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Elevation drawing

Elevation drawing

Design & Architecture

An elevation or elevation drawing is a two-dimensional representation of one side of a building or space. It can depict one of the building’s facades or an interior surface from a straight-on viewpoint. With an elevation, you are able to understand the material qualities of a project.

Featured Works

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Yale University, Art and Architecture Building, New Haven, Connecticut, Elevation

Yale University, Art and Architecture Building, New Haven...

Paul Rudolph

1958–1964

Arcadia Peninsula Housing, project, Revised version: exterior elevation

Arcadia Peninsula Housing, project, Revised version: exte...

Peter Cook

1979

Prototype Architecture School No. 5, project, Los Angeles, California, Elevations

Prototype Architecture School No. 5, project, Los Angeles...

Neil M. Denari

1992

Aktion Poliphile: Hypnerotomachia Ero/machia/hypniahouse Project, Wiesbaden, Germany, Interior elevation

Aktion Poliphile: Hypnerotomachia Ero/machia/hypniahouse ...

Jesse Reiser

1989

Oxygen House Project, Elevation

Oxygen House Project, Elevation

Douglas Darden

1988

Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Exterior elevation

Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Exterior elevation

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1917

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Prayer Hall: preliminary version: elevation sketches

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangla...

Louis I. Kahn

1964

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, National Assembly Building: elevation sketch of light element

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangla...

Louis I. Kahn

1965

Skandia Cinema, Stockholm, Sweden, Elevation of front of auditorium

Skandia Cinema, Stockholm, Sweden, Elevation of front of ...

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1923

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, National Assembly Building: elevation sketch of light elements

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangla...

Louis I. Kahn

1963

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, Elevation of gallery entrance

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, Elevation of...

James Stirling

1978

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, Elevation of gallery entrance and perspective of canopy from below

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, Elevation of...

James Stirling

1978

Les Eschelles du Baroque Apartment Building, Paris, France, Facade detail with column

Les Eschelles du Baroque Apartment Building, Paris, Franc...

Ricardo Bofill

1987

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, View of library from below

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, View of libr...

James Stirling

1978

Feature Animation Building, The Walt Disney Company, Burbank, California, South elevation, preliminary study

Feature Animation Building, The Walt Disney Company, Burb...

Robert A. M. Stern

1992

Skandia Cinema, Stockholm, Sweden, Elevation of rear of auditorium

Skandia Cinema, Stockholm, Sweden, Elevation of rear of a...

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1923

Eclectic House Facade, project

Eclectic House Facade, project

Robert Venturi

1977

ABN-AMRO Bank Project, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Elevation of Nederlander Boogie Woogie

ABN-AMRO Bank Project, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Elevat...

Harry C. Wolf

1996

Fine Arts Center, School, and Performing Arts Theater, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Site-plan and elevation sketches

Fine Arts Center, School, and Performing Arts Theater, Fo...

Louis I. Kahn

1963

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, National Assembly Building: plan and elevation sketches

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangla...

Louis I. Kahn

1963

Public Library, Stockholm, Sweden, Elevation of front facade

Public Library, Stockholm, Sweden, Elevation of front facade

Erik Gunnar Asplund

Unknown

Housing Project, Setubal, Portugal (Elevation)

Housing Project, Setubal, Portugal (Elevation)

Aldo Rossi

1976

Stockholm Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden (Elevation of advertising tower)

Stockholm Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden (Elevation of adv...

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1930

Law Courts Annex, Gothenburg, Sweden, Exterior elevation

Law Courts Annex, Gothenburg, Sweden, Exterior elevation

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1936

Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden, Second version: exterior elevation

Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Swede...

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1935

Generator Project, White Oak, Florida, Plan, elevation, and perspective

Generator Project, White Oak, Florida, Plan, elevation, a...

Cedric Price

1978

Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden, Second version: exterior elevation

Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Swede...

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1935

House for Rita, project, Elevation

House for Rita, project, Elevation

Leon Krier

1974

Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Exterior elevation of loggia

Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Exterior elevati...

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1937

Palais de la Découverte Project, Paris, France (Elevation)

Oscar Nitzchke

1938

Library and Office Building of Salman Schocken, Jerusalem, Israel, Elevations

Library and Office Building of Salman Schocken, Jerusalem...

Erich Mendelsohn

Unknown

Joint Core System, project, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan (Elevation)

Joint Core System, project, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan (Eleva...

Arata Isozaki

1960

Conchoidal Chair with Arms. Conchoidal Chair without Arms. (Elevation sketches)

Conchoidal Chair with Arms. Conchoidal Chair without Arms...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

early 1940s

Ron Bacardi y Compania, S.A., Administration Building, project, Santiago, Cuba (Elevation of column with roof and glass wall, final version)

Ron Bacardi y Compania, S.A., Administration Building, pr...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

c. 1957-58

IIT Library and Administration Building, Chicago, Illinois, South, north, and west elevations

IIT Library and Administration Building, Chicago, Illinoi...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

c. 1944-45

Theater project (Combined elevation and section)

Theater project (Combined elevation and section)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1947

Mountain House Studies, No intended site known (possibly Merano, South Tyrol, Italy), Sketch elevation for "Glass House on a Hillside."

Mountain House Studies, No intended site known (possibly ...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

c. 1934

Mountain House Studies Project, No intended site known (possibly Merano, South Tyrol, Italy), Entrance elevation sketch

Mountain House Studies Project, No intended site known (p...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

after 1938

Gericke House project, Wannsee-Berlin, Germany (Street an...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1932

Gordon Wu Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, Preliminary study of entrance and elevation

Gordon Wu Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jers...

Robert Venturi

1981

Court House Project, Exterior sketches: elevation, two pe...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

n.d.

Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Exterior elevation

Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Exterior elevation

Erik Gunnar Asplund

Unknown

Villa project, outside Vienna, Austria (Elevation)

Villa project, outside Vienna, Austria (Elevation)

Emil Hoppe

1903

National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Elevation)

National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Elevation)

Skidmore Owings & Merrill

1978

Gotthard Bank, Lugano, Switzerland, Elevation

Gotthard Bank, Lugano, Switzerland, Elevation

Mario Botta

c.1985

House in Krems, project, Krems, Austria, Elevation

House in Krems, project, Krems, Austria, Elevation

Otto Schönthal

1905

National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Principal...

Skidmore Owings & Merrill

1977

Cultural Center, Chambéry, France, East elevation

Cultural Center, Chambéry, France, East elevation

Mario Botta

Unknown

Cultural Center, Chambéry, France, North elevation

Cultural Center, Chambéry, France, North elevation

Mario Botta

Unknown

Center for Applied Computer Research, Las Promesas, Mexico (Elevation)

Center for Applied Computer Research, Las Promesas, Mexic...

Emilio Ambasz

1975

Cultural Center, Chambéry, France, South elevation

Cultural Center, Chambéry, France, South elevation

Mario Botta

1982-86

Imperial Post Office, Teschen, Austria (Elevation)

Imperial Post Office, Teschen, Austria (Elevation)

Otto Schönthal

1906

Glass Skyscraper project (Elevation study)

Glass Skyscraper project (Elevation study)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1922

House, Morbio Inferiore, Switzerland, Elevation

House, Morbio Inferiore, Switzerland, Elevation

Mario Botta

1986.

House, Breganzona, Switzerland, Elevation

House, Breganzona, Switzerland, Elevation

Mario Botta

1984

Furniture Manufacturers Association Headquarters, project, High Wycombe, England, Elevation

Furniture Manufacturers Association Headquarters, project...

Michael Webb

1957-1958

Thyssen-Bornemisza Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland, Elevation

Thyssen-Bornemisza Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland, Elevation

Mario Botta

1986

Philadelphia College of Art, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Elevation sketch

Philadelphia College of Art, project, Philadelphia, Penns...

Louis I. Kahn

1964

Library, Villeurbanne, France, Interior rear elevation

Library, Villeurbanne, France, Interior rear elevation

Mario Botta

1984

Silk Administration Building project, Krefeld, Germany (P...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1938

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, Oblique elevation

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, Obl...

Edward Larrabee Barnes

1962

Woodland Chapel, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden, Si...

Erik Gunnar Asplund

c. 1918-20

The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Elevation

Richard Meier

1976

Il Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, Cité EUR, Rome, Italy

Ernesto Bruno La Padula

1938

Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Elevation)

Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Elevation)

Oscar Nitzchke

1934-36

Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, Californ...

Louis I. Kahn

1962

Alamillo Bridge and Cartuga Viaduct, Seville, Spain, Elevations

Alamillo Bridge and Cartuga Viaduct, Seville, Spain, Elev...

Santiago Calatrava

1988

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meeting house, and housing), La Jolla, California (Elevation of laboratory)

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meetin...

Louis I. Kahn

c. 1961

Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong, China, Axonometri...

Norman Foster

1985

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meeting house, and housing), La Jolla, California, (Elevation of laboratory)

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meetin...

Louis I. Kahn

1961

Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong, China, Elevation ...

Norman Foster

1985

Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper Project, Berlin-Mitte, Germany (Elevation study)

Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper Project, Berlin-Mitte, German...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1921

Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building and Biology Building, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Plans and elevations of service towers, preliminary version

Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building and Biol...

Louis I. Kahn

1957

Fargo-Moorhead Cultural Center Bridge, project, Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota, South elevation

Fargo-Moorhead Cultural Center Bridge, project, Fargo, No...

Michael Graves

1978

Place de la Concorde Project, Paris, France, Elevation

Place de la Concorde Project, Paris, France, Elevation

Frederick Kiesler

1925

Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building and Biology Building, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Elevation

Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building and Biol...

Louis I. Kahn

1957

Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Elevation sketch

Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, P...

Louis I. Kahn

1958

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meeting house, and housing), La Jolla, California (Elevation of laboratory)

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meetin...

Louis I. Kahn

c. 1961

Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Elevation sketch

Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, P...

Louis I. Kahn

1958

Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Elevation sketch

Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, P...

Louis I. Kahn

1958

Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Elevation sketch

Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, P...

Louis I. Kahn

1958

Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Elevation sketch

Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, P...

Louis I. Kahn

1958

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, Exterior elevation

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Califo...

Mario Botta

1994

Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Entrance elevation sketch

Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, P...

Louis I. Kahn

1958

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meeting house, and housing), La Jolla, California (Two elevations of meeting house)

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meetin...

Louis I. Kahn

1960

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meeting house, and housing), La Jolla, California (Elevation of meeting house)

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meetin...

Louis I. Kahn

1960

General Motors Exhibit, 1964 World's Fair, project, New York (Queens), New York, Elevation and plans

General Motors Exhibit, 1964 World's Fair, project, New Y...

Louis I. Kahn

1961

Les Espaces d'Abraxas: Le Palacio, Le Théâtre, L'Arc, Marne-la-Vallée, France, Le Theatre and L'Arc: facade detail

Les Espaces d'Abraxas: Le Palacio, Le Théâtre, L'Arc, Mar...

Ricardo Bofill

1979

First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, Final version: elevation

First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, F...

Louis I. Kahn

1961

Cemetery of San Cataldo, Modena, Italy, Elevation study

Cemetery of San Cataldo, Modena, Italy, Elevation study

Aldo Rossi

1971

Graphic Arts Center Project, New York, New York, Elevation

Graphic Arts Center Project, New York, New York, Elevation

Paul Rudolph

1967

Regional Administrative Center, project "Trieste e una Donna." , Trieste, Italy, Competition design: Elevation and section

Regional Administrative Center, project "Trieste e una Do...

Aldo Rossi

1974

Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Elevation of garden facade, sketch

Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Elevation of garden fa...

Erik Gunnar Asplund

c. 1917

Housing Project, Setubal, Portugal (Elevation)

Housing Project, Setubal, Portugal (Elevation)

Aldo Rossi

1976

First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, Final version: elevation

First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, F...

Louis I. Kahn

1961

New York Tower, project, New York, New York, Arch plan and section

New York Tower, project, New York, New York, Arch plan an...

Ricardo Bofill

1985

Furniture Manufacturers Association Headquarters, project, High Wycombe, England, Side elevation

Furniture Manufacturers Association Headquarters, project...

Michael Webb

1957-58

Ferdinandsbrücke Project, Vienna, Austria (Elevation, preliminary version)

Ferdinandsbrücke Project, Vienna, Austria (Elevation, pre...

Otto Wagner

1896

City of Music, National Superior Conservatory of Music and Dance, Paris, France, View from interior courtyard

City of Music, National Superior Conservatory of Music an...

Christian de Portzamparc

1987

Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Second version: section and two exterior elevations

Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Second version: ...

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1935

Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden, Exterior elevation, final version

Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Swede...

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1937

Arch Oboler Guest House (Eleanor's Retreat), project, Malibu, California, Plan and elevation

Arch Oboler Guest House (Eleanor's Retreat), project, Mal...

Frank Lloyd Wright

1941

Church on the Water, Tomamu, Hokkaido, Japan (Elevation a...

Tadao Ando

1985–1988

Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, South elevation

Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, South elevation

Arata Isozaki

1992

Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, West elevation

Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, West elevation

Arata Isozaki

1992

Gotthard Bank, Lugano, Switzerland, West elevation

Gotthard Bank, Lugano, Switzerland, West elevation

Mario Botta

1985

Row Housing, Pregassona, Switzerland, Elevation

Row Housing, Pregassona, Switzerland, Elevation

Mario Botta

1985

Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Elevation

Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Elevation

Mario Botta

1985.

Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building and Biology Building, University of Pennsylvania, Phidadelphia, Pennsylvania, Plan

Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building and Biol...

Louis I. Kahn

1957

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meeting house, and housing), La Jolla, California (Laboratory: elevation of studies)

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meetin...

Louis I. Kahn

1962

Nara Convention Hall Project, Nara, Japan, Competition drawing: east elevation and cross-sections of large and medium halls

Nara Convention Hall Project, Nara, Japan, Competition dr...

Scott Marble

1992

New York Tower project, New York, NY (Tower façade)

Ricardo Bofill

1985

New York Tower, project, New York, New York, Window wall detail

New York Tower, project, New York, New York, Window wall ...

Ricardo Bofill

1985

Antigone: La Place du Nombre d'Or, Montpellier, France, Elevation

Antigone: La Place du Nombre d'Or, Montpellier, France, E...

Ricardo Bofill

c. 1978-84

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Site plan and elevation sketches)

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangla...

Louis I. Kahn

1962

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, View of administration entrance from below

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, View of admi...

James Stirling

1978

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meeting house, and housing), La Jolla, California (Two elevations of meeting house)

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meetin...

Louis I. Kahn

1960

Philadelphia College of Art, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Elevation sketches of library tower

Philadelphia College of Art, project, Philadelphia, Penns...

Louis I. Kahn

1965

National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Elevation...

Skidmore Owings & Merrill

1977

Gericke House Project, Wannsee-Berlin, Germany, Elevation from the water

Gericke House Project, Wannsee-Berlin, Germany, Elevation...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1932

Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois (Elevation)

Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois (Elevation)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1945

Plug-in University Node, project (Elevation)

Plug-in University Node, project (Elevation)

Peter Cook

1965

A Dymaxion Home project (Elevation, axonometric, and plan)

A Dymaxion Home project (Elevation, axonometric, and plan)

R. Buckminster Fuller

c. 1930

A Minimum Dymaxion Home project (Elevation, axonometric, and plan)

A Minimum Dymaxion Home project (Elevation, axonometric, ...

R. Buckminster Fuller

1927

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meeting house, and housing), La Jolla, California (Laboratory: elevation of studies)

Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meetin...

Louis I. Kahn

1962

First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, Final version: elevation

First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, F...

Louis I. Kahn

1961

Lyons Airport Railroad Station, Lyons-Satolas, France, Plan and elevation

Lyons Airport Railroad Station, Lyons-Satolas, France, Pl...

Santiago Calatrava

1992

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Elevation sketch of House

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Elevati...

Louis I. Kahn

1963

Il Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, Cité EUR, Rome, Italy

Ernesto Bruno La Padula

1938

Silk Administration Building project, Krefeld, Germany (E...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1938

Library, Villeurbanne, France, Principal-facade elevation

Library, Villeurbanne, France, Principal-facade elevation

Mario Botta

1984

Public Library, Stockholm, Sweden, Elevation of west facade

Public Library, Stockholm, Sweden, Elevation of west facade

Erik Gunnar Asplund

Unknown

Cultural Center, Chambéry, France, West elevation

Cultural Center, Chambéry, France, West elevation

Mario Botta

Unknown

Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Exterior elevation

Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Exterior elevation

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1917

Terrarium Showroom, Elevations

Terrarium Showroom, Elevations

SITE

1979

Court House project (Elevation)

Court House project (Elevation)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

c. 1934

House, Northern Delaware, Preliminary study of west elevation

House, Northern Delaware, Preliminary study of west eleva...

Robert Venturi

1978

Metropolitan Core, project, Sectional elevation

Metropolitan Core, project, Sectional elevation

Raimund Abraham

1964

Gericke House Project, Wannsee-Berlin, Germany, Elevation sketch, view from the water,

Gericke House Project, Wannsee-Berlin, Germany, Elevation...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1932

Gated Wall, Perspective and elevation

Gated Wall, Perspective and elevation

Erich Mendelsohn

Unknown

Hadassah University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel, Perspectives and elevation

Hadassah University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusal...

Erich Mendelsohn

1936

Vacation House Project, Aspen, Colorado, Elevations, interior and exterior perspectives and plan

Vacation House Project, Aspen, Colorado, Elevations, inte...

Michael Graves

1978

Eleanor Donnelley Erdman Hall, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Plan and elevation sketches

Eleanor Donnelley Erdman Hall, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Ma...

Louis I. Kahn

1960-61

The Manhattan Transcripts Project, New York, New York, Episode 1: The Park

The Manhattan Transcripts Project, New York, New York, Ep...

Bernard Tschumi

1976-77

Wall House 2 (A. E. Bye House) Project, Ridgefield, Connecticut (Combined elevation and plan)

Wall House 2 (A. E. Bye House) Project, Ridgefield, Conne...

John Hejduk

1973

Housing, project (Elevation)

Housing, project (Elevation)

Alessandro Mendini

1971

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Site-plan and elevation sketches)

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangla...

Louis I. Kahn

1963

Mikveh Israel Synagogue, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Elevation with school building at left

Mikveh Israel Synagogue, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylva...

Louis I. Kahn

1962

First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, Plan, elevation, and interior perspective sketches

First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, P...

Louis I. Kahn

1959

Antigone: La Place du Nombre d'Or, Montpellier, France, Interior-court elevation

Antigone: La Place du Nombre d'Or, Montpellier, France, I...

Ricardo Bofill

c. 1978-84

First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, Plan, elevation, and perspective sketches

First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, P...

Louis I. Kahn

1959

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Prayer Hall: plan and elevation sketches)

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangla...

Louis I. Kahn

1964

Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Second version: exterior elevation

Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Second version: ...

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1935

Les Espaces d'Abraxas: Le Palacio, Le Theatre, L'Arc Marne-la-Vallée, France (Le Palacio: elevation)

Les Espaces d'Abraxas: Le Palacio, Le Theatre, L'Arc Marn...

Ricardo Bofill

1979

Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Entrance elevation sketch

Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, P...

Louis I. Kahn

1958

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Plan and elevation sketches of classroom building

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Plan an...

Louis I. Kahn

1963

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Plan and elevation sketches of classroom building

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Plan an...

Louis I. Kahn

1963

First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, Final version: elevation

First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, F...

Louis I. Kahn

1961

First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, Roof-structure and light-element sketches

First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, R...

Louis I. Kahn

1969

The Manhattan Transcripts Project, New York, New York, Episode 3: The Tower (The Fall)

The Manhattan Transcripts Project, New York, New York, Ep...

Bernard Tschumi

1979

Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong, China, .1 Axonometric and elevation, .2 Elevation and exterior perspective,

Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong, China, .1 Axonome...

Norman Foster

1985

Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Second version: exterior elevation and section

Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Second version: ...

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1935

Tokyo International Forum, 1989-1996, Tokyo, Japan, East elevation of theater structures, sketch

Tokyo International Forum, 1989-1996, Tokyo, Japan, East ...

Rafael Viñoly

1989

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Plan and elevation sketches of classroom building and dormitory

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Plan an...

Louis I. Kahn

1964

Library and Office Building of Salman Schocken, Jerusalem, Israel, Perspectives and elevation

Library and Office Building of Salman Schocken, Jerusalem...

Erich Mendelsohn

Unknown

Philadelphia College of Art, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Site-plan and elevation sketches

Philadelphia College of Art, project, Philadelphia, Penns...

Louis I. Kahn

1965

Library and Office Building of Salman Schocken, Jerusalem, Israel, Perspectives and elevation

Library and Office Building of Salman Schocken, Jerusalem...

Erich Mendelsohn

Unknown

American System-Built Houses for The Richards Company, pr...

Frank Lloyd Wright

1915-17

Church on the Water, Tomamu, Hokkaido, Japan, Elevation and plan, sketch

Church on the Water, Tomamu, Hokkaido, Japan, Elevation a...

Tadao Ando

1985–1988

Residence of Salman Schocken, Jerusalem, Israel, Perspective and elevation

Residence of Salman Schocken, Jerusalem, Israel, Perspect...

Erich Mendelsohn

Unknown

Gated Wall, Perspective and elevation

Gated Wall, Perspective and elevation

Erich Mendelsohn

Unknown

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Plan and elevation sketches of dormitory

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Plan an...

Louis I. Kahn

1964

House for Rita, project, Perspective and plan

House for Rita, project, Perspective and plan

Leon Krier

1974

Gotthard Bank, Lugano, Switzerland, Preliminary sketch

Gotthard Bank, Lugano, Switzerland, Preliminary sketch

Mario Botta

Unknown

Housing, project (Elevation)

Housing, project (Elevation)

Alessandro Mendini

1971

Row Housing, project, Pregassona, Switzerland, Elevation

Row Housing, project, Pregassona, Switzerland, Elevation

Mario Botta

1985

The House without Rooms Project, Elevation and plan

The House without Rooms Project, Elevation and plan

Raimund Abraham

1974

First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, Plan and elevation sketches

First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, P...

Louis I. Kahn

1959

New York Tower, project, New York, New York, Arch facade

New York Tower, project, New York, New York, Arch facade

Ricardo Bofill

1985

Wall House 2 (A. E. Bye House) Project , Ridgefield, Connecticut (Front and rear axonometric projections)

Wall House 2 (A. E. Bye House) Project , Ridgefield, Conn...

John Hejduk

1973

Conchoidal Chair with Arms (Elevation sketch)

Conchoidal Chair with Arms (Elevation sketch)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

early 1940s

Arch Oboler Guest House (Eleanor's Retreat), project, Malibu, California, Plan and elevation

Arch Oboler Guest House (Eleanor's Retreat), project, Mal...

Frank Lloyd Wright

1941

Lewis Thomas Laboratory for Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, Preliminary study of entrance and elevation

Lewis Thomas Laboratory for Molecular Biology, Princeton ...

Robert Venturi

1983