Measured Drawing for Architects

Robert Chithan

ISBN 10: 0851393926 / ISBN 13: 9780851393926

Published by The Architectural Press/Butterworth Architecture, 1969

About this Item

Trade paperback. Square Tight Binding. Clean interior, from the personal library of world-renowned Architectural Historian and Colonial Williamsburg Foundation leader, Edward Chappell, with his signature.Chappell made Williamsburg, Virginia his home since 1980 when he was hired to rebuild and direct the Architectural Research Department at Colonial Williamsburg. He retired in 2016, by then holder of an endowed chair, the Shirley and Richard Roberts Director of Architectural and Archaeological Research. His education and early work experience were preparation for this career appointment and for a wide variety of special projects in Virginia, Annapolis, Charleston, Jamaica, Bermuda, Antigua, and elsewhere. Taken together, they earned his reputation as a leading preservationist and historian of early Atlantic-world architecture. Mild rubbing and edge wear to wraps.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Measured Drawing for Architects
• Publisher: The Architectural Press/Butterworth Architecture
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851393926
• ISBN 13: 9780851393926
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

The art and techniques of measured drawing form a crucial part of architectural draughtmanship. This book on the subject provides a handbook for architectural students training in measuring and recording buildings and also for architects and surveyors involved in conservation, restoration and recording the built environment. The book examines on-site surveying, including comprehensive information on equipment, measuring and estimating dimensions and the production of finished drawings - kinds of drawings, techniques and materials and invaluable hints on reproduction, composition, lettering and presentation.