Prototype Architecture School No. 5, project, Los Angeles, California, Elevations
Neil M. Denari
American, born 1957
1992
A speculative design drawing by Neil M. Denari that uses ink, airbrush, and cut-and-pasted self-adhesive polymer on frosted polymer to propose a futuristic, sculptural architecture school in Los Angeles, experimenting with aerodynamic, interlocking volumes and circulation.
The sheet strikes you as a collision of machine precision and biomorphic fantasy—airbrushed, podlike forms float and intersect with hard-edged sectional geometry, numbered callouts and gridlines guiding the eye across layered, almost cinematic compositions.
Made in 1992, the drawing exemplifies a moment when architects blended analog collage techniques and emerging digital aesthetics to imagine high‑tech, sculptural buildings, helping to advance a visual language of dynamic form and experimental program in contemporary architecture.
Medium
Ink, airbrush, and cut-and-pasted printed self-adhesive polymer sheet on frosted polymer sheet
Dimensions
24 1/2 x 33 1/16" (62.2 x 84 cm)
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Credit
Ralph Fehlbaum Purchase Fund
Accession
191.1998
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