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Drawing and Representation

• About Drawing and Representation
• Exemplary Drawings
• How-To
• Tracing Files
• Sketchbooks

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About Drawing and Representation

• Crowe, Norman and Paul Laseau. Visual Notes for Architects and Designers. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1984.
  HUNT STACKS-4 NA2750 .C76 1984
  

• Fraser, Iain and Rod Henmi. Envisioning Architecture: An Analysis of Drawing. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994.
  HUNT OVRSZQ-4 NA2700 .F73 1994

• Herbert, Daniel M. Architectural Study Drawings. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993.
  HUNT OVRSZQ-4 NA2705 .H46 1993

• Laseau, Paul. Architectural Representation Handbook: Traditional and Digital Techniques for Graphic Communication. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA2714 .L37 2000

• Moon, Karen. Modeling Messages: The Architect and the Model. New York: Monacelli Press, 2005.
  HUNT STACKS-4 NA2790 .M597 2005

• A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods (visual-literacy.org)

• Porter, Tom. The Architect's Eye: Visualization and Depiction of Space in Architecture. London; New York: E & FN Spon, 1997.
  HUNT STACKS-4 NA2765 .P67 1997

• Porter, Tom & John Neale. Architectural Supermodels: Physical Design Simulation. Oxford; Boston: Architectural Press, 2000.
  HUNT STACKS-4 NA2790 .P67 2000

• Steele, James. Architecture in Process. London: Academy Editions, 1994.
  HUNT OVRSZQ-4 NA2750 .A74X

• Tufte, Edward R. Envisioning information. Cheshire, Conn.: Graphics Press, 1990.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 P93.5 .T84 1990

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Exemplary Drawings

• Blau, Eve and Edward Kaufman. Architecture and Its Image: Four Centuries of Representation. Montreal: Canadian Centre for Architecture/Centre Canadien d'Architecture; Cambridge, Mass.: Distributed by the MIT Press, 1989.
  HUNT STACKS-4 NA2445 .C2 M663 1989

• Gebhard, David and Deborah Nevins. 200 Years of American Architectural Drawing. New York: Whitney Library of Design for the Architectural League of New York and the American Federation of Arts, 1977.
  HUNT OVRSZQ-4 NA2706 .U6 G42

• Klotz, Heinrich, ed. Postmodern Visions: Drawings, Paintings, and Models by Contemporary Architects. New York: Abbeville Press, 1985.
  HUNT OVRSZQ-4 NA682 .P67 R4813 1985

• Lacy, Bill. 100 Contemporary Architects: Drawings & Sketches. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1991.
  HUNT OVRSZQ-4 NA2700 .L26 1991

• Magnago Lampugnani, Vittorio. Architecture of the 20th Century in Drawings: Utopia and Reality. New York: Rizzoli, 1982.
  HUNT OVRSZQ-4 NA2700 .M3513 1982

• McQuaid, Matilda. Envisioning Architecture: Drawings from the Museum of Modern Art. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2002.
  HUNT STACKS-4 NA2695 .U6 N486 2002

• Parks, Janet, ed. Contemporary Architectural Drawings: Donations to the Avery Library Centennial Drawings Archive. San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks, 1991.
  HUNT STACKS-4 NA2695 .U6 A86 1991

• Powell, Helen and David Leatherbarrow, eds. Masterpieces of Architectural Drawing. New York: Abbeville Press, 1983.
  HUNT OVRSZQ-4 NA2700 .M38 1983

• Riley, Terence et al. The Changing of the Avant-Garde: Visionary Architectural Drawings From the Howard Gilman Collection. New York: Museum of Modern Art: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, 2002.
  HUNT STACKS-4 NA209.5 .C43 2002

• Smith, Kendra Schank. Architects' Drawings: A Selection of Sketches by World Famous Architects Through History. Oxford; Burlington, MA: Elsevier/Architectural Press, 2005.
  HUNT OVRSZQ-4 NA2700 .S625 2005

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How-To

• Ching, Francis D. K. Architectural Graphics. 4th ed. New York : John Wiley, 2003.
  HUNT OVRSZQ-4 NA2700 .C46 2003

• Ching, Francis D. K. Design Drawing. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1998.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA2708 .C49 1998

• Cooper, Douglas. Drawing and Perceiving: Real-World Drawing for Students of Architecture and Design. 4th ed. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA2708 .C66 2007

• Delgado Yanes, Magali. Freehand Drawing for Architects and Interior Designers. New York: Norton, 2005.
  HUNT OVRSZQ-4 NA2708 .D4513 2005
  

• Kasprisin, Ron. Design Media: Techniques for Watercolor, Pen & Ink, Pastel and Colored Marker. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NC758 .K37 1999

• Mills, Criss. Designing With Models: A Studio Guide to Making and Using Architectural Design Models. 2nd ed. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2005.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA2790 .M5 2005

• Uddin, M. Saleh. Axonometric and Oblique Drawing: A 3-D Construction, Rendering and Design Guide. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.
  HUNT STACKS-4 NA2700 .U33 1997

• Uddin, M. Saleh. Composite Drawing: Techniques for Architectural Design Presentation. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997.
  HUNT STACKS-4 NA2714 .U33 1996

• Uddin, M. Saleh. Digital Architecture. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.
  HUNT STACKS-4 NA2728 .U327 1999

• Uddin, M. Saleh. Hybrid Drawing Techniques by Contemporary Architects and Designers. New York: John Wiley, 1999.
  HUNT STACKS-4 NA2714 .U34 1999

• Wakita, Osamu A. The Professional Practice of Architectural Working Drawings. 3rd ed. New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 2003.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA2713 .W34 2003

• Wang, Thomas C. Plan and Section Drawing. 2nd ed. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1996.
  HUNT STACKS-4 NA2708 .W36 1996

• Yee, Rendow. Architectural Drawing: A Visual Compendium of Types and Methods. 3rd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
  HUNT OVRSZQ-4 NA2708 .Y439 2007

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Tracing Files

• Burden, Ernest E. Entourage: A Tracing File for Architecture and Interior Design Drawing. 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA2780 .B873 1996
• Burden, Ernest E. Entourage on CD [CD-ROM]. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996.
  HUNT FA-REF-4; HUNT MUS-RESV-4 720.284 B94EA
  The best tracing file for figures, trees, vehicles, and other details to add to architectural drawings. The CD-ROM is mounted on a PC in the Arts Reference section, and can also be checked out for 24 hours.

• Evans, Larry. Complete Illustration Guide for Architects, Designers, Artists and Students. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA2780 .E9 1993
  Another tracing file for figures, trees, vehicles, and other details to add to architectural drawings.

Compiled by Martin Aurand and Kai Gutschow.