ABSTRACT

How Drawings Work cheekily explains that what architects make is information that enables other people to make buildings. That information comes in a variety of forms: drawings by hand and computer, models both physical and virtual, and words as needed. The book reflects in witty prose on the nature of architectural drawings as tools of communication, pulling from a diverse and eclectic landscape of theories from grammar, functional linguistics, philosophy, art criticism, science fiction, popular culture, and, of course, architecture, to propose a new way to think about architectural communication.

chapter 2|20 pages

Rhetoric and Persuasion

chapter 3|20 pages

Direction of Fit

chapter 4|29 pages

Matching the World

chapter 5|25 pages

Wishes and Instructions

chapter 7|21 pages

Into the Uncanny Valley

chapter 8|14 pages

Conclusions and Questions