Louis Hellman Explained

Louis Hellman (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

Hellman 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

• 1979 Architectural Association (AA), United Kingdom
• 1991, 1993: Interbuild, United Kingdom
• 1996: Cambridge, United Kingdom
• 2000: Soane-Museum
• 2001: Barcelona, Spain

Publications

• Architecture A to Z. A Rough Guide. Wiley, Chichester, 2001 .
• Architecture for Beginners. Rowohlt paperback publisher, Reinbek, 1988, ^[4]
• Archi-têtes The ID in the Grid. Wiley, Chichester, 2000 .
• 'All Hellman breaks loose'

External links

• Homepage

Notes and References

1. Web site: 50 years a cartoonist. Buildings and Cities. 8 October 2024.
2. Web site: Louis Hellman: Archi-têtes. RIBApix. 8 October 2024.
3. Web site: Celebrating 50 years of AJ cartoonist Hellman. Architects' Journal. 8 October 2024.
4. 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.