Architecture Briefs

The Architecture Briefs series takes on a variety of single topics of interest to architecture students and young professionals. Field-specific and technical information, ranging from hand-drawn to digital methods, are presented in a user-friendly manner alongside basics of architectural thought, design, and construction. The series familiarizes readers with the concepts and skills necessary to successfully translate ideas into built form.

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Editor: Linda Lee

Series Editor: Clare Jacobson

Production Editor: Steven Hillyer

Designer: Abigail Sturges

Special thanks to: Nettie Aljian, Sara Bader, Dorothy Ball, Nicola Bednarek, Janet Behning, Becca Casbon, Penny (Yuen Pik) Chu, Russell Fernandez, Pete Fitzpatrick, Wendy Fuller, Jan Haux, Aileen Kwun, Nancy Eklund Later, Laurie Manfra, Katharine Myers, Lauren Nelson Packard, Jennifer Thompson, Arnoud Verhaeghe, Paul Wagner, Joseph Weston, and Deb Wood of Princeton Architectural Press —Kevin C. Lippert, publisher

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gussow, Sue Ferguson.

  Architects draw / Sue Ferguson Gussow ; introduction by Dore Ashton.

      p. cm. — (Architecture briefs)

  Includes bibliographical references and index.

  ISBN-13: 978-1-56898-740-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Architectural drawing—Technique. 2. Drawing—Technique. I. Title.

  NA2708.G87 2008

  720.28’4—dc22

                                                      2007032649

eISBN: 978-1-616-89181-7

Image Credits

Unless otherwise noted below, all illustrations in this publication have been reproduced courtesy of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union.

Several individuals participated in the documentation of student work in Chapters 1 and 2. They include Amber Chapin, Steven Hillyer, Olivia Valentine, and Elizabeth van der Heijden. Large-format photography was accomplished with the assistance of James Kendi, Pro Lab, and Modernage Custom Imaging Labs.

Christina Condak 75

François de Menil 163, 165 (figures 5 and 6)

François de Menil, photo by Paul Warchol 165 (figure 7)

Mark Epstein 140

Firat Erdim 166

Paul Henderson 164

James Hicks 167

Karen Bausman + Associates 172 (figure 21)

Karen Bausman + Associates, photo by Jack Pottle / Esto 161, 172 (figures 22 and 23)

Peter Lynch, photo by Tim Thayer 170 (figure 17)

Morris Sato Studio 168 (figure 12)

Morris Sato Studio, photo by Carson Zullinger 168 (figure 13)

Stephen Mullins 55

OBRA Architects 170–71 (figures 18–20)

Reiser + Umemoto 169