Lehigh Airports Competition Entry: Detail for the airport plan showing airplane circulation

People:

Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)
Lloyd Wright (architect)

Title:

Lehigh Airports Competition Entry: Detail for the airport plan showing airplane circulation

Date:

1929

Description:

- This drawing shows the lower right corner of the Lehigh Airport plan, including amphibian landing, station and part of the hangars. Red pencil is used to emphasize the circulation route to be followed by taxiing airplanes as they pass under the station to deposit and pick up passengers. This drawing is part of a series of eight drawings in which the architect works out airplane circulation (DR1987:0347 - DR1987:0349, DR1987:0352 - DR1987:0354, DR1987:0358 and DR1987:0390).

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design drawing

Technique and media:

Graphite with red pencil

Dimensions:

sheet: 34.5 x 38.5 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0390

Drawing Type:

line drawing
freehand drawing

Method of Projection:

sketch plans (drawings)

Point of View:

partial view

Inscription:

numbered - by the architect's son ? in graphite, l.r.: "#61" [job number] numbered - by the dealer, in graphite, verso, l.l.: "LW87.028"

Subject:

architecture

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

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