The New Ultimate Guide To Architecture

The fully expanded, updated, and freshly designed second edition of the most comprehensive and widely acclaimed guide to domestic architecture: in print since its original publication in 1984, and acknowledged everywhere as the unmatched, essential guide to American houses.

The New Ultimate Guide To Architecture contains vital information that's essential to planning and executing architectural projects of all shapes and sizes, all in a format that is small enough to carry anywhere.

A book all about drawing architecture. Learn to draw and design your own buildings and cityscapes. To do this, the book first teaches three basic building blocks: The drawing basics, perspective drawing and image composition.
In order to be able to effectively draw your own architectural representations, you will learn in this book how to draw the most important elements of buildings - e.g. roofs, trusses, but also trees. Step-by-step instructions for complete architectural drawings will help you practice and improve your skills. Along the way, you will also learn more about building styles, construction techniques, materials, and much more.
The main contents of the book:

Building styles

Drawing tools

From the line to the body

Drawing techniques

Drawing shadows

Tricks for drawing

Depicting materials

Simple architectural drawings

Elements of architecture

Perspective drawing

Image composition

Step-by-step instructions

Most architectural standards references contain thousands of pages of details, overwhelmingly more than architects need to know on any given day. In contrast, The New Ultimate Guide To Architecture updated & revised distills the data provided in standard architectural volumes in an easy-to-use reference covering the most indispensable—and most requested—types of architectural information.

The New Ultimate Guide To Architecture series offers students and practicing professionals in a range of creative industries must-have information in their area of specialty in an up-to-date, concise handbook.