Los Angeles Municipal Airport: Site plan and developmental sketches

People:

Lloyd Wright (architect)
Lloyd Wright (draughtsman)

Title:

Los Angeles Municipal Airport: Site plan and developmental sketches

Date:

1929

Description:

- The primary drawing on this sheet is a site plan for Los Angeles Municipal Airport project. Also included are several sketchier plans for the central group of buildings, and thumbnail sketches, probably for the layout for a presentation drawing.

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

conceptual drawings
design development drawings

Technique and media:

Graphite with red pencil

Dimensions:

sheet: 87.2 x 70.3 cm

Reference number:

DR1987:0409

Drawing Type:

line drawings
mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)
freehand drawings
thumbnail sketches

Method of Projection:

perspective drawings
site plan
sketch plans (drawings)
sketch sections (orthographic drawings)

Point of View:

general views
bird's-eye views

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by the draughtsman, in graphite, c.: "AMUSEMENT PARK / POLO GROUNDS / OR COLOS[I?]UM / HIPPODROME"; l.c.: with legend keyed to symbols; and in various locations: with notes, calculations, identification of features, and with number sequences 1 through 12 and 1 through 18 [along both axes 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.: "LW87.059"

Subject:

architecture

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

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