Chris Wilkinson
Thinking through drawing
03 Sep 2015 - 14 Feb 2016
Chris Wilkinson RA
Chris Wilkinson’s sketchbooks.
Photo Royal Academy of Arts Photography: John Bodkin, DawkinsColour © Chris Wilkinson RA.
Chris Wilkinson’s sketchbooks.
Photo Royal Academy of Arts Photography: John Bodkin, DawkinsColour © Chris Wilkinson RA.
Chris Wilkinson RA
Crown Hotel, Sydney, Australia (completion due 2019).
Sketchbook. Photo Royal Academy of Arts Photography: John Bodkin, DawkinsColour © Chris Wilkinson RA.
Crown Hotel, Sydney, Australia (completion due 2019).
Sketchbook. Photo Royal Academy of Arts Photography: John Bodkin, DawkinsColour © Chris Wilkinson RA.
Chris Wilkinson RA
Carphone Warehouse, Merry Hill (concept, 1997).
Photo Royal Academy of Arts Photography: John Bodkin, DawkinsColour © Chris Wilkinson RA.
Carphone Warehouse, Merry Hill (concept, 1997).
Photo Royal Academy of Arts Photography: John Bodkin, DawkinsColour © Chris Wilkinson RA.
Chris Wilkinson RA
King’s Cross Gasholders (completion due 2016).
Sketchbook. Photo Royal Academy of Arts Photography: John Bodkin, DawkinsColour © Chris Wilkinson RA.
King’s Cross Gasholders (completion due 2016).
Sketchbook. Photo Royal Academy of Arts Photography: John Bodkin, DawkinsColour © Chris Wilkinson RA.
Chris Wilkinson RA
Battersea Power Station, London (completion due 2019).
Photo Royal Academy of Arts. Photography: John Bodkin, Dawkins Colour. © Chris Wilkinson RA.
Battersea Power Station, London (completion due 2019).
Photo Royal Academy of Arts. Photography: John Bodkin, Dawkins Colour. © Chris Wilkinson RA.
Chris Wilkinson RA
Dyson Headquarters, Malmesbury (completed 1999).
Photo Royal Academy of Arts. Photography: John Bodkin, Dawkins Colour. © Chris Wilkinson RA.
Dyson Headquarters, Malmesbury (completed 1999).
Photo Royal Academy of Arts. Photography: John Bodkin, Dawkins Colour. © Chris Wilkinson RA.
Chris Wilkinson RA
University of Exeter: Forum Project (completed 2012).
Photo Royal Academy of Arts. Photography: John Bodkin, Dawkins Colour. © Chris Wilkinson RA.
University of Exeter: Forum Project (completed 2012).
Photo Royal Academy of Arts. Photography: John Bodkin, Dawkins Colour. © Chris Wilkinson RA.
Chris Wilkinson RA
Mary Rose Museum, Portsmouth (completed 2013).
Photo Royal Academy of Arts. Photography: John Bodkin, Dawkins Colour. © Chris Wilkinson RA.
Mary Rose Museum, Portsmouth (completed 2013).
Photo Royal Academy of Arts. Photography: John Bodkin, Dawkins Colour. © Chris Wilkinson RA.
CHRIS WILKINSON
Thinking through drawing
3 September 2015 — 14 February 2016
Giving a unique insight into the mind of an architect, the RA presents the personal sketchbooks of Chris Wilkinson RA.
To have an architect or artist share their sketchbooks is to be offered an extraordinary window into their creative process, to reveal their observations and their thinking, to see the designer’s mind at work. For an architect, the sketchbook is not just a place to draw, but a place to order thoughts – to graphically and visually gather information and to develop a design response.
This is certainly true for renowned architect Chris Wilkinson RA, who believes passionately in the importance of drawing by hand, particularly in an age dominated by digital media.
This exhibition contains a selection of Wilkinson’s sketchbooks, drawings and watercolours from the last 30 years alongside architectural objects. They reveal his design thinking, from initial site studies and early concepts to design development and construction, through projects such as the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth, Maggie’s Centre in Oxford and the King’s Cross Gasholders.
Thinking through drawing
3 September 2015 — 14 February 2016
Giving a unique insight into the mind of an architect, the RA presents the personal sketchbooks of Chris Wilkinson RA.
To have an architect or artist share their sketchbooks is to be offered an extraordinary window into their creative process, to reveal their observations and their thinking, to see the designer’s mind at work. For an architect, the sketchbook is not just a place to draw, but a place to order thoughts – to graphically and visually gather information and to develop a design response.
This is certainly true for renowned architect Chris Wilkinson RA, who believes passionately in the importance of drawing by hand, particularly in an age dominated by digital media.
This exhibition contains a selection of Wilkinson’s sketchbooks, drawings and watercolours from the last 30 years alongside architectural objects. They reveal his design thinking, from initial site studies and early concepts to design development and construction, through projects such as the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth, Maggie’s Centre in Oxford and the King’s Cross Gasholders.