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Inside and outside of my creative life, I always find those valuable moments of time to draw and sketch the some of events, spaces and environments on my journeys... Sometimes I think about Robert Byron touring through regions of the Middle East in search of unique towers and monuments, and wonder about Bruce Chatwin venturing through the southern tip of South America and falling in love with Patagonia...Douglas Wittnebel...

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Friday, May 9, 2014

Rotunda building, napkin sketch

 
 
The beautiful Rotunda building in downtown Oakland, a historic landmark and great example of a restoration and transformation project.
By Doug Wittnebel - May 09, 2014 No comments:
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Labels: Architect, architecture restoration, California, dome, doug, doug douglas wittnebel, ink, napkin sketch, Oakland, renovation, restoration, rotunda building, section
Location: Downtown, Oakland, CA, USA

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Section drawing, the power of the inside out view...


http://www.worldarchitecture.org/authors-links/pmhnv/the-perfect-drawing-8-sensational-sections-that-raise-the-bar-for-architectural-representation.html



This amazing section drawing was created by a team of Japanese surveyors before demolition in 1994.

By Doug Wittnebel - March 08, 2014 No comments:
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Labels: Architect, architecture, drawing, graphic, illustration, representation, section, views
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