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Routledge - How Drawings Work: A User-Friendly Theory

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Explore a fresh perspective on architectural communication with How Drawings Work: A User-Friendly Theory by Routledge. This book offers a witty and cheeky look at how architects create the essential information needed to build structures. Rather than viewing drawings as mere pictures, this text explains how they serve as vital tools that enable others to bring designs to life. The book covers a wide range of formats, including hand-drawn sketches, computer-generated drawings, physical models, virtual models, and written words. By pulling from an eclectic landscape of ideas, the author connects architecture to diverse fields such as grammar, functional linguistics, philosophy, art criticism, science fiction, and popular culture. It is a unique resource for anyone looking to understand the nature of architectural communication through a new lens.

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Explains how architectural drawings function as essential information that allows people to build real-world structures.

Covers multiple mediums including hand drawings, computer-aided designs, physical models, and virtual representations.

Provides a witty and engaging reading experience through prose that is both accessible and clever.

Connects architectural theory to various disciplines like linguistics, philosophy, and even science fiction.

Offers a new way to think about how architects communicate their ideas to the world.

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hardcover
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Amazon UK
Release Date
15 January 2019
Listed Since
22 February 2018

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