The Pattern of Organic LIfe in America, 1943–45
This unpublished manuscript includes over 300 pages of writing, drawing, and sketches in which Smith calls for uniting the seemingly disparate aspects of American culture, and for a new approach to architecture grounded in the geometries of nature and the abstract forms of infrastructural modernity.
Graphite on gridded paper, 7 5/8 × 9 5/8 in. (19.4 × 24.4 cm)
Ink on gridded paper, 9 3/4 × 7 3/8 in. (24.8 × 18.7 cm)
Ink on gridded paper, 9 3/4 × 7 3/8 in. (24.8 × 18.7 cm)
Ink on paper, 7 7/8 × 5 in. (20 × 12.7 cm)
Ink on paper, 7 7/8 × 5 in. (20 × 12.7 cm)
Ink on paper, 7 7/8 × 5 in. (20 × 12.7 cm)
Fritz and Jeanne Bultman House, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1945
Sketchbook #18, ink on paper, 9 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (24.8 × 19.7 cm)
Mr. & Mrs. George Wise House, Palisades, New Jersey, 1950
Elevation, blueprint, 12 × 16 in. (30.5 × 42.9 cm)
Sketchbook #68, ink and crayon on gridded paper
10 3/8 x 8 in. (26.4 x 20.3 cm)
Sketchbook #68, ink and crayon on gridded paper
10 3/8 x 8 in. (26.4 x 20.3 cm)
Sketchbook #68, ink and crayon on gridded paper
10 3/8 x 8 in. (26.4 x 20.3 cm)
Axonometric, graphite on tracing paper
18 3/4 × 23 3/4 in. (47.6 × 60.3 cm)
Plan, graphite on gridded paper
17 × 22 in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm)
Sketchbook #70, ink on gridded paper
8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (21.6 x 26.7 cm)
Radial Circulation, 1950.
Experiments with the geometries of radial urban planning.
Sketchbook #66, ink on ruled paper
Each page 8 3/8 × 6 7/8 in. (21.3 × 17.5 cm)
Frank P. Jaros House, Great Neck, New York, 1952
Ink and graphite on gridded paper, 11 × 8 3/8 in. (27.9 × 21.3 cm)
Ink on gridded paper
11 × 8 3/8 in. (27.9 × 21.3 cm)
Ink, colored pencil, and graphite on gridded paper
10 7/8 × 8 1/2 in. (27.6 × 21.6 cm)
Sketchbook #73, ink and graphite on gridded paper
10 3/8 × 8 in. (26.4 × 20.3 cm)
Roman Catholic Church in an "Ideal" American Landscape, 1953
Section, graphite on tracing paper, 16 3/8 × 18 3/4 in. (41.6 × 47.6 cm)
Statement on Roman Catholic Church in an "Ideal" American Landscape
Section, postcard made from photograph of original drawing
3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8.9 x 14 cm)
Plan, postcard made from photograph of original drawing
3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8.9 x 14 cm)
Olin House, 1953–54
Designed for Olin Industries, this study served as a model for prefabricated housing.
Rendering, ink on gridded paper, 8 1/4 × 11 5/8 in. (21 × 29.5 cm)
Plan, graphite on tracing paper
20 × 18 5/8 in. (50.8 × 47.3 cm)
Elevations, ink on gridded paper
8 1/4 × 11 in. (21 × 27.9 cm)
Elevation and plan, postcard made from photograph of original drawing
3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (8.9 × 14 cm)
Glass House, 1954
In his plan for a glass house, Smith incorporates a prismatic faceting within an otherwise rigid steel framing system, transforming the strict formal geometries.
Perspective, charcoal on paper, 12 1/8 × 17 3/8 in. (30.8 × 44.1 cm)
Roof plan, charcoal on paper
12 1/8 × 17 3/8 in. (30.8 × 44.1 cm)
Sketch, ink on paper
4 1/8 × 5 3/8 in. (10.5 × 13.7 cm)
Elevations, photograph of original drawing
4 x 4 7/8 in. (10.2 x 12.4 cm)
Steve Burke House, 1954
Elevation and section, graphite on tracing paper
19 1/8 × 24 1/2 in. (48.6 × 62.2 cm)
Axonometric study, ink and graphite on gridded paper
11 3/4 × 16 1/2 in. (29.8 × 41.9 cm)
Elevation and section, postcard made from photograph of original drawing
3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (8.9 × 14 cm)
Plan, postcard made from photograph of original drawing
3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (8.9 × 14 cm)
Dr. Leonard Siegel House, Long Island, New York, 1959–61
Two schemes exist for this unbuilt house design.
Axonometric, graphite on paper, 13 7/8 × 16 3/4 in. (35.2 × 42.5 cm)
Perspective study, ink on paper
8 × 10 1/8 in. (20.3 × 25.7 cm)
Sketch, colored pencil and graphite on paper
11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
Sketch, graphite on paper
9 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (24.1 × 16.5 cm)