Concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and
presentation, from the basics of "How to Draw a Line" to the
complexities of color theory.
This is a book that students of architecture will want to keep in the
studio and in their backpacks. It is also a book they may want to keep
out of view of their professors, for it expresses in clear and simple
language things that tend to be murky and abstruse in the classroom.
These 101 concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and
presentation--from the basics of "How to Draw a Line" to the
complexities of color theory--provide a much-needed primer in
architectural literacy, making concrete what too often is left nebulous
or open-ended in the architecture curriculum. Each lesson utilizes a
two-page format, with a brief explanation and an illustration that can
range from diagrammatic to whimsical. The lesson on "How to Draw a Line"
is illustrated by examples of good and bad lines; a lesson on the
dangers of awkward floor level changes shows the television actor Dick
Van Dyke in the midst of a pratfall; a discussion of the proportional
differences between traditional and modern buildings features a drawing
of a building split neatly in half between the two. Written by an
architect and instructor who remembers well the fog of his own student
days, 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School provides valuable
guideposts for navigating the design studio and other classes in the
architecture curriculum. Architecture graduates--from young designers to
experienced practitioners--will turn to the book as well, for
inspiration and a guide back to basics when solving a complex design
problem.
