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Author / Creator:Wells, Matthew, 1988- author.
Imprint:Zurich : Park Books ; Wincanton : Drawing Matter, [2021]
©2021
Description:76 pages, 90 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map, plans ; 30 cm + 1 sheet (28 x 21 cm).
Language:English
Series:Architecture iconographies
Subject:
Architectural surveys -- History.
Architectural drawing.
Architectural drawing.
Architectural surveys.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12712328
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Other authors / contributors:Handelman, Sarah, editor.
ISBN:9783038602507
3038602507
Notes:Poster used as dust cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:"When architects visit a building, and want to record or identify what they see, they take out a bundle of folded sheets in search of a blank piece of paper. These sheets may be ground plans, diagrams, sketches and ordnance maps. In one way or another, all are survey drawings, operating as both documentation and analysis, enabling an architect to examine certain conditions of the built environment, whether geometric, relational, material or technical. This book explores the history of the survey and its multiple forms in order to understand how the methods of recording what already exists can also be used to imagine what might be. Lavishly illustrated, with works from the collection of Drawing Matter and beyond, it addresses the multiple forms of the survey through focused studies - on John Soane, C R Cockerell, Viollet-le-Duc, Detmar Blow and Peter M̃rkli - alongside an extensive section of plates with commentaries by contemporary architects. In doing so, it maintains that while all surveys begin with the site, the outcomes are as idiosyncratic as their authors - and their methods have much to offer as tools in design practice."--Publisher's description.
Standard no.:9783038602507

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