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23 🇨🇳 she/her • 🎓 bsc arch. — 💼 public sector • ✍️ Drawing architecture with architects, mostly Modern • 📩 [email protected] • 📍 London/Essex
Big deadline week officially over so treated myself to drawing pretty gentlemen. I love him in every era 🖊️
#sigurdlewerentz #illustration #architecture
#sigurdlewerentz #illustration #architecture
November 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Big deadline week officially over so treated myself to drawing pretty gentlemen. I love him in every era 🖊️
#sigurdlewerentz #illustration #architecture
#sigurdlewerentz #illustration #architecture
2/2, this little couple. 💍
I didn’t have good building pics to give Erling so he got a Venice postcard instead. I thought about the travel postcards he wrote to Kiss all those years ago. «Mye fin arkitektur å se her.» Her også, kjære Erling.
#erlingviksjø #illustration
I didn’t have good building pics to give Erling so he got a Venice postcard instead. I thought about the travel postcards he wrote to Kiss all those years ago. «Mye fin arkitektur å se her.» Her også, kjære Erling.
#erlingviksjø #illustration
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
2/2, this little couple. 💍
I didn’t have good building pics to give Erling so he got a Venice postcard instead. I thought about the travel postcards he wrote to Kiss all those years ago. «Mye fin arkitektur å se her.» Her også, kjære Erling.
#erlingviksjø #illustration
I didn’t have good building pics to give Erling so he got a Venice postcard instead. I thought about the travel postcards he wrote to Kiss all those years ago. «Mye fin arkitektur å se her.» Her også, kjære Erling.
#erlingviksjø #illustration
Flowers for the architects, Norway edition: 1/2 💐
Never been SO indecisive in a flower shop. In the end I opted for pretty but pricier; they deserve it. I gave Fehn my pics of the Nordic pavilion, Storhamarlåven, and Bøler library, which I hope he liked.
#sverrefehn #geirgrung #illustration
Never been SO indecisive in a flower shop. In the end I opted for pretty but pricier; they deserve it. I gave Fehn my pics of the Nordic pavilion, Storhamarlåven, and Bøler library, which I hope he liked.
#sverrefehn #geirgrung #illustration
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Flowers for the architects, Norway edition: 1/2 💐
Never been SO indecisive in a flower shop. In the end I opted for pretty but pricier; they deserve it. I gave Fehn my pics of the Nordic pavilion, Storhamarlåven, and Bøler library, which I hope he liked.
#sverrefehn #geirgrung #illustration
Never been SO indecisive in a flower shop. In the end I opted for pretty but pricier; they deserve it. I gave Fehn my pics of the Nordic pavilion, Storhamarlåven, and Bøler library, which I hope he liked.
#sverrefehn #geirgrung #illustration
📸 I like architects in casual. More of this please. He’s so cool and gorgeous and his buildings too, oh I love him (I promise I am actually reading this book)
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
📸 I like architects in casual. More of this please. He’s so cool and gorgeous and his buildings too, oh I love him (I promise I am actually reading this book)
Can I soft launch the Norwegian repertoire at this point or is it up no one’s alley except for mine… lmk 📮
#erlingviksjø #illustration and not really #architecture
#erlingviksjø #illustration and not really #architecture
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Can I soft launch the Norwegian repertoire at this point or is it up no one’s alley except for mine… lmk 📮
#erlingviksjø #illustration and not really #architecture
#erlingviksjø #illustration and not really #architecture
🩵 I got 1/2 of the last Norwegian copies of the Fehn book! Shop guy: “There are copies on the lower shelf?” - Me: “No that’s in English. I want the Norwegian one on the high shelf.” If it’s Fehn talking about his own work, I want to hear it in his language. I don’t want anything lost in translation.
November 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
🩵 I got 1/2 of the last Norwegian copies of the Fehn book! Shop guy: “There are copies on the lower shelf?” - Me: “No that’s in English. I want the Norwegian one on the high shelf.” If it’s Fehn talking about his own work, I want to hear it in his language. I don’t want anything lost in translation.
Forgot to post my first Norwegian book haul from Oslo!! 😙📚❤️ Working moderately hard on my Norwegian now & looking forward to getting through them all. Some initial flick-through thoughts/reviews(?) below 🧶
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Forgot to post my first Norwegian book haul from Oslo!! 😙📚❤️ Working moderately hard on my Norwegian now & looking forward to getting through them all. Some initial flick-through thoughts/reviews(?) below 🧶
✏️ Plus, old stuff from the archives; he’s actually incredibly fun to draw:
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
✏️ Plus, old stuff from the archives; he’s actually incredibly fun to draw:
🖼️ once upon a time I also drew old buildings. The architect knight:
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🖼️ once upon a time I also drew old buildings. The architect knight:
Mirror Image 🪞🖼️
Happy Summerson day, he’d find me too trivial to talk to and I’d still say thank you; reposting this oldie from when I drew Sir John S(ummerson) and Sir John S(oane)
#johnsummerson #illustration #architecture
Happy Summerson day, he’d find me too trivial to talk to and I’d still say thank you; reposting this oldie from when I drew Sir John S(ummerson) and Sir John S(oane)
#johnsummerson #illustration #architecture
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Mirror Image 🪞🖼️
Happy Summerson day, he’d find me too trivial to talk to and I’d still say thank you; reposting this oldie from when I drew Sir John S(ummerson) and Sir John S(oane)
#johnsummerson #illustration #architecture
Happy Summerson day, he’d find me too trivial to talk to and I’d still say thank you; reposting this oldie from when I drew Sir John S(ummerson) and Sir John S(oane)
#johnsummerson #illustration #architecture
Nasjonalmuseet has something like 60 rooms on that floor and it chooses to show THIS one. Can’t say I didn’t laugh to myself in the foyer… And the shop has William Morris (I didn’t come all the way from London for this). They’re so good at milking design history that aren’t theirs, I love them
November 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Nasjonalmuseet has something like 60 rooms on that floor and it chooses to show THIS one. Can’t say I didn’t laugh to myself in the foyer… And the shop has William Morris (I didn’t come all the way from London for this). They’re so good at milking design history that aren’t theirs, I love them
📖 2/2, I didn’t realise Viksjø had an architect son too. Really have to do something about the father/son pairs in my repertoire. Also this is a new contender on my list of ‘Modern buildings I want to get married in’. Asplund’s Rådhuset still top choice but we have some close seconds now!
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
📖 2/2, I didn’t realise Viksjø had an architect son too. Really have to do something about the father/son pairs in my repertoire. Also this is a new contender on my list of ‘Modern buildings I want to get married in’. Asplund’s Rådhuset still top choice but we have some close seconds now!
📖 1/2 of the leaflet I was given. Sorry Norwegian but posting for posterity! Felt very seen by page 2, yes I did hear about this from trusted sources and came all the way from London to visit, that’s me you’re talking about…
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
📖 1/2 of the leaflet I was given. Sorry Norwegian but posting for posterity! Felt very seen by page 2, yes I did hear about this from trusted sources and came all the way from London to visit, that’s me you’re talking about…
✂️ Some model pics at Nasjonalmuseet from my weekend revisit. Clearly someone was endearingly optimistic about trees:
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
✂️ Some model pics at Nasjonalmuseet from my weekend revisit. Clearly someone was endearingly optimistic about trees:
Boo! 🔦 One more church on a hill. Frosty morning. The views are lovely; against a shimmering sky this seemed like another world. I’m grateful for getting to see it in the ways I did. And content it has sweet custodians. Erling, I have an Oslo parish now and it’s yours! ❤️
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Boo! 🔦 One more church on a hill. Frosty morning. The views are lovely; against a shimmering sky this seemed like another world. I’m grateful for getting to see it in the ways I did. And content it has sweet custodians. Erling, I have an Oslo parish now and it’s yours! ❤️
A few more morning pics. That campanile(?) might as well be a sculpture. I like how the triangle and cross motifs dictate everything. The roof-wall was once exposed concrete until it started cracking and leaked (😔😞). It was clad in copperplates in 1999.
November 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
A few more morning pics. That campanile(?) might as well be a sculpture. I like how the triangle and cross motifs dictate everything. The roof-wall was once exposed concrete until it started cracking and leaked (😔😞). It was clad in copperplates in 1999.
I pointed out some concrete damages that I noticed during the day, which hopefully they will repair. Pleased they seemed proactive about it. (“It’s good that you’ve said this, now we can look into it.” - “We have an architect from London who’s telling us about cracks in the concrete!”…)
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I pointed out some concrete damages that I noticed during the day, which hopefully they will repair. Pleased they seemed proactive about it. (“It’s good that you’ve said this, now we can look into it.” - “We have an architect from London who’s telling us about cracks in the concrete!”…)
Had some great chats with the parish folks over hot chocolate. Some Norwegian some English, they were impressed with my svorsk (🥳). I explained I came here for Viksjø and I was glad to learn they love him too. The priest even found and gave me a little architecture leaflet they made some time ago.
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Had some great chats with the parish folks over hot chocolate. Some Norwegian some English, they were impressed with my svorsk (🥳). I explained I came here for Viksjø and I was glad to learn they love him too. The priest even found and gave me a little architecture leaflet they made some time ago.
As the one stranger at a service attended by about ten people, the priest and gradually everyone else came to talk to me. All super friendly and I was warmly welcomed into their community! 🤗 I couldn’t refuse their effusive invitation to post-service food, so I got to see the parish hall too.
November 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
As the one stranger at a service attended by about ten people, the priest and gradually everyone else came to talk to me. All super friendly and I was warmly welcomed into their community! 🤗 I couldn’t refuse their effusive invitation to post-service food, so I got to see the parish hall too.
Haha, they do make photography a bit difficult! Some more aggregate action for you. Also note that even the organ is triangular; so are the door handles. Plus more info on Viksjø’s concrete, which I saw at Nasjonalmuseet earlier today (had missed this display on my last visit):
November 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Haha, they do make photography a bit difficult! Some more aggregate action for you. Also note that even the organ is triangular; so are the door handles. Plus more info on Viksjø’s concrete, which I saw at Nasjonalmuseet earlier today (had missed this display on my last visit):
Service review: ✅ sang psalms with a bunch of Norwegians! Would’ve liked to see a traditional high mass here but this is fine too. (The parish, which is quite large, observes high mass in Vestre Aker Church where Viksjø is buried with his wife in the churchyard. I said hello yesterday. 💐)
November 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Service review: ✅ sang psalms with a bunch of Norwegians! Would’ve liked to see a traditional high mass here but this is fine too. (The parish, which is quite large, observes high mass in Vestre Aker Church where Viksjø is buried with his wife in the churchyard. I said hello yesterday. 💐)
A moderate amount of stained glass, splendidly colourful and radiant from without:
November 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A moderate amount of stained glass, splendidly colourful and radiant from without:
I attended the monthly evening service to see the interior, per church advice of ‘sorry we don’t have open days but come partake in an activity and see the building at the same time’. A cross emerging from concrete, integrated art, and the thrilling materiality that is Viksjø’s calling card:
November 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I attended the monthly evening service to see the interior, per church advice of ‘sorry we don’t have open days but come partake in an activity and see the building at the same time’. A cross emerging from concrete, integrated art, and the thrilling materiality that is Viksjø’s calling card:
My pilgrimage around Erling Viksjø’s Oslo is now complete. On Sundays we go to church, so let’s start with Bakkehaugen Church (1959), which I’ve dreamed of for months 🧵:
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
My pilgrimage around Erling Viksjø’s Oslo is now complete. On Sundays we go to church, so let’s start with Bakkehaugen Church (1959), which I’ve dreamed of for months 🧵:
The show was fab, a childhood dream come true; read the original years ago. Not sure if I liked the contemporary dance interpretation of my beloved Act 3 polonaise tho. Also, go to the opera if you want to practice languages, old people will just talk to you! This has happened to me twice, it works!
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The show was fab, a childhood dream come true; read the original years ago. Not sure if I liked the contemporary dance interpretation of my beloved Act 3 polonaise tho. Also, go to the opera if you want to practice languages, old people will just talk to you! This has happened to me twice, it works!