Architecture 01

Description

The canvas is divided into a series of intersecting rectangular blocks, reminiscent of a modernist city grid or a collage of building façades. Dominant hues of deep blue, turquoise, rust, and off-white establish a strong urban-industrial palette, while three vivid orange house-shaped silhouettes punctuate the surface, acting like anchors or focal points within the composition.
Words associated with architecture are stencilled in clean, block lettering throughout — “VENEER,” “MODULAR,” “FACADE,” “VAULT,” “ICONIC,” “PLINTH,” “ARCADE,” “ARCHITECTURE.” Their vertical and horizontal placements echo the structure of urban signage or blueprints, giving the piece a rhythm akin to navigating a cityscape.
Textural variations — from rough, rust-like surfaces to smooth painted blocks and dripping paint — evoke the tactile layers of walls, weathered materials, and construction processes. In the centre, a small photographic window adds a moment of realism amidst the abstraction, as if peering through a gap in the collage into a physical space.
The overall effect is that of a visual manifesto on architecture and urban identity — blending the language of design with the emotional weight of materiality and memory. It feels at once analytical and expressive: part blueprint, part street mural, part modern relic.