How drawings work : a user-friendly theory
By: Piedmont-Palladino, Susan C.
Publisher: New York Routledge 2019Description: xvii, 179p.ISBN: 9781138692978.Subject(s): Architectural drawingDDC classification: 720.284 | P595h Summary: How Drawings Work cheekily explains that what architects make is information that enables other people to make buildings. That information comes in a variety of forms: drawings by hand and computer, models both physical and virtual, and words as needed. The book reflects in witty prose the nature of architectural drawings as tools of communication, pulling from a diverse and eclectic landscape of theories from grammar, functional linguistics, philosophy, art criticism, science fiction, popular culture, and, of course, architecture, to propose a new way to think about architectural communication.Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Books | PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | General Stacks | 720.284 P595h (Browse shelf) | Available | A185975 |
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720.284 J355C2 COMMERCIAL DRAFTING AND DETAILING | 720.284 L33G3 GRAPHIC THINKING FOR ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS | 720.284 L578a ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING FUNDAMENTALS | 720.284 P595h How drawings work | 720.285 C739 Computation works | 720.288 St89 Structures and construction in historic building conservation | 720.47 C85e Ethnography for designers |
How Drawings Work cheekily explains that what architects make is information that enables other people to make buildings. That information comes in a variety of forms: drawings by hand and computer, models both physical and virtual, and words as needed. The book reflects in witty prose the nature of architectural drawings as tools of communication, pulling from a diverse and eclectic landscape of theories from grammar, functional linguistics, philosophy, art criticism, science fiction, popular culture, and, of course, architecture, to propose a new way to think about architectural communication.
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