Description
This innovative book is the first to provide a fun, interactive way to learn about architecture. Filled with an array of beautiful and elegant drawings, it poses all manner of architectural challenges for the user: from designing your own skyscraper, to drawing an island house or creating a Constructivist monument, plus many others more. Aimed at anyone who loves drawing buildings, it encourages the user to imagine their own creative solutions by sketching, drawing and painting in the pages of the book. In so doing, they will learn about a whole range of significant architectural issues, such as the importance of site and materials, how to furnish a space, how to read plans, how to create sustainable cities and so on. The book also includes numerous examples of works and ideas by major architects to draw inspiration from and will appeal to everyone from children to students to architects.
Author: Steve Bowkett
Publisher: Laurence King
Published: 10/22/2013
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 10.60h x 8.20w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781780673219
ISBN10: 1780673213
BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation
- Art | Techniques | Drawing
Author: Steve Bowkett
Publisher: Laurence King
Published: 10/22/2013
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 10.60h x 8.20w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781780673219
ISBN10: 1780673213
BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation
- Art | Techniques | Drawing
About the Author
Steve Bowkett has taught and practiced architecture for over 25 years in numerous universities and art colleges and is currently a Senior Lecturer at London South Bank University. He studied at the Royal College of Art in London and the Polytechnic of Central London.