Why architects draw / Edward Robbins ; interviews with Edward Cullinan [and ten others].

Main entry:

Robbins, Edward, 1944- author, interviewer.

Title & Author:

Why architects draw / Edward Robbins ; interviews with Edward Cullinan [and ten others].

Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [1994]
©1994

Description:

315 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-315).
Edward Cullinan -- Spencer de Grey -- Jorge Silvetti -- Renzo Piano -- Alvaro Siza -- John Young -- Itsuko Hasegawa -- William Pedersen -- Rafael Moneo -- Rod Hackney -- Peter Rice.

Summary:

Examines the social uses of architectural drawing: how it acts to direct architecture; how it helps define what is important about a design; and how it embodies claims about the architect's status and authority. Case study narratives are included with drawings from projects at all stages.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780262181570
0262181576
9780262680981 (paperback : 1997)
026268098X (paperback : 1997)

Subject:

Architectural drawing.
Architectural design.
Architects Interviews.
Dessin d'architecture.
Design architectural.
Architectes Entretiens.
architectural drawing (process)
Architects
Architectural drawings

Form/genre:

interviews.
Interviews

Added entries:

Cullinan, Edward, interviewee.
De Grey, Spencer, interviewee.
Silvetti, Jorge, interviewee.
Piano, Renzo, interviewee.
Siza, Álvaro, 1933- interviewee.
Young, John, 1944- interviewee.
Hasegawa, Itsuko, interviewee.
Pedersen, William, 1938- interviewee.
Moneo, José Rafael, interviewee.
Hackney, Rod, interviewee.
Rice, Peter, 1935-1992, interviewee.
Wilcox, Jean, book designer, bookjacket designer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 189413
Call No.: IDM NA2700.R52; ID:94-B293
Copy: copy 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main m 189414
Call No.: IDM NA2700.R52; ID:94-B293
Copy: copy 1
Status: Available

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