Posted: January 15th, 2010 | Author: Alberto Rigau | Filed under: Typography | Tags: 18th Century, Book Layout, Catholic Traditions, History, Letterpress, Mexico, Religion, Religious Texts, Sage Chappel, Typography | No Comments »
As a continuation of my previous post, here another scan, this time of a 1725 document. Again, the use of the “catchphrase” is visible within these pages as well.
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Posted: September 13th, 2009 | Author: Armando Rigau | Filed under: ArchDrawing, Personal | Tags: Architecture, Cornell University, Drawing, Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Sage Chappel, Uris Library | 1 Comment »
Herbert F. Johnson Museum: Exploring how the negative space of the facade blends in with its environment.
As part of the first exercise for first-year drawing class of the M.Arch. I at Cornell’s Architecture School, my classmates and I were asked to go around the campus and free-hand draw three structures. The assignment was completely open, as we could draw anything we wanted to portray. The purpose of the exercise was to begin thinking about how we “see” buildings and how we can represent those ideas about them. I centered on the Herbert F. Johnson Museum, the Sage Chappel, and Uris Library. I wish to share part of my outcome… Read the rest of this entry »
