Archidoodle: The Architect's Activity Book

ISBN-13:	9781780673219
Publisher:	Laurence King Publishing
Publication date:	10/22/2013
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	140,175
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 10.60(h) x 0.70(d)

This innovative book is the first to provide a fun, interactive way to learn about architecture. Filled with an array of beautiful and elegant drawings, it poses all manner of architectural challenges for the user: from designing your own skyscraper, to drawing an island house or creating a Constructivist monument, plus many others more.Aimed at anyone who loves drawing buildings, it encourages the user to imagine their own creative solutions by sketching, drawing and painting in the pages of the book. In so doing, they will learn about a whole range of significant architectural issues, such as the importance of site and materials, how to furnish a space, how to read plans, how to create sustainable cities and so on.The book also includes numerous examples of works and ideas by major architects to draw inspiration from and will appeal to everyone from children to students to architects.