Elevation drawing
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...
Paul Rudolph
1958–1964
Arcadia Peninsula Housing, project, Revised version: exte...
Peter Cook
1979
Prototype Architecture School No. 5, project, Los Angeles...
Neil M. Denari
1992
Aktion Poliphile: Hypnerotomachia Ero/machia/hypniahouse ...
Jesse Reiser
1989
Oxygen House Project, Elevation
Douglas Darden
1988
Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Exterior elevation
Erik Gunnar Asplund
1917
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangla...
Louis I. Kahn
1964
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangla...
Louis I. Kahn
1965
Skandia Cinema, Stockholm, Sweden, Elevation of front of ...
Erik Gunnar Asplund
1923
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangla...
Louis I. Kahn
1963
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, Elevation of...
James Stirling
1978
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, Elevation of...
James Stirling
1978
Les Eschelles du Baroque Apartment Building, Paris, Franc...
Ricardo Bofill
1987
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, View of libr...
James Stirling
1978
Feature Animation Building, The Walt Disney Company, Burb...
Robert A. M. Stern
1992
Skandia Cinema, Stockholm, Sweden, Elevation of rear of a...
Erik Gunnar Asplund
1923
Eclectic House Facade, project
Robert Venturi
1977
ABN-AMRO Bank Project, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Elevat...
Harry C. Wolf
1996
Fine Arts Center, School, and Performing Arts Theater, Fo...
Louis I. Kahn
1963
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangla...
Louis I. Kahn
1963
Public Library, Stockholm, Sweden, Elevation of front facade
Erik Gunnar Asplund
Unknown
Housing Project, Setubal, Portugal (Elevation)
Aldo Rossi
1976
Stockholm Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden (Elevation of adv...
Erik Gunnar Asplund
1930
Law Courts Annex, Gothenburg, Sweden, Exterior elevation
Erik Gunnar Asplund
1936
Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Swede...
Erik Gunnar Asplund
1935
Generator Project, White Oak, Florida, Plan, elevation, a...
Cedric Price
1978
Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Swede...
Erik Gunnar Asplund
1935
House for Rita, project, Elevation
Leon Krier
1974
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...
Erich Mendelsohn
Unknown
Joint Core System, project, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan (Eleva...
Arata Isozaki
1960
Conchoidal Chair with Arms. Conchoidal Chair without Arms...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
early 1940s
Ron Bacardi y Compania, S.A., Administration Building, pr...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1957-58
IIT Library and Administration Building, Chicago, Illinoi...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1944-45
Theater project (Combined elevation and section)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1947
Mountain House Studies, No intended site known (possibly ...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1934
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 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
Erik Gunnar Asplund
Unknown
Villa project, outside Vienna, Austria (Elevation)
Emil Hoppe
1903
National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Elevation)
Skidmore Owings & Merrill
1978
Gotthard Bank, Lugano, Switzerland, Elevation
Mario Botta
c.1985
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
Mario Botta
Unknown
Cultural Center, Chambéry, France, North elevation
Mario Botta
Unknown
Center for Applied Computer Research, Las Promesas, Mexic...
Emilio Ambasz
1975
Cultural Center, Chambéry, France, South elevation
Mario Botta
1982-86
Imperial Post Office, Teschen, Austria (Elevation)
Otto Schönthal
1906
Glass Skyscraper project (Elevation study)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1922
House, Morbio Inferiore, Switzerland, Elevation
Mario Botta
1986.
House, Breganzona, Switzerland, Elevation
Mario Botta
1984
Furniture Manufacturers Association Headquarters, project...
Michael Webb
1957-1958
Thyssen-Bornemisza Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland, Elevation
Mario Botta
1986
Philadelphia College of Art, project, Philadelphia, Penns...
Louis I. Kahn
1964
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, 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)
Oscar Nitzchke
1934-36
Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, Californ...
Louis I. Kahn
1962
Alamillo Bridge and Cartuga Viaduct, Seville, Spain, Elev...
Santiago Calatrava
1988
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, meetin...
Louis I. Kahn
1961
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong, China, Elevation ...
Norman Foster
1985
Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper Project, Berlin-Mitte, German...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1921
Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building and Biol...
Louis I. Kahn
1957
Fargo-Moorhead Cultural Center Bridge, project, Fargo, No...
Michael Graves
1978
Place de la Concorde Project, Paris, France, Elevation
Frederick Kiesler
1925
Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building and Biol...
Louis I. Kahn
1957
Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, P...
Louis I. Kahn
1958
Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meetin...
Louis I. Kahn
c. 1961
Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, P...
Louis I. Kahn
1958
Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, P...
Louis I. Kahn
1958
Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, P...
Louis I. Kahn
1958
Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, P...
Louis I. Kahn
1958
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Califo...
Mario Botta
1994
Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, P...
Louis I. Kahn
1958
Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meetin...
Louis I. Kahn
1960
Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meetin...
Louis I. Kahn
1960
General Motors Exhibit, 1964 World's Fair, project, New Y...
Louis I. Kahn
1961
Les Espaces d'Abraxas: Le Palacio, Le Théâtre, L'Arc, Mar...
Ricardo Bofill
1979
First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, F...
Louis I. Kahn
1961
Cemetery of San Cataldo, Modena, Italy, Elevation study
Aldo Rossi
1971
Graphic Arts Center Project, New York, New York, Elevation
Paul Rudolph
1967
Regional Administrative Center, project "Trieste e una Do...
Aldo Rossi
1974
Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Elevation of garden fa...
Erik Gunnar Asplund
c. 1917
Housing Project, Setubal, Portugal (Elevation)
Aldo Rossi
1976
First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, F...
Louis I. Kahn
1961
New York Tower, project, New York, New York, Arch plan an...
Ricardo Bofill
1985
Furniture Manufacturers Association Headquarters, project...
Michael Webb
1957-58
Ferdinandsbrücke Project, Vienna, Austria (Elevation, pre...
Otto Wagner
1896
City of Music, National Superior Conservatory of Music an...
Christian de Portzamparc
1987
Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Second version: ...
Erik Gunnar Asplund
1935
Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Swede...
Erik Gunnar Asplund
1937
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
Arata Isozaki
1992
Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, West elevation
Arata Isozaki
1992
Gotthard Bank, Lugano, Switzerland, West elevation
Mario Botta
1985
Row Housing, Pregassona, Switzerland, Elevation
Mario Botta
1985
Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Elevation
Mario Botta
1985.
Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building and Biol...
Louis I. Kahn
1957
Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meetin...
Louis I. Kahn
1962
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 ...
Ricardo Bofill
1985
Antigone: La Place du Nombre d'Or, Montpellier, France, E...
Ricardo Bofill
c. 1978-84
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangla...
Louis I. Kahn
1962
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, View of admi...
James Stirling
1978
Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meetin...
Louis I. Kahn
1960
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...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1932
Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois (Elevation)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1945
Plug-in University Node, project (Elevation)
Peter Cook
1965
A Dymaxion Home project (Elevation, axonometric, and plan)
R. Buckminster Fuller
c. 1930
A Minimum Dymaxion Home project (Elevation, axonometric, ...
R. Buckminster Fuller
1927
Salk Institute for Biological Studies (laboratory, meetin...
Louis I. Kahn
1962
First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, F...
Louis I. Kahn
1961
Lyons Airport Railroad Station, Lyons-Satolas, France, Pl...
Santiago Calatrava
1992
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
Mario Botta
1984
Public Library, Stockholm, Sweden, Elevation of west facade
Erik Gunnar Asplund
Unknown
Cultural Center, Chambéry, France, West elevation
Mario Botta
Unknown
Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Exterior elevation
Erik Gunnar Asplund
1917
Terrarium Showroom, Elevations
SITE
1979
Court House project (Elevation)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
c. 1934
House, Northern Delaware, Preliminary study of west eleva...
Robert Venturi
1978
Metropolitan Core, project, Sectional elevation
Raimund Abraham
1964
Gericke House Project, Wannsee-Berlin, Germany, Elevation...
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1932
Gated Wall, Perspective and elevation
Erich Mendelsohn
Unknown
Hadassah University Medical Center, Mount Scopus, Jerusal...
Erich Mendelsohn
1936
Vacation House Project, Aspen, Colorado, Elevations, inte...
Michael Graves
1978
Eleanor Donnelley Erdman Hall, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Ma...
Louis I. Kahn
1960-61
The Manhattan Transcripts Project, New York, New York, Ep...
Bernard Tschumi
1976-77
Wall House 2 (A. E. Bye House) Project, Ridgefield, Conne...
John Hejduk
1973
Housing, project (Elevation)
Alessandro Mendini
1971
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangla...
Louis I. Kahn
1963
Mikveh Israel Synagogue, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylva...
Louis I. Kahn
1962
First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, P...
Louis I. Kahn
1959
Antigone: La Place du Nombre d'Or, Montpellier, France, I...
Ricardo Bofill
c. 1978-84
First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, P...
Louis I. Kahn
1959
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangla...
Louis I. Kahn
1964
Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Second version: ...
Erik Gunnar Asplund
1935
Les Espaces d'Abraxas: Le Palacio, Le Theatre, L'Arc Marn...
Ricardo Bofill
1979
Tribune Review Publishing Company Building, Greensburg, P...
Louis I. Kahn
1958
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Plan an...
Louis I. Kahn
1963
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Plan an...
Louis I. Kahn
1963
First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, F...
Louis I. Kahn
1961
First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, R...
Louis I. Kahn
1969
The Manhattan Transcripts Project, New York, New York, Ep...
Bernard Tschumi
1979
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong, China, .1 Axonome...
Norman Foster
1985
Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, Second version: ...
Erik Gunnar Asplund
1935
Tokyo International Forum, 1989-1996, Tokyo, Japan, East ...
Rafael Viñoly
1989
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Plan an...
Louis I. Kahn
1964
Library and Office Building of Salman Schocken, Jerusalem...
Erich Mendelsohn
Unknown
Philadelphia College of Art, project, Philadelphia, Penns...
Louis I. Kahn
1965
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 a...
Tadao Ando
1985–1988
Residence of Salman Schocken, Jerusalem, Israel, Perspect...
Erich Mendelsohn
Unknown
Gated Wall, Perspective and elevation
Erich Mendelsohn
Unknown
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Plan an...
Louis I. Kahn
1964
House for Rita, project, Perspective and plan
Leon Krier
1974
Gotthard Bank, Lugano, Switzerland, Preliminary sketch
Mario Botta
Unknown
Housing, project (Elevation)
Alessandro Mendini
1971
Row Housing, project, Pregassona, Switzerland, Elevation
Mario Botta
1985
The House without Rooms Project, Elevation and plan
Raimund Abraham
1974
First Unitarian Church and School, Rochester, New York, P...
Louis I. Kahn
1959
New York Tower, project, New York, New York, Arch facade
Ricardo Bofill
1985
Wall House 2 (A. E. Bye House) Project , Ridgefield, Conn...
John Hejduk
1973
Conchoidal Chair with Arms (Elevation sketch)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
early 1940s
Arch Oboler Guest House (Eleanor's Retreat), project, Mal...
Frank Lloyd Wright
1941
Lewis Thomas Laboratory for Molecular Biology, Princeton ...
Robert Venturi
1983