Alan Stanton RA, Sketch design drawings for the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry Project

Sketch design drawings for the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry Project, 2006

Alan Stanton RA (b. 1944)

RA Collection: Art

The architect Ian Ritchie was elected a Royal Academician in December 1998. As his Diploma Work, he chose to submit an on-going selection of works representing his many projects (mainly built schemes) undertaken since the beginning of his independent practice. In most cases the scheme is represented in three distinct ways. The first is an original print, drawn and etched by the architect himself, in which the essential idea of the original design is condensed into calligraphic visual form. Second is a related manuscript text, often a poem, composed by the architect in a free-form style, recording the concepts that governed the design in its early stages. This has been transcribed by Ritchie in his own hand onto a sheet of mould-made Somerset paper similar to that used for the prints. And, finally, there is an A3 sheet of laser-printed text with colour illustrations that is similar in format to a journal article explanatory of the project.

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Object details

Title
Sketch design drawings for the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry Project
Artist/designer
Alan Stanton RA (b. 1944)
Date
2006
Object type
Architectural design Drawing
Copyright owner
Medium
Pen with black ink, pencil and coloured washes on 15 sketchbook pages (2 sizes), mounted on a single paper sheet
Dimensions

841 mm x 630 mm

Collection
Royal Academy of Arts
Object number
10/4391
Acquisition
Diploma Work given by Alan Stanton RA accepted 2 November 2010
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