About Us

oldblueprints.com offers a curated collection of architectural wall-art and related architectural merchandise.

Architecture gives shape to the world and how we experience it. It’s where we live and work, where we gather to socialize, and where we find quiet retreat. Every day it affects us in ways large and small, publicly and privately, whether we’re conscious of it or not. Each building expresses the interests and aspirations of the people who design, finance, and use it -- an enduring record of a particular time and place, which then goes on to enrich succeeding generations.

From time immemorial artists and architects have drawn great buildings, partly as inspiration for their own designs but also as a way to share their experiences, especially in the years before photography. Some architectural drawings are purely imaginative and are not meant to be built, others are essential for construction, while still others capture a fleeting idea or preview what an architect intends. When buildings are destroyed or when projects go un-built, drawings offer a glimpse of what was or might have been.

Collecting architectural images became a widespread practice during the Renaissance when the invention of the printing press gave people in all walks of life ready access to prints and books. oldblueprints.com proudly continues this tradition: we are committed to making great architecture and design available to everyone.