Formwork Print Club
A monthly architecture print club for people who love design, cities, and thoughtful shapes and mass.
A hand-signed, A4 Giclée art print every single month, for just £10 a month!
The Origin: Why Formwork?
I have always found a strange kind of peace in the heavy and the permanent.
Since I was a child, I’ve been drawn to the silent language of buildings. Where others saw cold walls, I saw a refuge of perfect shapes and repetitive patterns. There is a specific rhythm to a row of concrete balconies or the shadow cast by a structural pillar that calms my brain. In a world that often feels chaotic and "shapeless," architecture offers a logic that soothes me. It is a visual anchor.
From the Lecture Hall to the Studio
My path to starting this club wasn't accidental. While studying Graphic Design at university, I took a year-long elective in Architecture History. It quickly moved from a side interest to my favourite subject. I realised that the "grid systems" I was using in my design layouts were actually born from the same principles as the buildings I admired. I began to see every city street as a living gallery of mass, volume, and light.
What is "Formwork"?
The name of this club comes from the most honest stage of construction. Formwork is the temporary mold – usually made of timber or steel – into which concrete is poured to give it shape.
In Brutalist architecture, the "formwork" is never truly gone. When the wooden boards are stripped away, they leave behind their grain, their knots, and their imperfections etched forever into the stone.
Formwork Print Club was born from this obsession with process and material. I wanted to create a space for people who, like me, are excited by:
Mass: The unapologetic weight of a structure.
Forms: The bold geometry that defines a skyline.
Materials: The raw, tactile honesty of board-marked concrete.
Every month, I select a site that speaks this language – starting with the cascading geometry of London's Weston Rise Estate – and translate its architectural soul into a thoughtful, graphic print.
This isn't just about buildings; it’s about the shapes that make us feel at home in the world.