Louis Hellman MBE (born 1936) is a British architect and cartoonist. He is particularly known for his cartoons from the world of architecture[1] and his Archi-têtes drawings, in which he caricatured architects by drawing them in the style of their buildings.[2] His drawings and illustrations have been published in numerous newspapers and magazines since 1967.
Life
editHellman studied architecture at the "Bartlett School of Architecture" of University College London and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[3] He is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. In 1993 he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
Exhibitions
edit- 1979 Architectural Association (AA), United Kingdom
- 1991, 1993: Interbuild, United Kingdom
- 1996: Cambridge, United Kingdom
- 2000: Soane-Museum
- 2001: Barcelona, Spain
Publications
edit- Architecture A to Z. A Rough Guide. Wiley, Chichester, 2001 ISBN 978-0-471-48957-3 .
- Architecture for Beginners. Rowohlt paperback publisher, Reinbek, 1988, ISBN 978-3-499-17551-0[4]
- Archi-têtes The ID in the Grid. Wiley, Chichester, 2000 ISBN 978-0-471-98860-1 .
- 'All Hellman breaks loose'
References
edit- ^ "50 years a cartoonist". Buildings and Cities. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Louis Hellman: Archi-têtes". RIBApix. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Celebrating 50 years of AJ cartoonist Hellman". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ The German edition of this work demonstrate either in the German National Library of yet another library of the Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog, it can be assumed that they probably planned but never released.[clarification needed]