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Architects' Drawings - A Selection of Sketches by World Famous Architects Through History (Hardcover)
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Architects' Drawings - A Selection of Sketches by World Famous Architects Through History (Hardcover)
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The sketch is a window into the architects mind. As creative
designers, architects are interested in how other architects,
particularly successful ones, think through the use of drawings to
approach their work. Historically designers have sought inspiration
for their own work through an insight into the minds and workings
of people they often regard as geniuses. This collection of
sketches aims to provide this insight. Here for the first time, a
wide range of world famous architects' sketches from the
Renaissance to the present day can be seen in a single volume. The
sketches have been selected to represent the concepts or
philosophies of the key movements in architecture in order to
develop an overall picture of the role of the sketch in the
development of architecture. The book illustrates the work of
designers as diverse as Andrea Palladio, Erich Mendelsohn, Sir
Edwin Lutyens, Gianlorenzo Bernini, Le Corbusier, Michelangelo,
Alvar Aalto, Sir John Soane, Francesco Borromini, Walter Gropius,
and contemporary architects Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid and Frank Gehry
to name but a few. Each chronologically placed sketch is
accompanied by text providing details about the architect's life, a
look at the sketch in context, and the connection to specific
buildings where appropriate. Style, media and meaning are also
discussed, developing an explanation of the architect's thinking
and intentions.
As creative designers themselves, architects are interested in how
other architects, particularly successful ones, think and draw and
approach their work. Historically designers have sought inspiration
for their own work through an insight into the minds and workings
of people they often regard asgeniuses. This collection of sketches
aims to provide this insight.
Listed chronologically each sketch will be accompanied by a text
which provides: A short synopsis/history of the architect's life; a
look at the sketch in this context; the connection to a specific
building (where appropriate); techniques of the sketch: style and
media; meaning - what the sketch shows about the architect's
thinking and intentions followed by a select bibliography for each
section.
- Sketches from prominent architects, drawn from an international
selection
- A unique insight into how architects use sketches to develop and
transfer complex concepts into physical form, enabling readers to
improve the connection between their own ideas and designs
- Reveals the secrets of the most successful sketching techniques
used by architects for today's designers
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