Architects' sketchbooks / Will Jones ; [foreword by Narinder Sagoo].

By:

Jones, Will

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Thames & Hudson, 2011.Description: 351 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 23 x 31 cmISBN:

9780500342688 (hbk.)
0500342687 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

720.222 JON

Summary: This survey presents the private sketchbooks of a wide international spectrum of architects, who use the medium to express their spatial ideas while revealing their unique thought processes. The 85 practitioners featured include Will Alsop, Laurie Chetwood, Norman Foster and Eva Jiricna.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	720.222 JON (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100518308

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Take a privileged view inside the private sketchbooks of over eighty architects and studios from around the world. Densely packed with over 750 illustrations, Architects' Sketchbooks is a joyful celebration of how a sketch can become the start of a skyscraper. The 85 practitioners featured range from such 'starchitects' as Will Alsop, Shigeru Ban, Laurie Chetwood, Norman Foster and Eva Jiricna to rising talents from all across the globe. Will Jones's introduction explores the artistry behind the built world, and the importance of sketching as part of the design process.

This survey presents the private sketchbooks of a wide international spectrum of architects, who use the medium to express their spatial ideas while revealing their unique thought processes. The 85 practitioners featured include Will Alsop, Laurie Chetwood, Norman Foster and Eva Jiricna.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Will Jones is a freelance architectural journalist who has written for many magazines. He was formerly Deputy Editor if World Architecture Magazine. He lives in London.