Los Angeles Municipal Airport: Plan for buildings

People:

Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
Lloyd Wright (architect)

Title:

Los Angeles Municipal Airport: Plan for buildings

Date:

1929

Description:

- This plan for buildings for Los Angeles Municipal Airport shows the central terminal building in the shape of an extended oval or circus. Two small sketches on the right are possibly airplane hangers.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing
conceptual drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite

Dimensions:

sheet: 45.2 x 38.5 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0374

Drawing Type:

line drawing
freehand drawing
sketches

Method of Projection:

perspective drawings
sketch plans (drawings)

Point of View:

general view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Sheet has a horizontal fold and a stain on the verso, possibly glue residue.

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, in graphite, c.l.: "R.R."; c.: "LOADING UNLOADING"; and in various locations: with some room designations and measurements and with numbers 1 through 11 and -2 through 8 [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.: "LW87.034"

Subject:

architecture

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

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