Los Angeles Municipal Airport: Preliminary drawing for a bird's-eye perspective

People:

Lloyd Wright (architect)
Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)

Title:

Los Angeles Municipal Airport: Preliminary drawing for a bird's-eye perspective

Date:

1929

Description:

- This rudimentary drawing shows the project for a circular terminal building projected on a perspective grid.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

preliminary drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite with blue pencil

Dimensions:

sheet: 37.0 x 44.0 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0369

Drawing Type:

line drawing
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)
freehand drawing

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing

Point of View:

bird's-eye view

Inscription:

numbered - by the draughtsman, in graphite, in various locations: with numbers 1 through 11 (not including 7), and -2 through 8 (not including 0) [along the lines of the inscribed grid] numbered - by the architect's son ? graphite, l.r.: "#61" [job number] numbered - by the dealer, in graphite, verso, l.l.: "LW87.029"

Subject:

architecture

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

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