Tools of the imagination : drawing tools and technologies from the eighteenth century to the present / Susan Piedmont-Palladino, editor. - xi, 124 p. : ill. col. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Circles and spheres -- The line -- The lead pencil : lever of the architect's imagination / The geometry of art -- Light and shadow -- Perspective -- Design tools : a collector's perspective and an architect's odyssey / Copying -- From model of drawing to building -- Erasing or deleting -- Imagination and building beyond tools / Conclusion : improvisations, instruments, and algorithms / Paul Emmons -- David V. Thompson -- Phillip G. Bernstein -- William J. Mitchell.

"Tools of the Imagination: Drawing Tools and Technologies from the Eighteenth Century to the Present takes the reader on a 250-year journey through the history of invention and innovation in architectural design implements end technologies. This collection is accompanied by drawings and models that record the evolution in the expression of architectural ideas."--BOOK JACKET.

9781568985992 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2006012497


Architectural drawing--Technique
Drawing instruments

NA2708 / .T66 2006

720.284