The Routledge companion to architectural drawings and models : from translating to archiving collecting and displaying Architectural drawings and models are instruments of imagination communication and historical continuity. The role of drawings and models their ownership placement and authorship in a ubiquitous digital age deserves careful consideration. Expanding on the well established discussion of the translation from drawings to buildings this book fills a lacuna in current scholarly publications questioning the significance of the lives of drawings and models after construction. Including emerging well known and world renowned scholars in the fields of architectural history and theory and curatorial practices the 35 contributions define recent research in four key areas: Drawing Sites Sites of Knowledge Construction: Drawing Office Construction Site; The Afterlife of Drawings and Models: Archiving Collecting Displaying and Exhibiting; Tools of Making: Architectural Representations and their Apparatus Over Time; The Ethical Responsibilities of Collecting and Archiving: Authorship Ownership Copyrights and Rights to Copy. The research covers a wide range of geographies and delves into the practices of such architects as Sir John Soane Superstudio Viollet le Duc Frank Lloyd Wright Wajiro Kon Germán Samper Gnecco A+PS Mies van der Rohe and Renzo Piano Drawing sites Sites of knowledge construction The afterlife of drawings and models Tools of making and knowledge construction The ethical responsibilities of collecting and archiving.