1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793093103321

Autore

Afflerbach Florian

Titolo

Freehand drawing / / Florian Afflerbach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel : , : Birkhäuser, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

3-0356-1271-4

3-0356-1211-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (92 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Basics

Disciplina

720.22/2

Soggetti

Architectural drawing - Technique

Freehand technical sketching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 91).

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Basic principles of freehand drawing -- Tools and techniques -- Freehand drawing in architectural design -- Architectural drawing on site -- Further development -- In conclusion -- Appendix -- Literature -- Picture credits -- The author

Sommario/riassunto

Die Bedeutung des Freihandzeichnens für die Architektenausbildung wird oft verkannt. Dabei ist das eigene freie Zeichnen unverzichtbar für jeden Gestalter. Durch Zeichnen lernt er sehen und beobachten. Die räumliche Vorstellungskraft entwickelt sich. Basics Freihandzeichnen erklärt Schritt für Schritt die Entwicklung perspektivischer Darstellungen vom Bildaufbau über verschiedene Zeichentechniken bis hin zum Einsatz von Farbe.

The importance of freehand drawing for educating architects is often underestimated. However, this craft is essential for any designer. The act of drawing shows you how to see and observe. It helps develop spatial imagination. A design idea can be quickly and easily clarified and displayed in only a few strokes. The sketch in perspective is vital in design presentations whether at the design academy or in meetings with contractors - every architect needs to master this craft.Basics Freehand Drawing explains step-by-step how to develop a perspective drawing from the initial structure of the image to various drawing techniques and use of color. It also shows in numerous color



illustrations different drawing techniques and examples of presenting perspective drawings of buildings, interiors, and details.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910973003103321

Autore

Abbott Carl

Titolo

How cities won the West : four centuries of urban change in western North America / / Carl Abbott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque [N.M.], : University of New Mexico Press, 2008

ISBN

9781283635295

1283635291

9780826333148

0826333141

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 347 p. : ill., maps

Collana

Histories of the American frontier

Disciplina

307.760978

Soggetti

Cities and towns - West (U.S.) - History

Cities and towns - West (U.S.) - Growth

Cities and towns - Canada, Western - History

Cities and towns - Canada, Western - Growth

Metropolitan areas - West (U.S.) - Growth

Metropolitan areas - Canada, Western - History

West (U.S.) Economic conditions

West (U.S.) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-334) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: All roads lead to Fresno -- Outposts of empires -- Building a West of cities, 1840-1940 -- Across the wide Mississippi -- The first Pacific century -- Inland empire cities -- Garden cities -- Smokestack frontiers -- Money in the air -- Cities of homes -- Water, power, progress -- The metropolitan West since 1940 -- Wars and rumors of war -- Progress and prejudice -- The politics of diversity -- Reshaping the metropolis -- Transnational urbanism -- The long arm of the metropolitan West -- Conclusion: Urban frontiers.



Sommario/riassunto

The author traces the evolution of early frontier towns at the beginning of Western expansion to the thriving urban centers they have become today.