Tony Fretton
Red House, 1999
Computer collage, giclée ink on paper, printed 2016,
18 x 42 cm (unframed)
Edition of 10
Signed and dated by the artist

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This drawing was a working sketch for the Red House (1996-2001), outlining the internal arrangement for the first floor lounge. With the scale of the bel-étage being comparable to that of a Dutch canal house, the room is large enough for the hanging of art works, and intimate enough for a small gathering of people. The house was designed according to the ideals of style, habitability and relations to society and nature that recur in great houses, from renaissance to modernity.

Tony Fretton is a principal of Tony Fretton Architects with James McKinney and David Owen. Buildings designed and realised by the practice include the Lisson Gallery London, Fuglsang Kunstmuseum in Denmark, which was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize, the new British Embassy in Warsaw, Solid 11, a multi-purpose building in Amsterdam, and most recently two apartment towers in Antwerp Harbour and the City Hall of Deinze in Belgium.

Fretton is a trustee of Docomomo London. His sketch books are in the archive of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and project models and drawings by the practice are in the Drawing Matter Trust collection.