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Architectural Drawing

Artist/Maker

This fantasy scheme for a house for a birdman – a creature half man half bird – was based upon an historic conical stone tower that the architect Peter Wilson happened upon in Southwold, Norfolk. In his design, Wilson converted the tower and added a building to create the home for a resident who is not shown in the drawings but whose living habits are revealed. The new structure is triangular in plan and stepped from the outer corners to a point close to the tower. There is a rope bridge and a swing; one level is grassed like a nest; a glazed corridor-room is used for storage of items like luggage and a cine-camera; and although men’s clothing hang in one room, several pairs of wings also hang on the walls.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil and black ink on tracing paper mounted on card with tracing paper cover
Brief description
Bird House: perspective, by Peter Wilson, architect, 1975
Dimensions
  • Height: 297mm
  • Width: 420mm
Marks and inscriptions
initialled and dated, lower right 'P.W.75.'
Credit line
Given by Peter Wilson
Summary
This fantasy scheme for a house for a birdman – a creature half man half bird – was based upon an historic conical stone tower that the architect Peter Wilson happened upon in Southwold, Norfolk. In his design, Wilson converted the tower and added a building to create the home for a resident who is not shown in the drawings but whose living habits are revealed. The new structure is triangular in plan and stepped from the outer corners to a point close to the tower. There is a rope bridge and a swing; one level is grassed like a nest; a glazed corridor-room is used for storage of items like luggage and a cine-camera; and although men’s clothing hang in one room, several pairs of wings also hang on the walls.


Collection
Accession number
CD.5-2018

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Record createdNovember 21, 2017
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