A Collection of Iconic Building Portraits Amalia Sanchez de la Blanca
LINESCAPES Architectural Portraits
A Collection of Iconic Building Portraits Amalia Sanchez de la Blanca
First published in the United Kingdom in 2022 by Linescapes 65 Mill Road, Worthing BN11 5DX Copyright © Linescapes/Amalia Sanchez de la Blanca 2022 The moral right of Linescapes to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This book was conceived, designed and produced by Linescapes All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. SKU: 700-550-300 Printed and bound in the UK www.linescapes.co.uk LINESCAPES Architectural Portraits
Contents Foreword 11th Century 16th Century 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century Regency Victorian Louis XIII Neoclassical 20th Century Edwardian British Art Nouveau Art Deco Organic Architecture Modernism Brutalism High-Tech 21st Century Contemporary Deconstructivism Index 4 6 7 8 9 14 16 30 31 34 37 40 56 57 69 74 76 81 82 LINESCAPES Architectural Portraits
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When she moved to LA in her early 20s she started to appreciate architecture – the modernist Case Study houses in particular captured her eye. This led her to study architecture in the UK but from the beginning she always approached it from an artistic rather than technical angle The tension between her passion for drawing and the demands of her career was always present. It wasn’t until she moved to Brighton that she finally realised that she didn’t have to be torn between architecture and drawing and that she could, in fact, blend them. The city’s landmarks, local architecture and history viewed with her newcomer’s eye had given her an idea Her distinct style could represent the clichéd in a fresh way And then she expanded her idea to include buildings not just in Brighton but further afield resulting years later in a collection of over 70 illustrations of iconic buildings. She also carries out commissions for private individuals, businesses and cultural organisations
Despite the disparate ages, types and styles of the architecture she has drawn, Amalia's background as an architect and consequent attention to detail and her trademark style ensures that her illustrations sit well together in an elegant and understated collection. We hope you enjoy them! For Linescapes' full collection of products visit www.linescapes.co.uk Email Amalia on contact@linescapes.co.uk if you are interested in her bespoke comissions.
Architectural portraits brand Linescapes - owned by former architect Amalia Sanchez de la Blanca - takes you on a visual tour of the world's most iconic buildings. Organised chronologially, the 70 exquisite illustrations in this book give an overall view of the evolution of architecture all around the world, from Tudor times to the controversial 20th Century Brutalist
Amalia's love of architecture and her passion for drawing has inspired her to publish this collection of her favourite drawings. Her company Linescapes produces a range of products featuring her ilustrations including art prints, stationery, gifts and homeware availabe to buy form her website. She also undertakes bespoke commissions for private individuals, cultural landmarks and businesses .
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and illustrator with over 20 years’ experience in Spain, USA and UK, and with has a Master’s degree from the Royal College of Art, Amalia has always loved drawing. She was at her happiest as a child when drawing and she continued to draw all through her life. However, as with most people she put aside her passion to pursue a ‘proper’ career.
Linescapes' aim is to tap onto people's emotional relationships with buildings. Architecture can evoke memories, a sense of belonging and relate to our aesthetic sense That's why Linescapes collections are constantly growing with drawings of buildings that mean something to people, whether it's a cultural landmark, an architecturally significant structure or a bespoke house portrait.
In Amalia’s own words: “Architecture is a highly functional creative expression so for a while I was able to fulfill my artistic needs to a certain degree But after years of being an architect I realised that it wasn’t enough. I realised I was an artist doing an architect’s job! So I left to pursue my passion: to draw buildings that fascinate me but in my own style”
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Windsor Castle Round Tower - Windsor (William the Conqueror, 1086) 11th CenturyLinescapesNorman 6
16th Century - TudorLittle Moreton Hall - Cheshire (Sir Richard de Moreton, 1409-1589) Linescapes 7
Queen's House - Greenwich, London (Inigo Jones, 1635) 17th Century - English LinescapesPalladian 8
9 Linescapes Sitges Parroquia - Spain (Unknown, 1672) 17th Century - Spanish Baroque
10 17th Century - EnglishLinescapesBaroqueSt Paul's Cathedral - London (Sir Christopher Wren, 1697)
11 18th Century - NeoclassicalRadcliffe Camera - Oxford (James Gibbs, 1749) Linescapes
18th Century - NeoclassicalLinescapesWallace Collection - London (Joshua Brown, 1788) 12
232221201918 292827262524 16 17 19th VictorianC. 30 31 32 19th NeoclassicalC. 19th RegencyC. 19th Century 19th C. Louis14XIII 15
14 19th Century - RegencyBrighton Royal Pavilion - Brighton & Hove (John Nash, 1815) Linescapes
Brunswick Square - Brighton & Hove (Charles Busby, 1840) 19th Century -LinescapesRegency 15
Palmeira Square - Brighton & Hove (Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmith, 1866) 19th Century -LinescapesVictorian 16
17 Palmeira Square Interior - Brighton & Hove (Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmith, 1866) 19th Century -LinescapesVictorian
18 West Pier Kiosk - Brighton & Hove (Eugenius Birch, 1866) 19th Century -LinescapesVictorian
19 19th Century -LinescapesVictorianKings House - Brighton & Hove (James Knowles, 1874)
19th Century -LinescapesVictorian 20 Volks Railway Carriage - Brighton & Hove (Magnus Volks, 1883)
19th Century -LinescapesVictorianDaddy Long Legs - Brighton & Hove (Magnus Volks, 1896) 21
22 London Transport Museum - London (William Rogers, 1871) 19th Century -LinescapesVictorian
17 23 The Birdcage Bandstand - Brighton & Hove (Phillip Lockwood, 1885) 19th Century -LinescapesVictorian
24 19th Century -LinescapesVictorianLord's Pavilion - London (Thomas Verity, 1890)
25 19th Century -LinescapesVictorianTower Bridge - London (Horace Jones, 1894)
26 19th Century -LinescapesVictorianBrighton Palace Pier - Brighton & Hove (R. St George, 1899)
Beach Huts - Brighton & Hove (Unknown, 1899) 19th Century -LinescapesVictorian 27
The Temperate House - Kew Gardens, London (Decimus Burton & Richard Turner, 1863) 19th Century -LinescapesVictorian 28
29 20th Century -LinescapesVictorianRussell-Cotes Museum - Bournemouth (John Frederick Fogerty, 1901)
30 Sir John Soane's Museum - London (Sir John Soane, 1837) 19th Century - NeoclassicalLinescapes
Ashmolean Museum - Oxford (C.R. Cockerell, 1845) 19th Century - NeoclassicalLinescapes 31
19th Century - Louis ChateauXIII de Sceaux - France (Augustin Théophile Quantinet, 1862) Linescapes 32
34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 46 47 48 52 53 5449 50 51 43 44 45 20th Century 20thBritishC. ArtEdwardian20thNouveauC.20thC.ArtDeco
Clock Tower - Bexhill-on-Sea (Robert Hembrow, 1904) 20th Century - EdwardianLinescapes 34
35 20th Century - EdwardianLinescapesFlinders Street Station - Melbourne, Australia (James Fawcett, 1910)
Linescapes 20th Century - EdwardianDome Cinema - Worthing (Theophilus Arthur Allen, 1911) 36
20th Century - British Art LinescapesNouveau 37 78 Derngate - Northampton (Charles Rennie Mackintosh , 1917)
20th Century - British Art LinescapesNouveauHill House - Helensburgh, Scotland (Charles Rennie Mackintosh , 1904) 38
39 Linescapes Glasgow School of Art - Scotland (Charles Rennie Mackintosh , 1909) 20th Century - British Art Nouveau
Linescapes 20th Century Art Deco 40 Wembley Stadium Twin Towers - London (Sir Robert McAlpine, 1923)
Linescapes 41 Chrysler Building - New York (William van Alen, 1930) 20th Century Art Deco
Linescapes 20th Century Art Deco 42 Freemason's Hall - London (Henry Victor Ashley and F. Winton Newman, 1933)
Linescapes 43 20th Century Art DecoHoover Building - London (Wallis, Gilbert and Partners , 1937)
Linescapes 20th Century Art DecoThe Grand Cinema - Shanghai, China (László Hudec, 1933) 44
20th Century - Art LinescapesDecoBrockwell Lido - London (Rowbotham & Smithson, 1937) 45
Linescapes 20th Century Art DecoShoreham Airport - Lancing (R. Stavers Hessell Tiltman, 1936) 46
Linescapes 47 20th Century Art DecoSaltdean Lido - Saltdean (R W H Jones, 1938)
48 Linescapes 20th Century Art DecoSouthern Pavilion - Worthing Pier (Adshead & Ramsey, 1935)
49 Pier Amusements - Worthing Pier (Unknown, 1937) Linescapes 20th Century Art Deco
50 Linescapes Wick Hall - Brighton & Hove (Toms and Partners for Bell Modern Flats, 1936) 20th Century - Art Deco
51 Linescapes 20th Century - Art Deco4 Grand Avenue - Brighton & Hove (Murrell & Pigott, 1939)
Battersea Power Station - London (J. Theo Halliday & Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, 1937-1953) Linescapes 52 20th Century (Art Deco)
53 Tate Modern Gallery - London (Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, 1952) Linescapes 20th Century (Art Deco)
Milkmaid Pavilion (Alfresco Restaurant) - Brighton & Hove (Unknown, 1951) 20th Century - Art Deco) 54 Linescapes
6766656463 6260 61595857 73746872717069 56 20th ModernismBrutalistC.20thC. 20th High-TechC.20th Century 20th ArchitectureOrganicC.
56 20th Century - Organic ArchitectureLinescapesFallingwater - Pennsylvania, USA (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1935)
57 Isokon Building (Lawn Road Flats) - London (Wells Coates, 1934) 20th Century - ModernismLinescapes
58 Embassy Court - Brighton & Hove (Wells Coates, 1936) 20th Century - ModernismLinescapes
Linescapes De la Warr Pavilion - Bexhill-on-Sea (Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff, 1935) 20th Century - Modernism 59
60 Highpoint I - London (Berthold Lubetkin, 1935) Linescapes 20th Century - Modernism
Finsbury Health Centre - London (Berthold Lubetkin, 1938) 61 Linescapes 20th Century - Modernism
Linescapes 62 10 Palace Gate - London (Wells Coates, 1939) 20th Century - Modernism
63 Willow Road - London (Ernő Goldfinger, 1939) Linescapes 20th Century - Modernism
64 Royal Festival Hall - London (Leslie Martin, Peter Moro and Robert Matthew, 1951) 20th Century - ModernismLinescapes
65 Linescapes Notre Dame du Haut - Ronchamp, France (Le Corbusier, 1954) 20th Century - Modernism
66 Linescapes 20th Century - ModernismOutlook - Belfast (Ian Campbell , 1960)
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral - Liverpool (Sir Frederick Gibberd, Edwin Lutyens, 1967) 67 Linescapes 20th Century - Modernism
Linescapes Sydney Opera House - Australia (Jørn Utzon, 1973) 20th Century - Modernism 68
National Theatre - London (Denys Lasdun, 1976) Linescapes 20th Century - Brutalism 69
70 Linescapes Hayward Gallery - London (Higgs and Hill, 1968) 20th Century - Brutalism
71 Quaker Meeting Place - London (Trevor Dannatt, 1972) Linescapes 20th Century - Brutalism
72 Trellick Tower - London (Ernő Goldfinger, 1972) Linescapes 20th Century - Brutalism
Linescapes 73 Barbican Estate - London (Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, 1982) 20th Century - Brutalism
74 20th Century - High-TechLinescapesLloyds Building - London (Sir Richard Rogers, 1986)
79 80787776 21st Contem-C.porary 21st tructivismDecons-C.21st Century81
Linescapes 76 London Eye - London (Marks Barfield Architects, 2000) 21st Century - Contemporary
77 Linescapes i360 - Brighton& Hove (Marks Barfield Architects, 2016) 21st Century - Contemporary
78 Linescapes Turner Gallery - Margate (Sir David Chipperfield , 2011) 21st Century - Contemporary
79 Linescapes Van Alen Building - Brighton & Hove (PRC Fewster, 2001) 21st Century - Contemporary
80 Linescapes 21st Century - ContemporaryCarbon Neutral Home - London (Whitebroom Sustainable Properties, 2020)
21st Century - DeconstructivismLinescapes 81 Imperial War Museum North - Greater Manchester (Daniel Libeskind, 2002)
Imperial War Museum North (page 81)
British Art Nouveau (Rennie Mackintosh) 78 Derngate (page 37) Hill House (page 38) Glasgow School of Art (page 39) Art Deco Wembley Stadium Twin Towers (page 40) Chrysler Building (page 41) Freemason's Hall (page 42) Hoover Building (page 43) Shanghai's Grand Theatre (page 44) Brockwell Lido (page 45) Shoreham Airport (page 46) Saltdean Lido (page 47) Worthing Pier Southern Pavilion (page 48) Worthing Pier Amusements (page 49) Wick Hall (page 50) 4 Grand Avenue (page 51) Battersea Power Station (page 52) Tate Modern (page 53) Milkmaid Pavilion (page 54) Organic Architecture Fallinwater (page 56) Modernism Isokon Building (page 57) Embassy Court (page 58) De la Warr Pavilion (page 59) Highpoint I (page 60) Finsbury Health Centre (page 61) 10 Palace gate (page 62) Willow Road (page 63) Royal Festival Hall (page 64) Notre Dame du Haut (page 65) Outlook (page 66) Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (page 67)
Deconstructivism
Sydney Opera House (page 68) Brutalism National Theatre (page 69) Hayward Gallery (page 70) Quaker's Meeting Place (page 71) Trellick Tower (page 72) Barbican (page 73) High Tech Lloyds Building (page 74) index 21st Century Contemporary London Eye (page 76) i360 (page 77)
11th Century Norman Windsor Castle Round Tower (page 6) 16th Century Tudor Little Moreton Hall (page 7) 17th Century English Palladian Queen's House (page 8) Spanish Baroque Sitges Parroquia (page 9) English Baroque St Paul's Cathedral (page 10) 18th Century Neoclassical Radcliffe Camera (page 11) Wallace Collection (page 12) 19th Century Regency Brighton Royal Pavilion (page 14) Brunswick Square (page 15) Victorian Palmeira Square (page 16) Palmeira Square Interior (page 17) West Pier Kiosk (page 18) Kings House (page 19) Volks Railway Carriage (page 20) Daddy Long Legs (page 21) London Transport Museum (page 22) Brighton Bandstand (page 23) Lord's Pavilion (page 24) Tower Bridge (page 25) Brighton Palace Pier (page 26) Brighton Beach Huts (page 27) Kew Garden's Temperate house (page 28) Russell-Cotes Museum Interior (page 29) Neoclassical Sir John Soane's Museum (page 30) Ashmolean Museum (page 31) Louis XIII Chateau de Sceaux (page 32) 20th Century Edwardian Bexhill on Sea Clock Tower (page 34) Melbourne's Flinders Street Station (page 35) Worthing Dome Cinema (page 36)
The Van Alen Building (page 79) Carbon Neutral House (page 80)
Margate Turner Gallery (page 78)
LINESCAPES Architectural Portraits Architectural Portraits brand Linescapes - owned by former architect Amalia Sanchez de la Blancatakes you on a visual tour of the world's most iconic buildings, all illustrated in her elegant and understated style. Organised chronologially , the 70 exquisite illustrations inside give an overall view of the evolution of architecture all around the world, from Tudor times to the controversial Brutalist buildings of the 20th Century Amalia's. love of architecture and her passion for drawing has inspired her to publish this collection of her favourite drawings . Her company Linescapes produces a range of products featuring her ilustrations including art prints, stationery , gifts and homeware availabe to buy form her website. She also undertakes bespoke commissions for private individuals , cultural landmarks and businesses . www.linescapes .co.uk Hardcover Book (SKU 700-550-300) © 2022 LINESCAPES Printed in the UK www.linescapes.co.uk