TY  - BOOK
AU  - Piedmont-Palladino,Susan
TI  - Tools of the imagination: drawing tools and technologies from the eighteenth century to the present 
SN  - 9781568985992 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - NA2708 .T66 2006
U1  - 720.284 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - Princeton Architectural Press
KW  - Architectural drawing
KW  - Technique
KW  - Drawing instruments
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Circles and spheres --; The line --; The lead pencil : lever of the architect's imagination; Paul Emmons --; The geometry of art --; Light and shadow --; Perspective --; Design tools : a collector's perspective and an architect's odyssey; David V. Thompson --; Copying --; From model of drawing to building --; Erasing or deleting --; Imagination and building beyond tools; Phillip G. Bernstein --; Conclusion : improvisations, instruments, and algorithms; William J. Mitchell
N2  - "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
ER  -