Visual Notes for Architects and Designers

by Paul Laseau and Norman Crowe

Book Overview

Recording your ideas and observations primarily in pictures instead of words can help you become more creative and constructive on the job, no matter what your level of artistic ability. This show-by-example sourcebook clearly illustrates proven methods and procedures for keeping a highly useful visual notebook. Visual Notes for Architects and Designers demonstrates how to make rapid, notational sketches that serve as visual records for future reference,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0442293348
• ISBN13: 9780442293345
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

good for visual analysis

Like I said in the title. Good way to analyze spaces through hand graphics.

thank you

IT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION ..KINDA TOOK LONG BUT I GOT IT AND ITS GREAT THANKS

Best book on translating ideas to drawings ever

This book changed my life. It changes the way you look at the world. The early chapters are suitable for beginners looking to develop sketching skills, while the later chapters make a great reference for the developed hand. I am still learning from this book. I believe it is so relatively expensive because it is used as a text book for some schools. I've picked up my 4 copies (yes, it's that goo, and it makes a great gift :) for under $10 a piece during the "off season". I should say this is the book I was hoping to find when I cracked open The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures, but found myself even more impressed with this classic.

Transcends professions

If my bookcase were on fire, I would be willing to burn my hand to save this book. I am currently studying anesthesia at Columbia University, and I still draw on the things (oops, no pun intended) I learned from this book during my career in architecture. If process and developing ideas is what you want, this is sure to jog your thinking.