Stories from Architecture
Behind the Lines at Drawing Matter
$54.61
- Paperback
200 pages
- Release Date
16 November 2021
Summary
The imagined histories of twenty-five architectural drawings and models, told through reminiscences, stories, conversations, letters, and monologues.
Even when an architectural drawing does not show any human figures, we can imagine many different characters just off the page—architects, artists, onlookers, clients, builders, developers, philanthropists—working, observing, admiring, arguing. In Stories from Architecture, Philippa Lewis captures some of these personalities thr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262543026 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262543028 |
| Author: | Philippa Lewis, Adrian Forty |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 200 |
| Release Date: | 16 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 368g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
“[Lewis] has a talent for the human story – real or imagined – behind the drawing, whether from the perspective of the client, the architect, the illustrator, or those depicted or involved in some way.” — RIBA Journal
About The Author
Philippa Lewis
Philippa Lewis is a writer, photographer, and picture editor. She is the author of A Dictionary of Ornament (with Gillian Darley); Details- A Guide to House Design in Britain; Everything You Can Do in the Garden without Actually Gardening; Everyman’s Castle; and other books.
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