THE REES-JOWETT ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVE

Drawings • Records • Working Material • Architectural History

The John Rees-Jowett Collection extends beyond his finished artwork. Preserved alongside his paintings, prints and personal papers is surviving material from his professional life in architecture and architectural technology.

Working drawings, technical records, project material, notes and associated documents provide a different view of Rees-Jowett's work. Rather than showing only the finished building or illustration, they reveal something of the process behind it: how buildings were recorded, considered, drawn and communicated.

MORE THAN FINISHED DRAWINGS

Architectural archives preserve the working evidence that often disappears once a project is complete.

Within the Rees-Jowett material, individual drawings and documents can help reconstruct projects, working methods and periods of his professional career. Some items may ultimately be identifiable with particular buildings, practices or commissions; others remain pieces of a much larger puzzle.

For that reason, this archive is being catalogued progressively rather than presented as a finished historical record.

EXPLORE THE ARCHIVE

📐 Architectural Drawings & Plans
Working drawings, plans, elevations, details and surviving design material.

📁 Projects & Professional Records
Project files, technical records and material associated with Rees-Jowett's architectural career.

✏️ Working Notes & Technical Material
Calculations, annotations, notebooks, sketches and evidence of the working process.

🏛️ Buildings, Places & Research
Identifying the buildings, locations and stories represented within the surviving archive.

A LIVING ARCHIVE

Research into the Rees-Jowett Architectural Archive is ongoing.