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1970s London Architecture
von Lukas Novotny

www.lukasnovo.com

Lukas Novotny, born in 1989, is a structural engineer and works in

London as a graphic designer and illustrator. He currently concen-

trates on a series of graphic prints about the modern architecture of

his home city. Each print is focused on a decade of the 20th and the

beginning 21st century and, in each case, compiles buildings from

that time. The selection contains well-known icons but also less well-

known, forgotten or meanwhile already demolished buildings. In

addition, the pictures each show a vehicle of local public transport

as well as an airplane or a helicopter. These are symbols of respec-

tive stage of technological development. Novotny emphasises that it

is not about listing monuments or even the preservation of the build-

ings represented. Rather, he wants to celebrate progress with his
graphics. In a playful way, the viewer is to be inspired to look at

London from a new perspective and to accept the city in its constant

change. Some of the graphics are currently available as posters. They

can be purchased via the online shop www.lukasnovo.com. For next

year, a self-contained book publication is also being planned.