Archidoodle

Name: Archidoodle
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781780673219
Price: 49.99 NZD
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An Architect's Activity Book

By Steve Bowkett

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Summary

Archidoodle is an engaging and inventive book that offers a hands-on approach to learning about architecture. Filled with elegant drawings, it invites readers to take on a variety of architectural challenges, such as designing skyscrapers, island houses, and Constructivist monuments. The book encourages creativity through sketching, drawing, and painting, while teaching important concepts like site and material significance, furnishing, reading plans, and sustainable city design. It also features inspiring works and ideas from major architects.
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Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

This book is ideal for children, students, and professional architects who enjoy drawing buildings and want to explore architectural concepts interactively.

This innovative book is the first to provide a fun, interactive way to learn about architecture.

Description

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 more.

Aimed at anyone who loves drawing buildings, Archidoodle encourages users 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, and 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 and professional architects.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

The New York Times praises Archidoodle as a delightful gift, noting that "your architect friends, family members and visually inclined children will all love [Archidoodle]."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781780673219

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 October 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Laurence King Publishing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 270.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 450g

Pages: 160

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Arts & Culture Laurence King Publishing Non-Fiction Steve Bowkett

About the Author

Steve Bowkett has taught and practised architecture for over 25 years in numerous universities and art colleges and is currently a Senior Lecturer at London South Bank University. He studied at the Royal College of Art in London and the Polytechnic of Central London.