Acknowledgements
The author wishes first to thank those bodies that
awarded research grants to undertake the work outlined
in this book, namely the Arts and Humanities Research
Council and Edinburgh College of Art. In addition, the
book has drawn upon material from the Sir Basil Spence
Research Project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Various chapters use material abridged from the author’s
article ‘The use of drawing in architectural design: some
recent experiences from UK practice’ published in
Architecture Research Quarterly (ARQ) in 2005.
The author is also indebted to a number of architects
and designers who have provided time for interviews and
given consent for the use of drawings in the book. These
include Lord Foster of Riverside, Sir Terry Farrell, Sir
Nicholas Grimshaw, Edward Cullinan, Bob Allies, Will
Alsop, Richard Murphy, Allan Murray, Gordon Murray and
Malcolm Fraser. In addition, the following architects have
kindly provided drawings to augment those of the author,
namely Santiago Calatrava, David Prichard, Francis
Tibbalds, Derek Fraser, Richard Reid and Arup Associates.
The author is particularly indebted to Nick Hirst for
allowing drawings prepared as a result of his Philip Webb
Travelling Scholarship to be used in the publication.
The author also wishes to thank the RIBA Library,
RCAHMS and the Hunterian Museum for making
available images of sketchbook practice from earlier
periods.
Finally, the author wishes to thank the many
students of architecture from Edinburgh, Glasgow and
Huddersfield who kept him company with their sketch-
books on study visits to places far and wide over a
twenty-five year period.
Unless stated otherwise all subsequent drawings are
by the author.Acknowledgementsv