{"id":6953,"date":"2018-02-07T15:11:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T20:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/james-gulliver-hancock-draws-all-the-buildings-of-new-york\/"},"modified":"2019-02-07T15:19:41","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T20:19:41","slug":"james-gulliver-hancock-draws-all-the-buildings-of-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/james-gulliver-hancock-draws-all-the-buildings-of-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"19 Lovingly Detailed Drawings of New York City Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Architizer Journal is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inside-architizer\/architizer-hq\/architizer-affiliate-faq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve heard of scrupulous cartographers mapping our world&#8217;s cities, but did you ever think that someone could draw an entire metropolis, literally sketching out every building that makes up an urban landscape? While this sounds highly improbable, Brooklyn and Sydney-based illustrator <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2MYi6kc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Gulliver Hancock<\/a> has attempted to do just that.<\/p>\n<p>In his immensely popular book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/All-Buildings-New-York-Drawn\/dp\/0789324679\"><em>All The Buildings In New York<\/em><\/a>, Hancock assembled his charming and extensive drawings of some of the Big Apple&#8217;s most iconic buildings, as well as some more unfamiliar ones, into 64 pages of colorful illustrations. Described as a &#8220;love letter&#8221; to NYC, Hancock&#8217;s drawings capture its diverse architectural styles, from the brownstones of Brooklyn to the Art Deco Chrysler building.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/legacy_blog\/2013\/05\/AlltheBuildingsInNY_Layout121.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/legacy_blog\/2013\/05\/AlltheBuildingsInNY_Layout121.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/legacy_blog\/2013\/05\/AlltheBuildingsInNY_Layout121.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/legacy_blog\/2013\/05\/AlltheBuildingsInNY_Layout121.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/legacy_blog\/2013\/05\/AlltheBuildingsInNY_Layout121.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/legacy_blog\/2013\/05\/AlltheBuildingsInNY_Layout121.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>On his website, Hancock describes an obsession with re-imagining the world around him, causing in him to panic that he &#8220;may never be able to draw everything in the world \u2026 at least once.&#8221; The book&#8217;s subtitle, &#8220;That I&#8217;ve Drawn So Far,&#8221; assures us that he will continue his quest to document his surroundings. 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