Why Architects Draw

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MIT Press, 1994 - 315 páginas
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 centerpiece 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, elevations, plans, sections, working drawings, sketches, schematics, construction, and finished drawings.
 

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Why Architects Draw
51
Overview
52
Edward Cullinan Edward Cullinan Architects
57
Spencer de Grey Sir Norman Foster and Partners
81
Jorge Silvetti Machado Silvetti Associates
103
Renzo Piano The Building Workshop
125
Alvaro Siza Alvaro Siza Architect
151
John Young The Richard Rogers Partnership
175
William Pedersen Kohn Pedersen
223
Rafael Moneo Rafael Moneo Architect
247
Rod Hackney Rod Hackney Architect
271
Peter Rice Ove Arup Partners
283
Drawing and Architectural Practice Revisited
295
Notes
302
Bibliography
310
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Itsuko Hasegawa Itsuko Hasegawa Atelier
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