For years, leaders of architectural firms have bemoaned the lack of hand drawing skills among recent graduates and young professionals entering the practice. With a tendency to bypass hand drawing and ...

Throughout history, drawing has been the essential medium of conveying architectural ideas, operating on multiple levels, from the practical application of serving the construction process to the more ...

Author Jordan Kauffman documents an important moment in recent history when architecture reasserted its cultural status through the showcasing of particular drawings. The episode begins in 1972 with ...

"What hideous drawings!" reads a line of cursive script at the bottom of a framed architectural elevation at the Royal Academy. "Did anyone ever see such vulgar looking things – I am quite ashamed of ...

Perspective drawings show an object in 3D getting smaller in the distance. Two-point perspective close two-point perspectiveUses two vanishing points to create a 3D drawing. - This shows an object ...

A simple explanation of how to draw or paint a picture using perspective to add depth and greater realism to a picture. Kirsten O’Brien demonstrates how to draw a street scene using the technique, ...

The Architecture Drawing Prize, sponsored by Iris Ceramica Group, is an annual drawing competition that celebrates and showcases the art and skill of architectural drawing across multiple formats.

Perspective drawing of the Lower Manhattan Expressway / City Corridor project (unbuilt), New York ca. 1967–72. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of the Howard Gilman Foundation (1290.2000).