Pamphlet Architecture at a83 Review in The Architect’s Newspaper
October 2, 2023
Osvaldo Delbrey reviewed Pamphlet Architecture at a83 for The Architect’s Newspaper:
“a83 Gallery’s most recent show, Pamphlet Architecture, attempts to reinvigorate the legacy of the experimental publication just in time for its new issue. The exhibition displayed all thirty-six previous issues since the publication’s founding in 1977 by industry heavyweights Steven Holl and William Stout. While the editions themselves, along with archival ephemera from the project’s formative years, are protected behind glass, reproductions of architectural drawings originally featured in Pamphlet’s pages are elegantly displayed on the perimeter of the gallery’s main room. Each drawing, printed as a risograph (a83’s medium of choice), seemingly floats at eye-level, marching all in a perfect row. A gentle fold at the top of a sheet is held up in tension by a clear string, doing away with the need for frames.”