Why Architects Draw

A wonderful review of the many drawing techniques that are applied by architects. The drawings in this book vary from rough napkin sketches to detailled technical drawing of joints in a high-rise tower building.

11 architects participated in this book. They all make completely different drawings, not because some are better at it than others, but because they want to achieve different goals with it.

With each architect, there’s a discussion of the techniques that are used, why they fit in the way the office works, why other techniques aren’t fit for their work (no CAD drawings for any of the sketches or concepts in this book).