Understanding Architecture Through Drawing

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Chapter 19
History and archaeology 160
Chapter 20
Interiors 170
Chapter 21
Using drawing to analyse an
urban area 178
Case study 1
The Merchant City,
Glasgow 178
Case study 2
The Bastide towns, France 187
Case study 3
Japanese urbanism 192

Part Four
The Way Forward
Chapter 22
Exploration through the sketchbook


  • some suitable subjects 198
    Chapter 23
    From sketch to design 214
    Chapter 24
    Designing through drawing 226
    Chapter 25
    Drawing in architectural
    practice 238


Bibliography 260
Index 262

Acknowledgements v


Introduction vi


Chapter 1


The benefits of drawing 1


Part One
Guiding Principles


Chapter 2


Why draw? 16


Chapter 3


Choosing the subject 30


Part Two
Techniques


Chapter 4
Perspective 38


Chapter 5
Line and shade 46


Chapter 6
Composition 50


Chapter 7
The importance of practice 60
Chapter 8
From sketch to plan making
and documentary
investigation 64
Chapter 9
Sequential sketches 72
Chapter 10
Drawing and photography 80
(with Susan Fahy)

Part Three
Case Studies in Drawing
Chapter 11
Towns, townscapes and squares 90
Chapter 12
Streets, lanes and footpaths 100
Chapter 13
Landmarks, skyline and
city image 108
Chapter 14
Gateways, entrances and
doorways 114
Chapter 15
The façades of buildings 122
Chapter 16
Machinery, function and
modernism 132
Chapter 17
Landscape 142
Chapter 18
Sustainability 152

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