CEBRA Denmark

I'm not a big believer in contemporary architectural literature (particularly the glossy kind), or architecture-related travel (more on that another time). I usually have no desire in seeing buildings they talk about in books and magazines. But one way to tell a good architect is by conceptual drawings they produce. And I can find few better than a group in Denmark called CEBRA architects. I stumbled upon them while searching for some watercolour paintings, and one of their principals is a dedicated watercolourist who has produced an astonishing set of drawings documenting their firm's portfolio of work. Every drawing represents a single project and is painted in a distinct, free-flowing, and brightly-coloured style. This quirky nature seems to translate, truthfuly, to the office's built work, even if I can only say so superficially, as far as the photos allow judgement.

CEBRA website

CEBRA_toons - watercolours