Drawing the City
Cities, places, people and communities through drawings.
$48.26
- Hardcover
280 pages
- Release Date
28 October 2025
Summary
In this rich celebration of architecture, history and culture, leading Australian architect, urban designer and artist David Holm takes us on a hand-drawn journey through some of the world’s most famous cities.
Whether grown randomly, organically or via master planning, the city, in its various iterations, is perhaps our greatest invention. As centres of cultural, social and economic memory, they tell us who we are and where we’ve come from. The city is an ancient form, yet one that p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922190611 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1922190616 |
| Author: | David George Holm |
| Publisher: | Ventura Press |
| Imprint: | Ventura Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 28 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 760g |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 340mm x 161mm |
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About The Author
David George Holm
David George Holm is an architect, author, and artist. He has practiced as an architect for over 40 years, completing award-winning designs internationally.
Passionate about drawing, he has published two books, Drawing Italy and Drawing Paris. His sketchbooks have been acquired by the State Library of New South Wales, and he regularly runs drawing masterclasses. His drawings and artworks have been exhibited throughout Australia. He has also lectured on urbanity, public place, transport design, and drawing worldwide over the last 25 years.
David is a principal of COX Architecture, where his design focus is the nexus of urban infrastructure, transport connections, and public placemaking in the city. He is a recipient of the NSW Board of Architects Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship, a Churchill Fellow, and an Adjunct Professor of the Faculty of Design Architecture & Building at the University of Technology Sydney.
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