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David Macaulay: The Art of Drawing Architecture

June 23, 2007 - May 4, 2008


Exhibition Resources

David Macaulay: Bibliography

David Macaulay: Fact Sheet

David Macaulay: Media Advisory

David Macaulay Exhibition: News Release


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For more than 30 years, David Macaulay’s drawings have unearthed "the way things work." Trained as an architect, Macaulay has long been fascinated by large-scale constructions, and his accessible illustrations teach viewers to see, and understand, the architectural and engineering processes behind structures.

Macaulay’s unique brand of drawing, which can be described as visual archeology, not only peels back exterior facades and interior walls, but also shows us how buildings were designed and constructed from the ground up.

David Macaulay: The Art of Drawing Architecture focuses on the artist’s use of drawing to research historic buildings, to render architecture from engaging perspectives, to reveal underlying structures, and to critique and redesign, in a playful manner, the contemporary landscape of American architecture.

Sponsors

David Macaulay: The Art of Drawing Architecture is made possible by 

American

  



American Society of Civil Engineers

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP; Dale Chihuly; Lamy writing instruments; Bentley Systems, Incorporated; Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, LLP; Edward W. Rose III Family Fund of The Dallas Foundation; STUDIOS Architecture; Turner Construction Company; Blick Art Materials; Sunrise Foundation; The American Architectural Foundation; and other generous contributors.

The National Building Museum is grateful to Mrs. Laura Bush for serving as Honorary Chair of this exhibition.

Credits

Curator: Kathleen Franz, PhD, Assistant Professor of History at American University, Washington, D.C.
Coordinating Curator: Chrysanthe Broikos
Curatorial Associate: Deborah Moore Sorensen
Exhibition & Graphic Design: Malcolm Grear Designers, Inc.

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