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Tile factory and details of tools

RIBA16372
SOURCE: Architecture et parties qui en dependent (Paris, 1762), Tuilerie, pl. II

Roofers and tools used in roofing

RIBA16373
SOURCE: Architecture et parties qui en dependent (Paris, 1762), Couvreur

Tools and techniques used in building fortifications

RIBA18651
Dogen, Matthias (1605 or 6-1672)
SOURCE: Matthias Dogen. Architectura militaris moderna (Amsterdam, 1647), after p. 244

Design for a sextant with accompanying notes

RIBA20317
Parke, Henry (1790-1835)
NOTES: An inscription mentions that the instrument was 'made by Robinson'.

Survey plan and measurements of the Forthrees estate in Llanelieu and Capel y Ffin in the county of Brecon belonging to Thomas Hughes Esq.

RIBA21686
NOTES: This drawing is by an unidentified 18th century architect or surveyor, signed 'R.P.P'. For a 19th century survey of the same estate see RIBA67806.

Design for the title page of the Architectural Association Sketch Book, Volume 4, featuring a central illustration of Nuremberg's castle and Medieval buildings

RIBA22417
NOTES: The design features vignettes of Salisbury Cathedral, Laon Cathedral, Bamberg Cathedral and the Basilica of San Marco, Venice. The decorative border includes illustrations of Medieval architects, masons and sculptors at work.

Four designs for tools: a frame for the sawing of wainscots, a ladder for hinges, a saw for 'blacke stones' and sieve for the sifting of lime

RIBA29174
Smythson, John (d. 1634)
NOTES: This design is attributed to Robert Smythson or his son John Smythson.

Design for a hand saw: annotated drawing with a small sketch of a reaping hook shown at top left

RIBA29175
Smythson, John (d. 1634)
NOTES: This design is attributed to Robert Smythson or his son John Smythson.

Diagrams showing kilns for use in the manufacture of cement, an experimental brick and cement arch designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a brick beam designed by Messrs. Francis and a selection of plasterers' tools

RIBA30312
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (1806-1859)
SOURCE: Thomas Leverton Donaldson, Lime, mortar, stucco, and cement: being an article, headed stucco, in the volume of miscellanies in the Encyclopedia metropolitana (London, 1840), pl. 53 NOTES: The diagrams include examples of a kiln at Rudersdorff in Germany, a 'country kiln' and 'Count Rumford's kiln'.

Design for a ceremonial mallet bearing the initials of King George VI for the cornerstone ceremony of the Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London

RIBA31208
O'Rorke, Edward Brian (1901-1974)
NOTES: Brian O'Rorke was appointed architect for the Royal National Theatre following the death of its previous designer, Sir Edwin Lutyens, in 1946. The mallet shown here was designed for the ceremonial laying of the theatre's cornerstone in 1951. However, shortly afterwards the project was delayed again and a new site chosen for the building. The theatre was eventually completed in 1976 to designs by Denys Lasdun & Partners.

Design for a ceremonial trowel bearing the initials of King George VI for the cornerstone ceremony of the Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London

RIBA31209
O'Rorke, Edward Brian (1901-1974)
NOTES: Brian O'Rorke was appointed architect for the Royal National Theatre following the death of its previous designer, Sir Edwin Lutyens, in 1946. The trowel shown here was designed for the ceremonial laying of the theatre's cornerstone in 1951. However, shortly afterwards the project was delayed again and a new site chosen for the building. The theatre was eventually completed in 1976 to designs by Denys Lasdun & Partners.
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