13 August 2025 – The internet platform Drawing Matter publishes interesting texts on architectural drawings. Online today: Typology, a Conversation.

In Spring 2025, Hans van der Heijden and Andreas Lechner corresponded about books which each had recently published that deal with the issue of ‘type’ and the role of drawing in typological work. Hans invited Richard Hall to join the conversation, widening the discussion to three generations working in three different contexts. The conversation that followed took place in June 2025. It addresses questions of what typology is, its relationship to drawing, role in practice and teaching, and what its value might be in the architectural profession.

Thanks to Ceylan Kılıç for the use of her beautiful design drawing of Palazzo Tronchetto at the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture.