "199" [job number]

Location:

United States

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

trusses
joints (connections)

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

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