Precedents in Architecture provides a vocabulary for architectural analysis that will help you understand the works of others, and aid you in creating your own designs. Here, you will examine the work of internationally known architects with the help of a unique diagrammatic tec…
Focusing on how an important nineteenth-century architect addressed the already shifting relation between architecture, time and history, this book offers insights on issues still relevant today-the struggle between imitation and innovation, the definition (or rejection) of aest…
"Speed, acceleration and rapid change characterize our world, and as we design and construct buildings that are to last at least a few decades and sometimes even centuries, how can architecture continue to act as an important cultural signifier? Focusing on how an important nine…
Eleven Exercises in the Art of Architectural Drawing. This book offers eleven servings of "slow food" for the architectural imagination as opposed to the tasteless "fast food" that dominates many drawing tables or digital tablets. The implementation of "fast drawing" has genera…
