The Completion of Washington, D.C., project, Pyramid Lake as Seen from the Loggia of the White House, Washington, D.C., Perspective
Leon Krier
Luxembourger, born 1946
1985
An ink-on-paper architectural drawing by Leon Krier that imagines a completed, classically ordered Washington, D.C., framing a monumental vista of obelisks, pyramidal forms, and formal plazas as seen from the White House loggia.
A calm, measured perspective: precise, spare lines frame the loggia and lead your eye to a centered obelisk and circular fountain, flanked by stepped pyramids, a distant dome and regimented trees, while a neat stack of books and drawing tools in the foreground remind you this is a designed proposal.
The drawing encapsulates Krier’s postmodern critique of modernist planning and his argument for classical, human-scaled urbanism, using imagined historicizing forms to propose an alternative civic order.
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
15 5/8 x 11 7/8" (39.7 x 30.2 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Purchase
Accession
401.1985
Palette
Art Terms
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