101 Things I Learned In Architecture School

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Concise lessons in design drawing the creative process & 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 & in their backpacks It is also a book they may want to keep out of view of their professors for it expresses in clear & simple language things that tend to be murky & abstruse in the classroom These 101 concise lessons in design drawing the creative process & 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 & an illustration that can range from diagrammatic to whimsical The lesson on " How to Draw a Line" is illustrated by examples of good & 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 & modern buildings features a drawing of a building split neatly in half between the two Written by an architect & 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 & other classes in the architecture curriculum Architecture graduates -- from young designers to experienced practitioners -- will turn to the book as well for inspiration & a guide back to basics when solving a complex design problem