Architectural Alphabet

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05.16.2008

Ryan Hearst Building

Debra Landmark Building

Above, top to bottom: Ryan Quigley used Norman Foster’s new Hearst Tower as a modular grid for his series of letters. Debra Pitel modelled her letterforms after Jean Nouvel’s distinctive window voids used in his unfinished Landmark Lofts project.


Design a full alphabet (A–Z) in response to a well-known building. Prepare a 17″W x 11″H ring-bound presentation book that explains your solution step-by-step.

This assignment is from the class Typographic Research.