Architecture - Drawn: From the Middle Ages to the Present

by Klaus Jan Philipp

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.

Genres: Architecture

352 pages, Hardcover

Published August 24, 2020

Reviews

[Nick Chantarasak · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book almost reads as an illustrated essay on the history of architectural drawings in the west - which isn’t a bad thing. It poses some interesting questions towards the end on the future and relevance of architectural drawings, but is mainly a well researched journey of how the architectural drawing has held its own against other fields of art and design. Beautiful images and well set out, including an interesting typeface.