Visionary design for a central-plan building

People:

Paul Goesch (draughtsman)

Title:

Visionary design for a central-plan building

Date:

circa 1920-1921

Description:

- Design for a building, probably central-plan, with a large, central cone-shaped tower, and two smaller cone-shaped towers over each wing.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

theoretical drawing
illustration

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink

Dimensions:

sheet: 10.8 x 10.5 cm

Reference number:

DR1988:0218

Drawing Type:

line drawing

Method of Projection:

pictorial drawing

Inscription:

signed - by the draughtsman, in graphite, l.l.: "G" inscribed - the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, verso, u.l.: "Goesch Centralbau" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, u.r.: "K 2" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, u.r.: "30 u" numbered - by an unknown hand, in blue pencil, verso, l.l.: "9286"

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

building
central-plan building
fantastic architecture
Expressionism

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

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