Since the early Renaissance the defining act of architecture has been the production of drawings. Originating within the site-bound paradigm of ancient and medieval building practice, architecture as a distinct professional and intellectual endeavor emerged from a newfound ability to define and depi…
Drawing has always been at the architect’s primary means of ideation and representation. This panel assembles distinguished practitioners to discuss the role of drawing, in its various forms, in their practice.
Drawing has always been at the architect’s primary means of ideation and representation. This panel assembles distinguished practitioners to discuss the role of drawing, in its various forms, in their practice.
Over the two past decades, digital drawing has irrevocably transformed architectural education and practice alike. This panel assembled leading figures in digital visualization who articulate the history, opportunities, and the too often underdeveloped theoretical underpinning of this revolutionary force in architecture.
Over the two past decades, digital drawing has irrevocably transformed architectural education and practice alike. This panel assembled leading figures in digital visualization who articulate the history, opportunities, and the too often underdeveloped theoretical underpinning of this revolutionary force in architecture.
The profession of architecture differentiated itself from the practice of building during the Italian Renaissance. This panel assembles historians, an artist, and an architect to reflect on this emergence, the development of drawing practice, the impact of digital technologies, and the values at stake in this historic transition of media.
The profession of architecture differentiated itself from the practice of building during the Italian Renaissance. This panel assembles historians, an artist, and an architect to reflect on this emergence, the development of drawing practice, the impact of digital technologies, and the values at stake in this historic transition of media.
Quoting Dalibor Vesely, “drawings matter much more than building,” Sir Peter Cook expands upon his recently published, Drawing: The Motive Force of Architecture, cataloguing an arc of exemplary modern drawing. Throughout this and using examples from his own work, Cook identifies drawing’s elusive allure, the “creative search for the sublime.” Keynote lecture to the symposium, “Is Drawing Dead?”