Understanding Architecture Through Drawing
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Brian Edwards
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- File Size: 22.5 MB
- Book Language: English
- Total Page Count: 273
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Understanding Architecture Through Drawing
Understanding Architecture Through Drawing is a digital PDF guide to architectural sketching, analysis, and design. It explores how freehand drawing can deepen the understanding of buildings and places.
This second edition combines design theory with practical drawing lessons. The digital format is available for instant download after purchase.
Brian Edwards presents the sketchbook as a creative and critical tool for students and practitioners. The book also considers drawing alongside model-making, computer-aided design, and photography.
Book Overview
Understanding Architecture Through Drawing examines the role of freehand drawing in architectural thought and practice. It explains how drawing can record and analyse existing examples while also testing the appearance of imagined designs.
The book is arranged in four parts. It begins with guiding principles, introduces key graphic tools and techniques, presents case studies in drawing, and concludes with contemporary architectural practice.
The second edition was fully revised and updated. New material addresses sustainability, history and archaeology, designing through drawing, and drawing in architectural practice. The book is intended for students of architecture, landscape architecture, town and country planning, and urban design.
What You’ll Discover Inside
- The benefits of drawing and the reasons for using a sketchbook in architectural study.
- Drawing techniques including perspective, line and shade, and composition.
- Methods for moving from sketches to plans, design ideas, and documentary investigation.
- Drawing approaches for landscapes, townscapes, streets, façades, interiors, and urban areas.
- Case studies covering the Merchant City in Glasgow, the Bastide towns of France, and Japanese urbanism.
- Discussions of sustainability, history and archaeology, and modernism.
- The role of drawing in design development and architectural practice.
Why This Book Matters
The book presents drawing as more than a method of documentation. It treats freehand drawing as a way to observe, question, and develop architectural ideas.
Its discussion of the sketchbook places visual analysis within architectural education and practice. It also addresses the continuing relationship between traditional drawing and digital tools such as CAD and photography.
Book Details
| Title | Understanding Architecture Through Drawing |
|---|---|
| Author | Brian Edwards |
| Edition | Second Edition |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Imprint | Taylor & Francis Group |
| Publication Date | 2008 |
| First Published | 2008 by Taylor & Francis |
| Original Edition Copyright | First edition © 1994 Brian Edwards |
| Second Edition Copyright | This second edition © 2008 Brian Edwards |
| Publication Location | 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN |
| Simultaneously Published In | USA and Canada |
| US and Canada Publisher Location | 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY10016 |
| Designed By | Gavin Ambrose |
| Printed and Bound | Great Britain by The Cromwell Press, Trowbridge, Wiltshire |
| Master e-book ISBN | 0-203-88243-1 |
| ISBN10 (hbk) | 0-415-44413-6 |
| ISBN 10 (pbk) | 0-415-44414-4 |
| ISBN13 (hbk) | 978-0-415-44413-2 |
| ISBN13 (pbk) | 978-0-415-44414-9 |
| Format | |
| File Type | |
| File Size | 22.5 MB |
| File Size Bytes | 23543180 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 273 |
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This is a digital download, and no physical copy will be shipped. Access is available after purchase.
The PDF works with appropriate Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and compatible reading apps. Device features may vary by application.
FAQ
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Access is available after purchase, with the PDF provided as an instant digital download.
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No. This product is a digital download, so there is no physical shipping.
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Download Understanding Architecture Through Drawing for reference, study, and architectural drawing practice.
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