James Stirling (1926-1992) was a British architect, and one of the pioneers of the 'brutalist' style.
Professor William Farish (1759-1837) of Cambridge University was the first to provide detailed rules for isometric drawing. Farish published his ideas in 1822, in which he recognized the "need for accurate technical working drawings free of optical distortion". From the middle of the 19th century, isometry became an "invaluable tool for engineers, and soon thereafter axonometry and isometry were incorporated in the curriculum of architectural training courses. The popular acceptance of axonometry came in the 1920s, when modernist architects from the Bauhaus and De Stijl embraced it". De Stijl architects like Theo van Doesburg used axonometry for their architectural designs, which caused a sensation when exhibited in Paris in 1923". Since the 1920s axonometry has provided an important graphic technique for artists, architects, and engineers. Like linear perspective, axonometry helps depict three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional picture plane.
axon 01 Olivetti Training Centre, Haslemere, England James Stirling, 1969 (this actually looks like an oblique)
axon 02 School Assembly Hall, Brunswick Park Primary School, London, England James Stirling, 1958
axon 03 Axonometric for History Faculty Building, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England James Stirling, 1963 (this actually looks like an oblique)
axon 04 Churchill College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England James Stirling, 1958 (this actually looks like an oblique)
axon 05 Florey Building, Queen's College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England James Stirling, 1970 (this actually looks like an oblique)
Worms Eye Axonometrics
worms-eye 01 Nordrhein-Westfalen Museum, Dusseldorf, Germany James Stirling, 1975
worms-eye 02 Nordrhein-Westfalen Museum, Dusseldorf, Germany James Stirling, 1975 (this actually looks like an oblique)
worms-eye 03 Nordrhein-Westfalen Museum, Dusseldorf, Germany James Stirling, 1975 (this actually looks like an oblique)
worms-eye 04 Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany: Worm's-eye axonometric James Stirling, 1977 (this actually looks like an oblique)
worms-eye 05 Florey Building, Queen's College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England James Stirling, 1970 (this actually looks like an oblique)
worms-eye 06 Main Entrance Foyer of the Arts and Administration Building, Sheffield University, Sheffield, England James Stirling, 1970 (this actually looks like an oblique)
worms-eye 07 Dresdner Bank, Marburg, Germany James Stirling, 1977 (this actually looks like an oblique)
worms-eye 08 Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany: Worm's-eye axonometric James Stirling, 1977 (this actually looks like an oblique)
Cut-Away Axonometrics
cut-away 01 Cut away axonometric, house in Mill Hill, London, England James Stirling, 1955 (this actually looks like an oblique)
