Architecture - Drawn: From the Middle Ages to the Present

Klaus Jan Philipp

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Architecture - Drawn

From the Middle Ages to the Present

Klaus Jan Philipp

Overview

About this book

A key medium in design: the drawing

The two-dimensional drawing with plan layout, elevation, and section is a necessary prerequisite for all building. Perspectives help to give three-dimensional expression to the architect’s ideas. In order to convey architecture and to build it, drawings at a reduced scale are mandatory, for the architect as much as for tradesmen and clients.

This book recounts the historical development of architectural drawings and thus provides an insight into the fascinating world of this medium. It not only shows plain technical drawings but mainly focuses on impressive inventions of almost artistic quality that surprise again and again. It thus is a convincing appeal to constantly renew ways of drawing architecture and thereby to imagine future worlds.

Very readable reference work on the key medium in design: the drawing
Comprehensive synopsis from the Middle Ages to today with numerous attractive plates
Typologically structured

Author information

Prof. Dr. phil. K.J. Philipp, Head of the Institute of Architectural History, University of Stuttgart

Topics

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Architekten, Kunsthistoriker, kulturgeschichtlich interessierte Professionals und Laien.
Pages
- Main content: 352
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 90
- Coloured Illustrations: 160
Keywords: Architecture; architectural drawings; drawings

Hardcover

Published: August 24, 2020
ISBN: 9783038215738