Word Paintings

Physicalforminarchitectureistheresultofanintenseartisticpracticethatpullsitsinspirationfrommorethanthevisualworldaroundus.Ideasmaterialize，orcanbeinspiredby，asinglewordoraphrasethatbestdescribestheintendedoutcome.ForthepractitionersatElliot+AssociatesArchitects，designspringsforthfromthemurkydepthsoflanguage，inthejumbledshuffleofwords，phrases，andsentencefragments.Whatsyntaxisforthepoet，becomesform，lightandcolourforthearchitect.

WordPaintingstracestheprogressionofdesignfromtheinitialinspirationstothefinished'architectureportraits，'anddemonstratesthekindredconnectionwordshavealwayshadwiththeirarchitecturalmanifestations.