Architectural Graphics

Drawing on examples from nature, this second volume focuses on folders know how applied to design, decoration and architecture."

An exploration of walking and mapping as both form and content in art projects using old and new technologies, shoe leather and GPS.

Focuses on the three key types of drawing, explanatory sketches, notational sketches and visual narratives that help designers think through and communicate their ideas. Through these three fundamentals, this title provides a course in creating clear graphic layouts and diagrams, including expressive human forms, and thumbnailing a process.

Covering various aspects of drawing preparation, both manual and computer-aided, this title is useful for students, architects and architectural technologists. It shows what information is required on each type of document, how drawings relate to specifications, and how to organize and document your work. It features computer-generated drawings.

Focusing on the creative and inventive significance of drawing for architecture, this book by one of its greatest proponents, Peter Cook, is an established classic. It exudes Cook's delight and catholic appetite for the architectural. Readers are provided with perceptive insights at every turn.