Understanding Architecture Through Drawing

This introduction to design and graphic techniques will help designers increase their understanding of buildings and places through drawing. For many people the camera has replaced the sketchbook, but here the author argues that freehand drawing as a means of analysing and understanding buildings develops visual sensitivity and awareness of design. By combining design theory with practical lessons in drawing Understanding Architecture through Drawing will encourage the use of the sketchbook as a creative and critical tool. The book is highly illustrated and will be an essential manual on freehand drawing techniques for students of architecture, landscape architecture, town and country planning and urban design.