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Architectural representation handbook : traditional and digital techniques for graphic communication / Paul Laseau.

Fine Arts Library NA2708 .L37 2000
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Laseau, Paul, 1937-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Architectural drawing.
Physical Description:
294 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York ; London : McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Summary:
-- For architects and designers who need to communicate their ideas visually, this book defines and gives examples of the "vocabulary" of architectural drawing-- Provides a thorough explanation of how to use and choose from the array of media techniques available today-- All types of architectural representation -- traditional, new media, hybrid, and emerging -- are fully illustrated, with examples of how to use each
Contents:
1 Representation in Design 1
Representation as Seeing 4
Representation as Thinking 8
Representation as Communication 10
Representation Dimensions 12
The Future of Representation 23
Representation as Seeing 25
2 Conventions 27
Orthographic Projections 28
Paraline Projections 42
Perspective Projections 47
3 View Selection 63
Eye-Level View 65
Aerial View 66
Worm's-Eye View 69
Distortion 70
View Framing 72
Vignettes 75
View Combinations 76
Composite and Simultaneous Views 80
Representation as Thinking 85
4 Modeling 87
Massing 88
Context 90
Light 92
Atmosphere 100
Contrast 102
5 Editing 107
Negative Space 111
Selection 112
Transparency 114
Skeleton 116
Disassemblies 118
Explodametrics 120
6 Diagramming 123
Abstraction 125
Symbols 126
Relationships 130
Classification/Hierarchy 132
Dynamics/Movement 134
Change/Transformation 136
Process 138
Representation as Communication 141
7 Media 143
Mounted Presentations 144
Slide Presentations 148
Computer Graphics 150
Video 154
Instruments 156
Electronic Instruments 158
8 Vocabulary 163
Scale 163
Format 164
Identity 168
Attitude 170
Mood 172
Style 174
Color 177
Symbolic Color 185
9 Explorations 187
Arrangements 190
Glide Perspective 192
Split Projection 194
Reverse Perspective 196
Montage and Other Combinations 198
Representation Case Studies 203
10 Research 205
11 Design 233
12 Communication 255.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0070383146
OCLC:
43673757

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