2014 | 100 Years of Student Drawing

100 Years of Student Drawing

For 100 years, students at the School of Architecture at the University of Minnesota have been learning through drawing. The goal of this exhibition, organized for the school’s centennial celebration, was to showcase—as broadly as possible—the range of architectural problems tackled by students over the last ten decades, the myriad design solutions proposed, and the diverse methods of representation used to communicate those ideas.

Exhibition Details

100 Years of Student Drawing: Celebrating the School of Architecture's Centennial

  • April 4–June 29, 2014
  • HGA Gallery 

For 100 years, students at the School of Architecture at the University of Minnesota have been learning through drawing. Although modes of representation, media, tools, aesthetic preferences and prevailing styles have changed over the decades, the fundamental importance of drawing as a means of conveying the power and beauty of architectural concepts has not.

The goal of this exhibition, organized for the school’s centennial celebration, was to showcase—as broadly as possible—the range of architectural problems tackled by students over the last ten decades, the myriad design solutions proposed, and the diverse methods of representation used to communicate those ideas.

Exhibition Images

University of Minnesota archival architecture student drawing
University of Minnesota archival architecture student drawing
University of Minnesota archival architecture student drawing