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