Friedrich St.Florian

St.Florian Studio Residence, First Design Version (Cross Section through Entrance Hall)
Now On View

Maker

Friedrich St.Florian (American, 1932-2024, (RISD Faculty 1963-2005, Professor of Architecture)

Title

St.Florian Studio Residence, First Design Version (Cross Section through Entrance Hall)

Year

1988

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

69.9 x 46 cm (27 1/2 x 18 1/8 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the artist

Object Number

2023.101.24

Type

Exhibition History

This Is a Thing
Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
Aug 23, 2025 – Feb 15, 2026

Label copy

Interpretation

Friedrich St.Florian carefully delineated the interior of his Providence home and workspace in these cross-section drawings, which use lines that recede to a center point to create a sense of space. The architectural renderings prepared the way for St.Florian’s design to be constructed. St.Florian lived and worked in this Providence home along with his wife Livia Campanella, an abstract painter.

Acquisition note

These design drawings were part of a gift of 58 objects that Friedrich St.Florian gave to the RISD Museum in 2023. An architect who designed significant international, national, and local projects, St.Florian was a longtime faculty member in the Architecture Department at RISD. He left the RISD Museum his archive, which spans imaginative projects, built projects, and design concepts, so that future scholars and historians could learn from his materials. Two photographs from his “imaginary architecture” practice are on view in the next gallery. St.Florian passed away in 2024.

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Tombstone

Friedrich St.Florian (American, 1932-2024
b. in Graz, Austria)
St.Florian Studio Residence, First Design Version (Cross Section through Entrance Hall), 1988
Graphite, color pencil, and ink on tracing paper
69.9 x 46 cm (27 1/2 x 18 1/8 inches)
Gift of the artist 2023.101.24

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