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Why Architects Draw by Edward Robbins; Edward Cullinan; Spencer De Grey; Jorge Silvetti; Renzo Piano; Álvaro Siza; John Young; Itsuko Hasegawa; William Pedersen; José Rafael Moneo; Rod Hackney; Peter Rice; Jean Wilcox is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Why Architects Draw about?

For nearly twenty years Edward Robbins, an anthropologist, has been studying and writing about the system of architectural education and practice in this country and abroad. In this book, he examines the social uses of architectural drawing: how drawing acts to direct both the conception and the production of architecture; how it helps architects set an agenda, define what is important about a design, and communicate with their colleagues and clients; and how it embodies claims about the architect's role, status, and authority.The centrepiece of Robbins's provocative investigation consists of case study narratives based on interviews with nine architects, a developer-architect, and an architectural engineer. These narratives from a broad range of practitioners and schools of thought, including leading contemporary architects, offer a rare opportunity to compare different views about the use of drawings.The narratives are illustrated by the architects' drawings (some never before published) from projects in Japan, England, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, and the United States, from conception through realization. Included are orthographic and axonometric projections, perspectives,

Who reads Why Architects Draw?

Author

Edward Robbins; Edward Cullinan; Spencer De Grey; Jorge Silvetti; Renzo Piano; Álvaro Siza; John Young; Itsuko Hasegawa; William Pedersen; José Rafael Moneo; Rod Hackney; Peter Rice; Jean Wilcox

Publisher

MIT Press (MA)

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780262680981

Category

nonfiction