Ten Architects of Consequence
This Journal entry is a repost of the original April 2, 2011 entry.
I recently completed a series of ten portraits of some of the architects that have impressed me over the years. I used a variety of sources for the likeness and allowed my personal expressiveness to determine composition and technique. All are crow quill pen and ink – with some incorporating extensive use of ink wash(es). They appear here in the order in which they were produced along with explanatory captions.
Louis Kahn: At his best achieved an intense timeless quality.
Christopher Wren: In the 1600s Wren was forced by governing agencies to add two unnecessary columns to his design- it wasn’t until damage inspections following WWII that it was revealed that both columns stopped just short of the ceiling (!!!).
Malcolm Wells: Probably the foremost advocate of earth covered roofs and “gentle architecture”.
Louis Sullivan: Able to capture a spiritual quality in some of his work.
H H Richardson: An enormous architectural appetite – no holds barred.
Emmet Wemple: Teacher and mentor to many Southern California architects of my generation.
Paolo Soleri: A small man with a huge vision – architecture on steroids.
William Turnbull: A wonderful talent that has yet to be fully appreciated.
Filippo Brunelleschi: One of the great genius-architects of the Italian Renaissance.
Piranesi (father/son): Architectural drawing as good as it gets.

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