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Graphic thinking for architects & designers /

Laseau, Paul, 1937-

Graphic thinking for architects & designers / Graphic thinking for architects and designers Paul Laseau. - 3rd. ed. - New York : Wiley, c2001. - ix, 246 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-241) and index.

Basic Skills --
2 Drawing 17 --
3 Conventions 39 --
4 Abstraction 55 --
5 Expression 67 --
Applied Skills --
6 Analysis 81 --
7 Exploration 115 --
8 Discovery 141 --
9 Verification 163 --
Communication --
10 Process 179 --
11 Individual Design 189 --
12 Team Design 203 --
13 Public Design 217

Graphic thinking is a term used to describe how architects use tools and methods of drawing and sketching to arrive at a design solution. In architecture, this type of thinking is usually at the conceptual design stages of a project in which thinking and sketching work closely together as stimulants for developing ideas.

ISBN: 0471352926 (alk. paper : pbk.) 9780471352921

LCCN: 99086809

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Architectural drawing.
Communication in architectural design.
Architecture--Sketch-books.
Graphic arts.

LC Class. No.: NA2705 / .L38 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 720.284 / L.P.G