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Architects and their drawings

January 22, 2008 · 1 Comment

“Architectural drawings have a variety of uses: to instruct, inform, indulge, confuse, confirm, congratulate and console”

Cedric Price

(In ‘Envisioning Architecture - Drawings from the Museum of Modern Art’ (Museum of Modern Art, New York) p.145 ISBN: 0-807070-011-1)

Good old Mr Price seems to be back in vogue lately, but like Kevin Keegan he did manage to create some timeless quotes, although perhaps I can add some more uses of the architect’s drawing; some good, some bad and some down right ugly.

Architectural drawings have a variety of further uses: to imagine, dream, storytell, collaborate, play, perfect, intimidate, control and destroy

Categories: Architecture · Drawing