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On display at V&A South Kensington
Architecture, Room 128

The Wall

Drawing
1988 (made)
Artist/Maker
Branson Coates (designer)
Nigel Coates (artist)
Place of origin
London (made)

Architectural presentation drawing showing a perspective of the elevation across the top half of the drawing and an exploded view of floors and details of construction across the bottom half. The drawing is populated by a helicopter, cars and motorcyclists and annotations about the direction of light in the building and instructions on reading the drawing. The drawing is mounted on orange card and framed in a steel frame.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Architecture
Topography
Designs
Object type
Drawing
TitleThe Wall (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, acrylic and pastel on paper.
Pastel
Paper
Acrylic
Pencil
Drawing
Brief description
Presentation drawing of 'The Wall' shopping complex, Tokyo, showing perspective of elevation, exploded view of floors and details of construction, by Nigel Coates for Branson Coates Architecture, London, 1988
Physical description
Architectural presentation drawing showing a perspective of the elevation across the top half of the drawing and an exploded view of floors and details of construction across the bottom half. The drawing is populated by a helicopter, cars and motorcyclists and annotations about the direction of light in the building and instructions on reading the drawing. The drawing is mounted on orange card and framed in a steel frame.
Dimensions
  • Height: 83.6cm
  • Width: 59cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1994
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'NIGEL COATES '88' (Signature; date; In the bottom right corner; Handwriting; Pencil; Coates; 1988)
  • "THE WALL"/ NIGEL COATES/ Please return to:/ BRANSON COATES/ARCHITECTURE/23 OLD ST/LONDON EC1/UK (On a label on the reverse of the frame; Handwriting; ball point pen)
Subjects depicted
Restaurant
Cafes
Shops
Helicopter
Motorcycle
Earthquakes
Place depicted
Tokyo (City)
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Rick Poyner and Nigel Coates, 'The City in Motion', 1989
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1994
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.298-1994

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Record createdJune 19, 2003
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O81640/the-wall-drawing-nigel-coates/
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