Architectural Drawing: A Visual Compendium of Types and Methods

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This new, comprehensive edition offers a truly breathtaking range of hand-rendered and computer-generated drawing styles and techniques. Extensively revised and updated to address recent developments in computer technology, it combines clear, step-by-step technical instruction with more than 900 illustrations. Featuring work from such leading architects as Tadao Ando, Frank Gehry, Michael Graves, Ricardo Legorreta, and Richard Meier, this one-of-a-kind visual reference is an outstanding source of guidance and inspiration for students and professionals at every level.
* Tool fundamentals
* Lettering, typography, and line types
* Representational sketching
* Orthographic and paraline drawing
* Linear perspective drawing
* Perspective view development
* Light, shade, and shadow
* Delineating and rendering entourage
* Diagramming and Conceptual sketching
* Drawing Exercises
* Presentation formats
* and more
"In the age of digital imaging, this book is an indispensable reference and text for those who value manual drawing as a means of design and artistic expression."
-Arpad Daniel Ronaszegi
Associate Professor of Architecture
Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan
"The great strength of this book is its comprehensive and thorough presentation of graphic communication and design visualization methodologies."
-Steve Temple
Assistant Professor of Architecture and Design
University of Texas at San Antonio
"Hundreds of drawings take the beginning and advanced student from the basic introduction of media, freehand sketching, and tradition of drafting to diagrams, finished illustrative approaches, and compositional strategies for presentation."
-Fernando Magallanes
Professor of Landscape Architecture
North Carolina State University, College of Design

One of the most important skills for any type of designer to be adept at is drawing; architects especially must be proficient draftsmen (or women). Encyclopedic in its scope, this visual resource book presents a major survey of design-drawing styles and techniques. Packed with more than 700 illustrations, this unique reference guide includes such chapters as Tool Fundamentals, Linear Perspective Drawing, 3-D Modeling, and Diagramming. The drawings found herein represent a large number of diverse styles, and included is work of noted architects such as Michael Graves and I.M. Pei. A perfect office or studio companion for the student and professional alike.

Title: Architectural Drawing: A Visual Compendium of Types and Methods (Introduction to Economics)
Sales Rank: 650765 in Books
Author: Rendow Yee
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1 edition, 1997-01-22, Paperback, 640 pages, ISBN: 0471165735
Package Dimensions: 10.89 x 8.5 x 1.13 inches, 3.3 pounds

• Architecture: Form, Space, & Order
• Architectural Graphics
• Building Construction Illustrated
• Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods
• Precedents in Architecture: Analytic Diagrams, Formative Ideas, and Partis