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James Nalley –
This is a wonderful comprehensive book. It is one that I dip into often and make margin notes
as it clearly opens the realm of freehand architectural sketches as an art form. It represents an ideal. Most architects go on and on about drawing versus using the computer, but this
book revealed it in real terms.
Jenkins’ statement of ” articulating the seen and revealing the unseen” is a powerful theme that runs through this book.
I particularly liked the examples of students and practitioners included in the beginning and end of this book, It also has subdivided categories of ways to look at a structure.
The author obviously has a first-rate mind and allows the reader to appreciate this form aesthetically and yet in a practical manner. He is a wonderful teacher. The book is deep. One cannot skim this, many statements can be profited from if re-read many times. Plus the drawing is sublime.
Inez –
As an architect for over 32 years, I endorse this book 100%. Even though I’m honored to have my sketches in this book, you need this book. Eric has tirelessly worked to collect and showcase how freehand drawing is essential for architects and students. He builds his case over hundreds of pages, including his own work as an architect and professor, to convincingly explain why we draw and what it accomplishes. I especially love that he has chosen to focus his time on freehand drawing, something dear to my heart.
You will see hundreds, perhaps thousands of drawing illustrations with succinct narrations that explain the author’s intentions and purpose to drawing. In the early chapters, Eric explains how to approach drawing, in his clear professorial manner. Lovely. Besides that, this is what architects consider fun. In the first edition, I got lost in it and pored over each page. Years later, in this Expanded and Updated Version, Eric honored me by adding my work. I’m humbled.
Buy this book for your favorite architect, architectural student, or architectural enthusiast. It’s a must for your collection. Put it in your cart now and press pay. Go on.
Jennifer –
“Drawn to Design” is a fabulous book that is well organized, well written and well illustrated. I’ve only begun to delve into this fascinating work. It is a most welcome addition to my library. In recent years I’ve begun drawing and sketching again regularly in my sketchbooks as I once did years ago while in architectural school. There is much good advice here on how to think with a pencil — an art that is perhaps being lost in this day and age of the computer.
David Lo –
I picked up this book with a little trepidation as it is large, heavy and bursting with sketches and diagrams. But it is very well laid out. The chronolgy is good and the writing is clear and appropriate for professional as well as amateur. I see architecture differently and, for that matter, both 2 and 3 dimensional space having spent even a little time with it already, and am confident I will dip into the book often, and refer to it many times over future years. And in this rare instance, it is refreshing to see all diagrams in black and white, so that the drawing and method is highlighted instead of just the ‘pretty pictures’! An impressive book.
Ed Brodzinsky –
Habe mir das Buch gekauft, weil es eine inhaltlich erweiterte Ausgabe ist. Ja es gibt ein paar mehr Abbildungen von Studenten, einige gut, andere von zeichnerisch deutlich schlechterer Qualität als die alten Darstellungen. Insgesamt zieht es das Werk herunter. Die exquisite Qualität der alten Zeichnungen wird von den neu hinzugekommenen Zeichnungen größtenteils nicht mehr erreicht. Das neue vom Verlag verwendete ungestrichene, grellweiße Papier macht einen deutlich billigeren Eindruck als bei der älteren Ausgabe (gestrichenes Papier, zarter ganz leicht gebrochener Weißton, sehr schön). Die Zeichnungen „stehen“ nicht so exzellent wie früher auf dem Papier es sieht leicht matschig aus. Insgesamt leider keine Verbesserte Ausgabe. Schade, weil ich von der älteren Ausgabe total begeistert war.
Cara –
Excellent book.
Andrew Bassin –
As a student I am a HUGE fan of this book. It helped me to understand volume and space on a whole new level. One day I brought the book to class and all of my classmates were arguing over who was going to look at it next. If you love drawing architecture, this is a must in your library!
Inez –
It’s a definitive guide for drawing and understanding through architectural diagramming. An astoundingly helpful and beautiful book.