WHY ARCHITECTS DRAW

Robbins, Edward

ISBN 10: 0262181576 / ISBN 13: 9780262181570

Edité par The MIT Press, Cambridge and London, 1994

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1st edition, 1994. A Very Good copy. Oblong 4to., 315 pp., with images, plans and drawings, bound in publishers metal spiral ring in tan boards. Minor signs of shelf wear only, text appears unmarked.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: WHY ARCHITECTS DRAW
• Éditeur: The MIT Press, Cambridge and London
• Date de parution: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0262181576
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780262181570
• Reliure: Spiral
• Édition: 1st edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Architecture

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Synopsis

The centerpiece of Robbins's provocative investigation consists ofcase study narratives based on interviews with nine architects, adeveloper-architect, and an architectural engineer. The narratives areillustrated by the architects' drawings from projects in Japan,England, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, and the United States, fromconception through realization.

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.