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Drawing - the Motive Force of Architecture 2E
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Table of Contents

Introduction 008

Chapter 1: Drawing and Motive 010

Chapter 2: Drawing and Strategy 029

Chapter 3: Drawing and Vision 055

Chapter 4: Drawing and Image 074

Chapter 5: Drawing and Composition 092

Chapter 6: Drawing with Expression and Atmosphere 111

Chapter 7: Drawing and Technics 135

Chapter 8: Drawing and Surface 154

Chapter 9: Beyond Drawing – Beyond Reality 177

Chapter 10: Digital–Manual Drawing and the Power of the Eye 203

Index 241

Picture Credits 247

About the Author

Peter Cook is the founder of Archigram, the former Director of the Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA), London and previous Professor of Architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London. A pivotal figure within the global architectural world for over half a century, in 2007 he was knighted by The Queen for his services to architecture. A Royal Academician, he is a Commandeur de l'ordre des Arts et Lettres of the French Republic. He is currently a Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art, London. Professorships include those at the Royal Academy, University College London and the Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste (Stadelschule) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. In 2010, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Technology from Lund University in Sweden. Cook is, with Colin Fournier, the architect of the Kunsthaus Graz. He is a director of CRAB Studio in London with Gavin Robotham, which is currently building the new Law Faculties and Central Administration Buildings for Vienna University and the Soheil Abedian School of Architecture for Bond University in Australia.

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"Peter Cook's enthusiasm for imagined realities and unbuilt schemes is irresistible." (bdonline.co.uk, March 2014)

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