Drawing
Subtitle: the motive force of architecture (Architectural Design Primer)
Publisher: Wiley
Published: June 20, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780470034811
Subjects: Architectural structure & design; Drawing & drawings; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; General; Architecture / General; Architecture
Description: "Focusing on the creative and inventive significance of drawing for architecture, this book is a paean to the graphic by one of its greatest proponents, Sir Peter Cook. Thematically organised by chapter, Cook talks us through drawings as motive, strategy, vision, image, composition, expression, technique, surface, and fantasy. He provides us with amusing perceptive commentary at every turn, drawing our attention to some of the greatest and most intriguing drawings, ranging from Heath-Robinson, Hugh Ferris and Arthur Beresford Pite to Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Ron Herron, Coop Himmlb(l)au, Bernard Tschumi and Lebbeus Woods."--Jacket.