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includes new chapters on sustainability, history and archaeology, designing through drawing and drawing in architectural practice. The book introduces design and graphic techniques aimed to help designers increase their understanding of buildings and places through drawing. For many, the camera has replaced the sketchbook, but here the author argues that freehand drawing as a means of analysing and understanding buildings develops visual sensitivity and awareness of design.  \nBy combining design theory with practical lessons in drawing, Understanding Architecture Through Drawing encourages the use of the sketchbook as a creative and critical tool. The book is highly illustrated and is an essential manual on freehand drawing techniques for students of architecture, landscape architecture, town and country planning and urban design.  \nBrian Edwards is an architect, town planner, writer, teacher and artist. He has taught in various schools and has been Professor of Architecture at Huddersfield and Heriot Watt universities and the Edinburgh School of Art. He has written over 16 books, seven of which published by Spon Press/Taylor & Francis.  \nFirst published 2008 by Taylor & Francis  \n2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN  \nSimultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Taylor & Francis  \n270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY10016  \nTaylor & Francis is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business  \nThis edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2008.  \n“To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go [to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk](to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk)”  \nFirst edition © 1994 Brian Edwards  \nThis second edition © 2008 Brian Edwards Designed by Gavin Ambrose  \nPrinted and bound in Great Britain by The Cromwell Press, Trowbridge, Wiltshire  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging- in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested  \nISBN 0-203-88243-1 Master e-book ISBN  \nISBN10 0-415-44413-6 (hbk)  \nISBN 10 0-415-44414-4 (pbk)  \nISBN13 978-0-415-44413-2 (hbk)  \nISBN13 978-0-415-44414-9 (pbk)  \nUnderstanding Architecture Through Drawing  \nSecond Edition  \nBrian Edwards  \nEdinburgh School of Art  \nContents  \nAcknowledgements Introduction  \nChapter 1  \nThe benefits of drawing  \nPart One  \nGuiding Principles Chapter 2  \nWhy draw? 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