Architectural Graphics - Softcover

Ching, Frank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0442022379 ISBN 13: 9780442022372

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1996

Synopsis

The first edition of this text introduced students to the range of graphic tools, techniques, and conventions designers use to communicate architectural ideas. The prime objective behind its original formation and subsequent revisions was to provide a clear, concise, and illustrative guide to the creation and use of architectural graphics. While retaining the clarity and visual approach of the earlier editions, this fourth edition of Architectural Graphics incorporates several significant changes.

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Review

"One book that has become a trusted source for teaching architects how to do it right is Francis D.K. Ching′s Architectural Graphics . Now in its fifth edition, it offers the essential drawing tools, principles, and techniques that architects use to communicate their ideas. It expands upon the wealth of illustrations and instructions that have made this book a classic, and guides readers through the subtleties of translating architectural ideas into vivid visual representations. Readers will learn Ching′s renowned methods through: coverage of multiview drawings, paraline drawings, and perspective drawings; techniques for drawing section views of building interiors; strategies for rendering tonal value, enhancing pictorial depth, and conveying the illumination of spatial environments; approaches for developing the layout of architectural presentations; freehand sketching and diagramming; and so much more. This beautiful fifth edition of Architectural Graphics from Francis D.K. Ching clearly represents the complexity of architectural concepts in an intuitive graphic manner that benefits anyone interested in maintaining the highest standard of the profession of architecture." ( San Francisco Book Review/Sacramento Book Review , March 27, 2010)

From the Back Cover

Architectural Graphics Third Edition By Francis D.K. Ching "Graphics is an inseparable part of the design process," says Francis D.K. Ching, "an important tool that provides the designer with the means not only of presenting a design proposal, but also of communicating with oneself and others in the design studio." In his newly revised and expanded Third Edition of Architectural Graphics, Mr. Ching shows the student how to use graphic tools and drafting conventions to translate architectural ideas into effective visual representation. This Third Edition expands upon the wealth of illustrations and instruction that made this title a must–have for every beginning student of architecture and design. This classic guide has a new upright format, and covers:
∗ Essential drafting principles
∗ Architectural conventions for orthographic, paraline, and perspective drawings
∗ Shade and shadow
∗ Graphic symbols and lettering
∗ Freehand sketching and diagramming
∗ Presentation layouts
Under the sure–handed guidance of Mr. Ching, you will develop the acute visual and manual skills that form the core of graphic communication. Here you will learn:
∗ More precise ways of using line weight variation and tonal values to show depth
∗ How to draw section views of building interiors
∗ How to construct perspectives and accurate shade and shadows
Clearly and beautifully, Architectural Graphics, Third Edition, demystifies the complexity of architectural concepts by presenting them in an intuitive graphic manner.

About this edition

• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0442022379
• ISBN 13: 9780442022372
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 180