Achitecture with a twist

Thirty drawings: ‘Architecture with a Twist’. Technique: ‘Klare Lijn’ (Clear line), a technique developed by Japanese woodcutters in the 19th Century and widely adopted by Graphic Novel artists. It consists of a clear black outline filled in with flat colours. The output is digital.

Available as high-end not fading prints numbered 1-20, size 60 x 60 cm, or printed on dibond 60 x 60 cm. Different sizes possible.
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01. The Visit

Rietveld Schröder House, 1924, architect Gerrit Rietveld, Utrecht (NL)

Dymaxion Concept Car, 1933, architect and inventor Buckminster Fuller (USA)
02. Battersea Table

Battersea Power Station ,1933, architect Giles Gilbert Scott, London (UK)
03. Erasmus Power

Erasmusbrug, 1996, architect Ben van Berkel, Rotterdam (NL)

Desiderius Erasmus, Classical Scholar, 1466-1536

Normandie Ocean Liner, 1935 (F)
04. Digging for Coal

Headgear Zollverein World Heritage mining complex, 1928, Bauhaus architect Fritz Schupp, Essen (D)
05. Flying Saucer

Van Nelle factory, 1931, architects Brinkman & Van der Vlugt, Rotterdam (NL)

Well-known ‘skybar’ on top of the factory
06. Escape

Atomium, 1958, architect André Waterkeyn, Brussels (B)

International M5 High Speed Tractor, 1941
07. Plaza de Toros, Málaga, (Sp)

Taurus, astrological sign in the Zodiac
08. Fata Morgana 1

Eiffel Tower, 1889, architect Gustave Eiffel and others, Parijs (F)

Giza Pyramids (Egypt), 2250 BC

Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821
09. Fata Morgana 2

La Grande Arche, La Défense 1998, architect Johann Otto von Spreckelsen, Parijs (F)

Pyramid Le Louvre 1989, architect I. M. Pei, Paris (F)
10. Form Follows Function

Signal Box, 1938, architect Sybolt van Ravensteyn, Central Station, Utrecht (NL)

‘Materieel ‘46’, electric train of NS, Dutch Railways
11. Homing 1

The Evoluon 1966, architects Louis Kalff en Leo de Bever, Eindhoven, (NL)

Space Shuttle Endeavour, 1991
12. Homing 2

Redoutable submarine, 1971, Cherbourg (F)

Empire State Building, 1932, architecten Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon, New York (USA)
13. In a Different Place

Filling Station (monument), 1933, architect A. Meylink, ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL)

Citroën 2CV, 1948

FWD SU-COE army truck, 1942
14. L’Arc de Brunel

Pylon of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, 1864, architect Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Bristol (UK)

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1806-1859

Place de l’Etoile, Paris
15. Out of Control

Control Tower, 1941, Rougham airfield, Bury-St.Edmunds (UK)
16. Radio Cathedral

Main building of Radio Kootwijk, 1922, architect Julius Luthmann, Kootwijk (NL). Known as ‘The Cathedral’
17. Rome and Berlin in Ruins

Therme di Caracalla (ruïn), 216 AD, Rome (It)

Gedächtniskirche (ruïn), 1963, Berlin (D)
18. Rome and Berlin United

Pantheon, 126 AD, Rome (It)

Reichstag Dome, 1993, architect Sir Norman Foster, Berlin (D)
19. Ronchamp See-through

Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut, 1955, architect Le Corbusier, Ronchamp (F)

Modulor, Le Corbusier’s Scale of Proportions of Man
20. Barnstorm

Zeppelin hangar, 1915, Cardington (UK)

North American T-6 Texan (Harvard) (USA), 1935, trainer
21. Pont du Vapeur

Pont du Gard,1st. century, Pont-du-Gard (F)

Baureihe 66 locomotive,1955, (D)

Hudson locomotive New York Central, 1938, (USA)

53809 'S&DJR Class locomotive, 1924, (UK)

Stoomsleepboot 'Finland', 1921, (NL)
22. Two Monuments

Pylon of the ‘Oosterscheldekering’, 1982, Neeltje Jans (NL)

Monument Valley, near Four Corners (USA)
23. Atlantikwall

Commando bunker, part of the Atlantikwall, 1942, Longues-sur-Mer, Normandië (F),

GMC CCKW 353 army truck from WW2, 1940
24. Waterlight Tower

The water-tower of Boxtel (NL), 1946

Cornish tin mine (ruïn), 18de eeuw, Cornwall (UK)
25. CCTV Headquarters, 2012

Architect Rem Koolhaas, Beijing (China)

Chinese Wall, 220 BC-onwards (China)
26. Colossus

Karnak temple complex, Hypostyle Hall, ± 1390 BC, Luxor (Egypt)

Statue of Liberty, New York, 1886, F.A. Bartholdi and G. Eiffel (USA)
27. Rotterdam's open door

SS Rotterdam Ocean Liner, 1959, Rotterdam (NL)
28. Venetian Dreams

Palazzos Canal Grande, Venice (I)

Vaporetto ACTV 82, waterbus, public transfer, 1974, Venice (I)
29. Strange Bird

Terminal Transworld Airlines

architect Eero Saarinen, 1962, NewYork (USA)

Checker taxicab, 1958, New York (USA)
30. Guggenheim Car Park

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 1959, New York (USA)

Tatra cars 77, 87, 600 and 603, Czechoslovakia

Designer Hans Ledwinka
31. Cold War

Luchtwachttoren (Skywatch Tower)

architect Marten Zwaagstra, 1953-1963, The Netherlands

MIG 21 (NATO-codename Fishbed)
32. Infinity - office building

architects Meyer & van Schooten, 1999-2002, Amsterdam (NL)
33. MAS kraan

Museum aan de Stroom (MAS)

Neutelings Rietdijk architecten 2011, Antwerp, (B)

Vlotkraan nr 9, 10 tonne steam crane on pontoon, Antwerp, 1951
34. Ait-Ben-Hadou, mediaeval city, on UNESCO list. Marroco South

WW2 Control Towers Strubby, Parham, Tholthorpe (UK)
35. Riva Ocean Liner- office building

architects bureau Ritzen 2011, 2010 s-Hertogenbosch (NL)

mediaval basilica St Jan, 's-Hertogenbosch, (NL)
36. Einstein Tower

architect Erich Mendelsohn, Potsdam (Germany), 1921
37. Masthead

High-tension pylon, France

Hot-air balloons