New from the U.K.-based imprint Circa Press, An Igloo on the Moon: Exploring Architecture is a beautifully illustrated book designed to introduce children to the world of architecture. Written by architect/editor/publisher David Jenkins and illustrated with images by graphic artist Adrian Buckley, the book explores how and why we build — from the ironic warmth of a well-constructed igloo, to the challenges of building dwellings… Continue reading Book Review / An Igloo on the Moon: Exploring Architecture by Adrian Buckley and David Jenkins
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The Architect Says Notebooks by Princeton Architectural Press
New this month from Princeton Architectural Press, The Architect Says Notebooks are a set of three gridded notebooks that offer quotes from the iconic architects Le Corbusier, R. Buckminster Fuller, and Cesar Pelli. A companion to the publisher's best-selling book The Architect Says by Laura Dushkes, the 64-page journals feature a foil-stamped paperback front cover with a sewn… Continue reading The Architect Says Notebooks by Princeton Architectural Press
Book Review / Drawing from Practice: Architects and the Meaning of Freehand
In his introduction to Drawing from Practice: Architects and the Meaning of Freehand, author J. Michael Welton explains that his personal interest in architectural drawing was inspired by three pencil sketches of the Virginia countryside drawn during the winters of 1946 and 1947 by his father, a World War II veteran, when he was a graduate student in… Continue reading Book Review / Drawing from Practice: Architects and the Meaning of Freehand
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