Architectural

American Invsco – Delaware Place – Chicago, Illinois

Delaware Place Chicago

OBJECTIVE A leading US condominium developer, American Invsco, required a marketing map and new condo building illustration of a new development in Chicago called Delaware Place. SOLUTION Randal Birkey created a street level detail map of the neighborhood around the development, highlighting amenities and proximity to  shopping, recreation and transportation. Randal also created a street [...]

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55 W. Wacker Drive Architectural Illustration

55 W. Wacker Drive Architectural Illustration

The Customer’s Need The office of the building at 55 West Wacker Dr. in Chicago, Illinois required an illustration of their building for use on printed note cards in order to extend the branding and image of their building property. Randal’s Solution Randal Birkey created a line and watercolor rendition of the building as viewed [...]

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Deep Tunnel Project Entrance Rendering

Deep Tunnel Entrance Rendering

Randal Birkey was contracted by an architect to prepare a rendering of a proposed entrance structure design near a Chicago “Deep Tunnel Project” location. Randal went on site and took reference photos. He then inserted the architect’s entrance design–based upon scale design drawings–into the scene and rendered it in a line and watercolor style.

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John Franke House Illustration – Ft. Wayne, Indiana

Franke House - Ft. Wayne Indiana

Francis Barry Byrne designed this home in the Prairie School style of architectural design for John B. Franke of Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Randal did this line illustration of the home based upon a visit to the site in the early 1980′s.

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Corinthian Column Diagram

Corinthian Column Dimensions

Randal Birkey created this line drawing of a Corinthian style Greek column, as a diagram for a book on architecture.The original was done by hand with Rapidograph ink pens on drafting mylar film using architectural drafting techniques.

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Citibank Center Bank Entrance

Citibank Center Entrance Illustration

Randal Birkey was commissioned to render an updated design for the Citibank branch location in Oakbrook, Illinois. The perspective view below was developed from architectural blueprints using 3D modeling software on an Apple Macintosh computer. The perspective view was converted to 2D and transferred to watercolor illustration board. The final art was hand inked using [...]

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111 N. Canal, Chicago, Illinois

111 N. Canal Building

I did this pen and ink illustration of the 111 N. Canal Building in 1994 as it was slated to be renovated. The image was to be used as a sort of “icon” for the project. Today, I park my motorcycle in front of this building on some of the days I ride it downtown [...]

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Frank Thomas House, Oak Park, Illinois

Frank Thomas House - Oak Park, Illinois

Deb and I got married in 1980, and settled in Oak Park quite by chance. We really did not know much about the community and its history at the time. In those early years, we discovered the Frank Lloyd Wright connection and became fascinated by his designs. This is a pen and ink drawing I [...]

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