Routledge Drawing from Practice: Architects and Freehand Sketching

Drawing from Practice explores how 26 diverse and reputable architects use freehand drawing to shape the built environment. Author J. Michael Welton traces the tactile sketch from initial parti to finished product through words, images, and photographs that reveal the creative process in action. The book features drawings and architecture from every generation practicing today, including work by Aidlin Darling Design, Alberto Alfonso, Deborah Berke, Marlon Blackwell, Peter Bohlin, Warren Byrd, Ellen Cassilly, Jim Cutler, Chad Everhart, Formwork, Phil Freelon, and Michael Graves. This comprehensive exploration demonstrates how freehand drawing remains essential to architectural practice and innovation across contemporary firms and individual practitioners.