Drawings of the City of London by artists and architects including Richard Rogers and Laurie Chetwood have raised £90,000 at an auction held in London this month by built environment charity Article 25.
City Road at Worship Street by Chris Choa
The live auction took place at The Crossing, 1 Granary Square, part of the new campus of Central St Martins College in Kings Cross and proceeds will go towards building Street Children’s Centres to help some of Africa’s most vulnerable children.
The Bishopsgate Institute by Chris Dyson
The event, called 10×10: Drawing the City London, takes place annually and invites architects designers and artists to create artworks based on a grid of 100 squares is laid over a particular area of London. This is the third year the event has taken place.
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Brick Lane by Roger FitzGerald
Maxwell Hutchinson, founder of Article 25, broadcaster, architect and former president of the Royal Institute of British Architects says: ‘This year’s auction was a wonderful celebration of all the visual representations of the built environment from drawing and photography to painting and sculpture. The auction is in its third year and once again the event would not have been a success without the support from sponsors and each participant taking time to create artwork for the benefit of those in need of sustainable shelter.’
2×2 Coffee, Curry, Leather and Beigels by Giles Charlton
Robin Cross, Article 25’s CEO said: ‘Auction funds from 10×10 will be absolutely crucial in enabling us to start up much needed new projects this year. To us, the £90,000 raised is far more than just money, it means being able to work with vulnerable communities for an additional 20 months, bringing the skills and knowledge of our architects, engineers and construction professionals to places experiencing extreme poverty, where they are needed the most.’
View from Curtain Road by Jenny Harborne
The highest earning lot was Roger Fitzgerald’s collage-paintings of Brick Lane, which sold for £3,000, followed by Richard Rogers’ Zip-up House for £2,000 and Laurie Chetwood’s Barbican (main picture), which sold for £1,850.
