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"View Slideshow\n\nHow do architects use their talents when they're not designing buildings? To answer that question, an upcoming auction at Phillips in London, created by Lee F. Mindel, will feature approximately 100 works by well-known practitioners from the 20th and 21st centuries, specifically \"furniture, objects, and equipment they've invented in response to the buildings they've conceived.\" Individual lots at \"The Architect,\" whether a cantilevered chair by Alvar Aalto or an illuminated conference table by Frank Gehry, will reveal each architect's lesser-known talents and facilitate a greater understanding of their body of work.\n\nMindel, who writes the Architect's Eye column for this website and is a founding partner at Shelton, Mindel &amp;amp; Associates, has spent more than three decades designing memorable structures and interiors for a long list of high-profile clients. His creative process is firmly rooted in intellectual curiosity, and curating this auction provided a welcome opportunity for historical research.\u00A0Mindel began by compiling an anthology of historically important architects and personally photographing many of their buildings for the catalogue. To accompany the images, he and researchers at Phillips then sought examples of furniture, drawings, objects, models, and in some cases, structures, that conveyed each artist's design philosophy. It was an eye-opening experience, Mindel says. \"Along with discovering new things about each artist, larger perspectives became clear about the scope of their work and their connection to others.\"\n\nAlthough each item for sale is distinct to its creator, Mindel encourages attendees to consider the collected works as a whole. \"This is really an exhibit that also happens to be an auction,\" he says. \"There are so many overlaps and connections, it's an anthology\u2014or family tree\u2014of architecture from 1805 to the present.\"\n\nThe Architect, viewing April 23 through 29; auction April 29. phillips.com\n\nClick here to see a selection of Mindel's favorite works from the auction."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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