Evening Drawings — Pero Puljiz
From 16 October to 1 November 2026, an exhibition of Evening Drawings, the first graphic novel by architect Pero Puljiz (architect and former partner of de Architekten Cie.) will be on view at Arcam. The exhibition brings the drawings from the book to a different scale and places them in a spatial context. The animated film Seven Days of Sleepless Dreams, featuring selected drawings from the book will be on display througout the exhibition.
Why have I done it? I think it was a sort of trying to create a space for myself, where I could get rid of everything in my profession as an architect.
Private book launch
On 15 October, Evening Drawings will be presented at Arcam. The evening will feature a casual conversation between Pero Puljiz, Theo Deutinger and Branimir Medić about how the book came about. This will be followed by a sneak preview of the animated film Dreams, featuring selected drawings from the book.
The book launch is by invitation only. If you believe you should be invited, please contact Jap Sam Books: press@japsambook.nl
About the book
Jap Sam Books and de Architekten Cie. present Evening Drawings, the first graphic novel by Pero Puljiz, architect and former partner of de Architekten Cie. For the past fifteen years, Puljiz has been drawing an imaginary world alongside his work as an architect – detached from the reality of his profession. More than 100 black and white drawings and short notes come together in an associative universe of city landscapes, music, interiors, portraits and comics.
Evening Drawings will be published by Jap Sam Books on 15 October 2026.
In my professional life, I was making a lot of visualisations as well, but those drawings have never been visualisations of buildings. They’ve always been distorted; they would always present a reality which was not reality.
About Pero Puljiz
Pero Puljiz (b. 1962, Croatia) studied architecture in Zagreb and Amsterdam. As an architect and partner at the Amsterdam-based firm de Architekten Cie., he has realised a variety of projects in the Netherlands and abroad.
His projects have been published in different books and magazines. Among these are the book Profession Architect (2002), which served as an anti-manifesto for the work of de Architekten Cie., and Different Repetitions, a duography featuring selected work by Puljiz and his colleague Branimir Medić.
The graphic novel Evening Drawings, accompanied by short notes, contains a collection of sketches and illustrations drawn over the past 15 years.
Photography copyright: © de Architekten Cie. B.V. / photographer Ernst van Raaphorst
This exhibition is made possible by de Architekten Cie.
