Philadelphia-based artistDrew Leshkois creating a sculptural archive of the city’s most at-risk architecture with his detailed scale models.
The artist also works on scenes of other cities with deteriorating architecture, such as New Orleans.
While the scale he works on12:1is typical of dollhouses, Leshko’s results are wildly different.
Looking at the sculptures is a lesson in urban architecture.
Drew Leshko creates detailed sculptures of Philadelphia and New Orleans' gritty urban architecture.
Made primarily from wood and paper, they’re filled with incredible detail.
Leshko often focuses on storefronts that are vulnerable to change due to gentrification.
