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2008 Silver Award Winner, Architecture Category, Independent Publisher Book Awards. and Winning entry, General Trade Illustrated Category, in the 2008 New England Book Show sponsored by Bookbuilders of Boston.
This is a book that students of architecture will want to keep in the studio and in their backpacks. It is also a book they may want to keep out of view of their professors, for it expresses in clear and simple language things that tend to be murky and abstruse in the classroom. These 101 concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation—from the basics of "How to Draw a Line" to the complexities of color theory—provide a much-needed primer in architectural literacy, making concrete what too often is left nebulous or open-ended in the architecture curriculum. Each lesson utilizes a two-page format, with a brief explanation and an illustration that can range from diagrammatic to whimsical. The lesson on "How to Draw a Line" is illustrated by examples of good and bad lines; a lesson on the dangers of awkward floor level changes shows the television actor Dick Van Dyke in the midst of a pratfall; a discussion of the proportional differences between traditional and modern buildings features a drawing of a building split neatly in half between the two. Written by an architect and instructor who remembers well the fog of his own student days, 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School provides valuable guideposts for navigating the design studio and other classes in the architecture curriculum. Architecture graduates—from young designers to experienced practitioners—will turn to the book as well, for inspiration and a guide back to basics when solving a complex design problem.
Customer Reviews:
Nice nostalgia from architecture school that I couldn't have written myself.
The book is really nice and concisely covers all the core concepts that are pounded into your head at school. Sometimes the fundamentals are disregarded and this book does a good job in re-engaging ones self. And yes I'm over 13.
architect fun
This was purchased sort of like a smaller version of architect learning, like a quick user guide. My granson is interested in this field and he is enjoying the boooks.
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Funny for all
This is funny and totally agreeable for all people who've attended architecture school. But even if you didn't, you'll understand our pain.
Short and Sweet
I am not an architect, but interested in design and in the appreciation of architecture. I had hoped to find in this book a repository of design wisdom that I could use in thinking about constructed space.
Frederick condenses basic architectural advice into 101 morsels with appropriate illustrations. The morsels are ordered in as logical a sequence as could be expected from their disparate content, and are varied in nature: from instructions to aphorisms, different forms convey different viewpoints and different levels of certainty. Frederick underlines the certainty of good architectural lettering, but shows the creative tension inherent in architecture by juxtaposing "less is more" with "less is a bore."
All in all, it's a quick, enjoyable read, and I feel a bit wiser after the fact. I preferred Rasmussen's "Experiencing Architecture" for its depth, but this one's a great practical primer.
Is It This Easy to Teach?
Conseeding to the fact that I am an architecture freak, and find myself reading on architecture all the time. I often get lost in my own thoughts in architecture and design books because the text often gets overblown with points and explanations that are not needed (dare I say, for decoration and the authors ego).
But not this book. This is the coolest precise book on architecture I have ever seen and makes the task of putting my application portfolio for arch school ten times easier than most other (much longer) arch books out there.
Its not just 101 great tips but an easy and fast read and cheap, no reason not to get it!!!
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