ARCHITECTS' DRAWINGSThe sketch is a window into the architects mind. As creative designers,
architects are interested in how other architects, particularly
successful ones, think through the use of drawings to approach their
work. Historically designers have sought inspiration for their own work
through an insight into the minds and workings of people they often
regard as geniuses. This collection of sketches aims to provide this
insight. Here for the first time, a wide range of world famous
architects' sketches from the Renaissance to the present day can be seen
in a single volume. The sketches have been selected to represent the
concepts or philosophies of the key movements in architecture in order
to develop an overall picture of the role of the sketch in the
development of architecture. The book illustrates the work of designers
as diverse as Andrea Palladio, Erich Mendelsohn, Sir Edwin Lutyens,
Gianlorenzo Bernini, Le Corbusier, Michelangelo, Alvar Aalto, Sir John
Soane, Francesco Borromini, Walter Gropius, and contemporary architects
Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid and Frank Gehry to name but a few. Each
chronologically placed sketch is accompanied by text providing details
about the architect’s life, a look at the sketch in context, and the
connection to specific buildings where appropriate. Style, media and
meaning are also discussed, developing an explanation of the architect’s
thinking and intentions.
As creative
designers themselves, architects are interested in how other architects,
particularly successful ones, think and draw and approach their work.
Historically designers have sought inspiration for their own work
through an insight into the minds and workings of people they often
regard as geniuses. This collection of sketches aims to provide this
insight.
Listed chronologically each sketch
will be accompanied by a text which provides: A short synopsis/history
of the architect's life; a look at the sketch in this context; the
connection to a specific building (where appropriate); techniques of the
sketch: style and media; meaning - what the sketch shows about the
architect's thinking and intentions followed by a select bibliography
for each section. |
