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Plan drawing

Plan drawing

Design & Architecture

Plans or plan drawings are used to illustrate the layout and orientations of a structure. Plans typically depict a building or project site from an aerial view. With a plan, you are able to observe the different rooms, corridors, and entrances of a structure, as if looking through an “invisible” ceiling. Plan drawings can also depict multiple buildings in a proposed site and the proximities or relationships between those multiple buildings.

Featured Works

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Slow House Project, North Haven, New York (Plan of lower-level and sections)

Slow House Project, North Haven, New York (Plan of lower-...

Elizabeth Diller

1989

Floor plan for the exhibition "Bauhaus 1919-1928," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, December 7, 1938-January 30, 1939

Floor plan for the exhibition "Bauhaus 1919-1928," The Mu...

Herbert Bayer

1938

Floating City project, Kasumigaura, Japan (Plan)

Floating City project, Kasumigaura, Japan (Plan)

Kisho Kurokawa

1961

Dymaxion House project (Plan)

Dymaxion House project (Plan)

R. Buckminster Fuller

c. 1927

Garden and House, Tokyo, Japan (Plans of the ground, second, third, and fourth floors)

Garden and House, Tokyo, Japan (Plans of the ground, seco...

Ryue Nishizawa

2006–2011

Garden and House, Tokyo, Japan

Garden and House, Tokyo, Japan

Ryue Nishizawa

2011

Taobao Village - Smallacre City

Taobao Village - Smallacre City

Han Li

2018

House, Massagno, Switzerland (Plan, preliminary sketch)

House, Massagno, Switzerland (Plan, preliminary sketch)

Mario Botta

1979–1981

Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Ground-floor plan

Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Ground-floor plan

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1917

Skandia Cinema, Stockholm, Sweden, Floor plan of mezzanine

Skandia Cinema, Stockholm, Sweden, Floor plan of mezzanine

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1923

Public Library, Stockholm, Sweden, Plan of first and second galleries

Public Library, Stockholm, Sweden, Plan of first and seco...

Erik Gunnar Asplund

Unknown

Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, First version: ground floor plan

Woodland Crematorium, Stockholm, Sweden, First version: g...

Erik Gunnar Asplund

Unknown

Palais de la Découverte Project, Paris, France (Plan of u...

Oscar Nitzchke

1938

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, View at elliptical passage, perspective and plan

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, View at elliptical...

Steven Holl

1986

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, Passage below water basin, perspective and plan

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, Passage below wate...

Steven Holl

1986

Exhibition "Mario Bellini: Designer.", The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1987, Installation plan

Exhibition "Mario Bellini: Designer.", The Museum of Mode...

Mario Bellini

1987

American System-Built Houses for The Richards Company project, (Plan oblique of unspecified model)

American System-Built Houses for The Richards Company pro...

Frank Lloyd Wright

1915–1917

Urban Housing, Turin, Italy, Site plan

Urban Housing, Turin, Italy, Site plan

Mario Botta

1985.

Urban Housing, Turin, Italy, Plan

Urban Housing, Turin, Italy, Plan

Mario Botta

1985

Urban Housing, Turin, Italy (Plan)

Mario Botta

1985

Urban Housing, Turin, Italy (Plan)

Mario Botta

1985

La Miniatura, Mrs. George Madison Millard House, Pasadena, California, Plan of main floor

La Miniatura, Mrs. George Madison Millard House, Pasadena...

Frank Lloyd Wright

1923

Sixth Street House project, Santa Monica, California, Sixth Street: Figure 6

Sixth Street House project, Santa Monica, California, Six...

Thom Mayne

1987

Kyle Residence, Houston, Texas, Plan and perspective

Kyle Residence, Houston, Texas, Plan and perspective

Joel Sanders

1995

The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Site plan, study

Richard Meier

c.1976

The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Site plan, study

Richard Meier

1979

The Atheneum, New Harmony, IN (Plan, preliminary sketch)

Richard Meier

1979

Worldbridge Trade and Investment Center, project, Baltimore, Maryland, Site plan

Worldbridge Trade and Investment Center, project, Baltimo...

Emilio Ambasz

1992

Church of the Light, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan, Plan

Church of the Light, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan, Plan

Tadao Ando

1989

Motorway Service Station project (Preliminary plan)

Mario Bellini

1991

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Scientific)

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Scientific)

Zaha Hadid

1982-83

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Cultural)

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Cultural)

Zaha Hadid

1982-83

Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Central Area (Plan)

Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The C...

Rem Koolhaas

1972

Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Allotments

Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The A...

Rem Koolhaas

1972

New York Tower, project, New York,  New York, Plan

New York Tower, project, New York, New York, Plan

Ricardo Bofill

1985

New York Tower, project, New York, New York, Office plan

New York Tower, project, New York, New York, Office plan

Ricardo Bofill

1985

Eleanor Donnelley Erdman Hall, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Plan sketch

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

Louis I. Kahn

1962

Traffic Studies, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pla...

Louis I. Kahn

1952-53

Traffic Study project , Philadelphia, PA (Plan of proposed traffic-movement pattern)

Traffic Study project , Philadelphia, PA (Plan of propose...

Louis I. Kahn

1952

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

Les Eschelles du Baroque Apartment Building, Paris, France, Plan study

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

Ricardo Bofill

1979–1985

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Plan sketch)

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

Louis I. Kahn

1963

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh (National Assembly Building: plan sketch)

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

Louis I. Kahn

1963

The Completion of Washington, D.C., project, Washington, D.C., Plan

The Completion of Washington, D.C., project, Washington, ...

Leon Krier

1985

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Site-plan sketch

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

Louis I. Kahn

1964

The Completion of Washington, D.C., project, Washington, D.C., Plans

The Completion of Washington, D.C., project, Washington, ...

Leon Krier

1985

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, National Assembly Building: plan sketch

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

Louis I. Kahn

1964

The Completion of Washington, D.C., project, Washington, D.C., Plans

The Completion of Washington, D.C., project, Washington, ...

Leon Krier

1985

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Prayer Hall: plan sketches

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

Louis I. Kahn

1965

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Prayer Hall: plan sketch

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

Louis I. Kahn

1965

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Prayer Hall: plan sketch

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

Louis I. Kahn

1964

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Prayer Hall: plan sketch

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

Louis I. Kahn

1965

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, Plan sketch of classroom building

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

Louis I. Kahn

1963

Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of floor nine with display workshop)

Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of fl...

Oscar Nitzchke

1936

Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of penthouse)

Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of pe...

Oscar Nitzchke

1936

Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of floors three through eight)

Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of fl...

Oscar Nitzchke

1936

Philadelphia College of Art, Project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Site-plan sketch

Philadelphia College of Art, Project, Philadelphia, Penns...

Louis I. Kahn

1965

House, Pregassona, Switzerland (Plan, preliminary sketch)

House, Pregassona, Switzerland (Plan, preliminary sketch)

Mario Botta

1979

House, Viganello, Switzerland (Plan, preliminary sketch)

House, Viganello, Switzerland (Plan, preliminary sketch)

Mario Botta

1981–1982

House Morbio Superiore, Switzerland (Plan, preliminary sketch)

House Morbio Superiore, Switzerland (Plan, preliminary sk...

Mario Botta

1982–1983

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Wells House, project, Long Lake, Minnesota, Plan of upper level

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Wells House, project, Long Lake, Minn...

Frank Lloyd Wright

1946

National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Four plans, preliminary study)

National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Four plan...

Skidmore Owings & Merrill

1977

National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Five plans, preliminary study)

National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Five plan...

Skidmore Owings & Merrill

1977

National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Thirteen plans, preliminary study)

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

Skidmore Owings & Merrill

1977

National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Four plans, preliminary study)

National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Four plan...

Skidmore Owings & Merrill

1977

National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Five plans, preliminary study)

National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Five plan...

Skidmore Owings & Merrill

1977

Casa de Retiro Espiritual, Córdoba, Spain, Plan

Casa de Retiro Espiritual, Córdoba, Spain, Plan

Emilio Ambasz

1979

Highrise of Homes, project, Aerial perspective and plan

Highrise of Homes, project, Aerial perspective and plan

SITE

1981

House with Three Courts project (Plan)

House with Three Courts project (Plan)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

after 1938

Gericke House Project, Berlin-Wannsee, Germany, Plan of upper floor,

Gericke House Project, Berlin-Wannsee, Germany, Plan of u...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1932

Gericke House Project, Wannsee-Berlin, Germany, Main floor plan

Gericke House Project, Wannsee-Berlin, Germany, Main floo...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1932

Ulrich Lange House project, Krefeld, Germany, (Plan: seco...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1935

IIT Master Plan, Chicago, IL, Campus, site plan, early scheme

IIT Master Plan, Chicago, IL, Campus, site plan, early sc...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

c. 1939-40

IIT Library and Administration Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plan of mezzanine floor

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

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

c. 1944-45

Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois, Preliminary version: plan

Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois, Preliminary version: plan

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1945-51

Residential Park, No-Stop City project (Plan)

Residential Park, No-Stop City project (Plan)

Andrea Branzi

1969

Church of Solitude Project, New York, New York, Plan

Church of Solitude Project, New York, New York, Plan

Gaetano Pesce

1974-77

Potteries Thinkbelt Project, Staffordshire, England (Plan of Desire Lines-Physical and Mental Exchange)

Potteries Thinkbelt Project, Staffordshire, England (Plan...

Cedric Price

1964–1966

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

Generator Project, White Oak, Florida, Plan and perspecti...

Cedric Price

1978-80

Generator Project, White Oak, Florida, Investigations of casings to the structural frames, Plan, section, and elevation

Generator Project, White Oak, Florida, Investigations of ...

Cedric Price

1978-1980

Generator Project, White Oak, Florida, Plan of Menu 25, Ddetail of S.W. Zone II

Generator Project, White Oak, Florida, Plan of Menu 25, D...

Cedric Price

1978-80

Cemetery of San Cataldo, Modena, Italy, Plan

Cemetery of San Cataldo, Modena, Italy, Plan

Aldo Rossi

1971

Cemetery of San Cataldo, Modena, Italy, Plan study

Cemetery of San Cataldo, Modena, Italy, Plan study

Aldo Rossi

1972

La Miniatura, Mrs. George Madison Millard House, Pasadena, California, Plan of first floor

La Miniatura, Mrs. George Madison Millard House, Pasadena...

Frank Lloyd Wright

1923

Charrette Submission for The Museum of Modern Art Expansi...

Dominique Perrault

1997

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Prayer Hall: plan sketch

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

Louis I. Kahn

1965

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

Cemetery of San Cataldo, Modena, Italy, Plan study

Cemetery of San Cataldo, Modena, Italy, Plan study

Aldo Rossi

1972

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

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

Michael Graves

1978

National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Three plans, preliminary study)

National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Three pla...

Skidmore Owings & Merrill

1977

American System-Built Houses for The Richards Company, project, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Isometric plan of model J900

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

Frank Lloyd Wright

c. 1915-17

American System-Built Houses for The Richards Company, project, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Isometric plan of model J400

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

Frank Lloyd Wright

c. 1915-17

Charrette Submission for The Museum of Modern Art Expansi...

Bernard Tschumi Architects

1997

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

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

Emilio Ambasz

1975

House for Venice Biennale, project, Venice, Italy, Plans

House for Venice Biennale, project, Venice, Italy, Plans

César Pelli

1976

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Plan)

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Plan)

Zaha Hadid

1982-83

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

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

Louis I. Kahn

1960-61

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

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

Two Rooms Project, Perspective and plan

Two Rooms Project, Perspective and plan

Walter Pichler

1975

The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Site plan, study

Richard Meier

1975-79

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

Bogk House, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Rug design)

Bogk House, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Rug design)

Frank Lloyd Wright

1916–1917

Church on the Water, Tomamu, Hokkaido, Japan, Plan and sketch

Church on the Water, Tomamu, Hokkaido, Japan, Plan and sk...

Tadao Ando

1985–1988

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Plan sketch)

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

Louis I. Kahn

1963

The Planet as Festival: Study for Temple for Erotic Dances, project (Aerial perspective and plan)

The Planet as Festival: Study for Temple for Erotic Dance...

Ettore Sottsass

1972–1973

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

Center for Applied Computer Research, Las Promesas, Mexico (Site plan)

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

Emilio Ambasz

1975

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

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

Cedric Price

1978

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, Garden of Sounds, perspective and plan

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, Garden of Sounds, ...

Steven Holl

1986

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

Worldbridge Trade and Investment Center project, Baltimor...

Emilio Ambasz

1992

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

Unity Temple, Oak Park, IL (Exterior perspective and partial plan)

Unity Temple, Oak Park, IL (Exterior perspective and part...

Frank Lloyd Wright

c. 1929-30

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

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

Kyle Residence, Houston, Texas, Plan

Kyle Residence, Houston, Texas, Plan

Joel Sanders

1995

Ibirapuera Park, Quadricentennial Gardens, project, São Paulo, Brazil (Plan, detail five)

Ibirapuera Park, Quadricentennial Gardens, project, São P...

Roberto Burle Marx

1953

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Prayer Hall: plan sketch

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

Louis I. Kahn

1965

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

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

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

Santiago Calatrava

1992

Indian Institute of Managementm, Ahmedabad, India, Plan sketch of classroom building

Indian Institute of Managementm, Ahmedabad, India, Plan s...

Louis I. Kahn

1964

Brick Country House, project, Potsdam-Neubabelsberg, Plan

Brick Country House, project, Potsdam-Neubabelsberg, Plan

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1964

Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of mezzanine-level theater)

Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of me...

Oscar Nitzchke

1936

Endless Theatre Project, Plan

Endless Theatre Project, Plan

Frederick Kiesler

1924

Endless Theatre Project, Plan

Endless Theatre Project, Plan

Frederick Kiesler

1924

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

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Prayer Hall: plan sketch

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

Louis I. Kahn

1965

Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Tip of the Strip

Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The T...

Rem Koolhaas

1972

Generator Project, White Oak, Florida, Plan

Generator Project, White Oak, Florida, Plan

Cedric Price

1978-80

Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of entrance level with bar and exhibition space)

Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of en...

Oscar Nitzchke

1936

Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of basement newsreel theater)

Maison de la Publicité Project, Paris, France (Plan of ba...

Oscar Nitzchke

1936

Cemetery of San Cataldo, Modena, Italy, Plan study

Cemetery of San Cataldo, Modena, Italy, Plan study

Aldo Rossi

1971

Skandia Cinema, Stockholm, Sweden, Plan of ground floor

Skandia Cinema, Stockholm, Sweden, Plan of ground floor

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1923

Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Second-floor plan

Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Second-floor plan

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1917

Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Site plan

Villa Snellman, Djursholm, Sweden, Site plan

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1917

Airplane Hangar Project (Roof plan)

Airplane Hangar Project (Roof plan)

Konrad Wachsmann

1963

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

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

Louis I. Kahn

1963

Mikveh Israel Synagogue, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Plan sketches

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

Louis I. Kahn

1963

Gymnasium Bridge, project, New York City, New York, Plan, site plan, and exterior perspective

Gymnasium Bridge, project, New York City, New York, Plan,...

Steven Holl

1977

Town Plan Project, Kobe, Japan, Site plan

Town Plan Project, Kobe, Japan, Site plan

Ricardo Bofill

1994

National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Five plans)

Skidmore Owings & Merrill

1977

Charrette Submission for The Museum of Modern Art Expansi...

Rem Koolhaas

1997

Court House Project, Plan

Court House Project, Plan

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1945-46

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

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

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

R. Buckminster Fuller

c. 1930

IIT Library and Administration Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plan of main floor

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

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

c. 1944-45

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

Fine Arts Center, School, and Performing Arts Theater, Fort Wayne, Indiana (Site-plan sketch)

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

Louis I. Kahn

1963

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

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

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

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, National Assembly Building: plan sketch

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

Louis I. Kahn

1963

Law Courts Annex, Gothenburg, Sweden, Plan of courtroom and section of desk

Law Courts Annex, Gothenburg, Sweden, Plan of courtroom a...

Erik Gunnar Asplund

Unknown

Sixth Street House project, Santa Monica, CA (Isometrics and plan)

Sixth Street House project, Santa Monica, CA (Isometrics ...

Thom Mayne

1990

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

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

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Prayer Hall: plan sketch

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

Louis I. Kahn

1965

Plans for Algiers and Barcelona and “cité-jardin verticale” (vertical garden city) drawing made during a lecture in Chicago November 27, 1935

Plans for Algiers and Barcelona and “cité-jardin vertical...

Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret)

1935

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

Frank Lloyd Wright

1915-17

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

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

Louis I. Kahn

1958

Dymaxion Dwelling Machine project, Wichita House (Study for air circulation: plan and sections)

Dymaxion Dwelling Machine project, Wichita House (Study f...

R. Buckminster Fuller

1945

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Plot breakdown)

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Plot breakdown)

Zaha Hadid

1982-83

Charrette Submission for The Museum of Modern Art Expansi...

Tod Williams Billie Tsien and Associates

1997

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

Fine Arts Center, School, and Performing Arts Theater, Fort Wayne, Indiana (Site-plan sketch)

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

Louis I. Kahn

1963

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

Tadao Ando

1985–1988

The Atheneum, New Harmony, IN (Preliminary sketch: plan)

The Atheneum, New Harmony, IN (Preliminary sketch: plan)

Richard Meier

1975-79

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

House for Rita, project, Perspective and plan

House for Rita, project, Perspective and plan

Leon Krier

1974

Fountain House, Generative Geometries, project, Plan

Fountain House, Generative Geometries, project, Plan

Rodolfo Machado

1975

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Composite [divisions of plot])

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Composite [di...

Zaha Hadid

1982-83

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Base Plan [as Existing] and Moving Elements)

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Base Plan [as...

Zaha Hadid

1982-83

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Water Strip)

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Water Strip)

Zaha Hadid

1982-83

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Greenhouse Strip)

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Greenhouse St...

Zaha Hadid

1982-83

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Discovery Strip)

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Discovery Strip)

Zaha Hadid

1982-83

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Planetary Strip)

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Planetary Strip)

Zaha Hadid

1982-83

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Green Strip)

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Green Strip)

Zaha Hadid

1982-83

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Planetary/Water Strip)

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Planetary/Wat...

Zaha Hadid

1982-83

Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Institute of Biological Transactions (Plan oblique)

Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The I...

Rem Koolhaas

1972

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

Charrette Submission for The Museum of Modern Art Expansi...

Rafael Viñoly Architects

1997

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

La Place du Nombre d'Or, Antigone, Montpellier, France, Aerial perspective

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

Ricardo Bofill

c. 1978-84

Mikveh Israel Synagogue, project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Plan and perspective sketches

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

Louis I. Kahn

1965

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

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

Louis I. Kahn

1963

IIT Master Plan, Chicago, IL (Campus, aerial perspective, preliminary version)

IIT Master Plan, Chicago, IL (Campus, aerial perspective,...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

c. 1939-40

Fine Arts Center, School, and Performing Arts Theater, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Plan sketches

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

Louis I. Kahn

1963

Urban projects for Montevideo and São Paulo, Brazil. Aerial perspectives

Urban projects for Montevideo and São Paulo, Brazil. Aeri...

Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret)

1929

Generator Project, White Oak, Florida, Early combined site survey and initial proposals

Generator Project, White Oak, Florida, Early combined sit...

Cedric Price

1978-80

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Prayer Hall: plan sketch

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

Louis I. Kahn

1965

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Plan sketch of Prayer Hall

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

Louis I. Kahn

1965

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bernard Tschumi

1976-77

The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana, Plan, preliminary study

Richard Meier

1975

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

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

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

1980

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

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

Pedestrian City project, Hypostyle Courtyard (Developed plan and section elevations)

Pedestrian City project, Hypostyle Courtyard (Developed p...

Roger C. Ferri

1979

Woodland Crematorium, Woodland Cemetery, Stockholm, Sweden, Site plan and section, final version

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

Erik Gunnar Asplund

1937

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, New subway station opening onto elongated gap, perspective and plan

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, New subway station...

Steven Holl

1986

Gated Wall, Perspective and elevation

Gated Wall, Perspective and elevation

Erich Mendelsohn

Unknown

Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, Sketches of main hall

Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, Sketches of main hall

Arata Isozaki

1992

Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, Sketches for main hall

Nara Convention Hall, Nara, Japan, Sketches for main hall

Arata Isozaki

1992

Ibirapuera Park project, São Paulo, Brazil (Site plan)

Ibirapuera Park project, São Paulo, Brazil (Site plan)

Roberto Burle Marx

1953

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

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

R. Buckminster Fuller

1927

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

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Wells House, project, Long Lake, Minnesota, Plan of lower level

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Wells House, project, Long Lake, Minn...

Frank Lloyd Wright

1946

Charrette Submission for The Museum of Modern Art Expansi...

Wiel Arets

1997

Dymaxion House project (Plan, deck-tensioning pattern)

Dymaxion House project (Plan, deck-tensioning pattern)

R. Buckminster Fuller

1927-29

Museum for a Small City project (Plan)

Museum for a Small City project (Plan)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1941-43

Library and Office Building of Salman Schocken, Jerusalem, Israel, Perspective and plan

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

Erich Mendelsohn

Unknown

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, View from court of...

Steven Holl

1986

Hubbe House Project, Magdeburg, Germany (Floor plan with furniture placement [final version])

Hubbe House Project, Magdeburg, Germany (Floor plan with ...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1934–1935

House for Colin Rowe Project (Aerial axonometric view)

House for Colin Rowe Project (Aerial axonometric view)

Leon Krier

1975

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Fields)

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Fields)

Zaha Hadid

1982-83

Pillars under the Shed Project, Aerial perspective

Pillars under the Shed Project, Aerial perspective

Walter Pichler

1975

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

1960

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

Church of the Light, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan (Plan)

Church of the Light, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan (Plan)

Tadao Ando

1989

Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Square of the Muses

Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The S...

Rem Koolhaas

1972

Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Baths (Axonometric projection)

Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The B...

Rem Koolhaas

1972

Parc de la Villette, Paris, France, Aerial perspective of follies

Parc de la Villette, Paris, France, Aerial perspective of...

Bernard Tschumi

1986

The Manhattan Transcripts Project, New York, New York, Episode 4: The Block

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

Bernard Tschumi

1980-81

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

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

Helix City Project, Tokyo, Japan (Plan)

Helix City Project, Tokyo, Japan (Plan)

Kisho Kurokawa

1961

Finney Guest House Project, Siesta Key, Florida, Aerial perspective

Finney Guest House Project, Siesta Key, Florida, Aerial p...

Paul Rudolph

1949

Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The Central Area

Exodus, or the Voluntary Prisoners of Architecture: The C...

Rem Koolhaas

1972

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

New York Birdcage-Imaginary Architecture, project, New York City, New York, Perspective from above and plan

New York Birdcage-Imaginary Architecture, project, New Yo...

Friedrich St. Florian

1968

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

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

Louis I. Kahn

1965

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Site-plan sketch

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

Louis I. Kahn

1964

Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Preliminary sketches of the Citadel of the Assembly

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

Louis I. Kahn

1962

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

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

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

Tadao Ando

1985–1988

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Planetary/Water Strip)

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Planetary/Wat...

Zaha Hadid

1982-83

The House without Rooms Project, Elevation and plan

The House without Rooms Project, Elevation and plan

Raimund Abraham

1974

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, Subway station and shops, ticket-taker tower, perspective and plan

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, Subway station and...

Steven Holl

1986

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, Water basin, amphitheater, and jack-up rig, perspective and plan

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, Water basin, amphi...

Steven Holl

1986

Generator Project, White Oak, Florida, The Site Large and Small

Generator Project, White Oak, Florida, The Site Large and...

Cedric Price

1978-80

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

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

Louis I. Kahn

1964

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

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

IIT Library and Administration Building, Chicago, IL, (Ve...

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

c. 1946-47

The Manhattan Transcripts Project, New York, New York, Episode 4: The Block

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

Bernard Tschumi

1980-81

The Manhattan Transcripts Project, New York, New York, Episode 4: The Block,

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

Bernard Tschumi

1980-81

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Jogging Track and Green Strip)

Parc de la Villette Project, Paris, France (Jogging Track...

Zaha Hadid

1982-83