Title & Author:

The working drawing : the architect's tool / edited by Annette Spiro and David Ganzoni ; essays by Mario Carpo [and thirteen others].

Publication:

Zurich : Park Books, [2013]

Description:

328 pages : chiefly color illustrations, folded plans ; 33 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The working drawing, an alphabet of its own / Annette Spiro -- Plan collection / texts by Annette Spiro : Building manual ; Building process ; Material ; Building elements ; Hidden structure ; Tools ; Measurement and numbers ; Numerals and symbols ; Catalogue ; Distance ; Space ; User -- Essays : Archive of the working process: means of communication between drawing table and building site / David Ganzoni -- Plan and image: possible roles in the design process / Hermann Czech -- The work of the architect: Peter Zumthor's working drawings / Philip Ursprung -- Lines on paper: the enduring language of architecture / Tom Emerson -- Working/drawing: the tension between hand and computer drawing / Jonathan Sergison -- Craftsman to draftsman: the Albertian paradigm and the modern invention of construction drawings / Mario Carpo -- Future plans: from visual representation to digital code / Stephan Rutishauser -- On the development of the building plan: knowledge transfer, demonstration of ideas, or instructions for building?: Automation of the drawing technique and copy method in plan production around 1900 / Uta Hassler, Daniel Stockhammer -- Contemporary witnesses: the implementation plans for Sustenstrasse / Urs Primas -- Planned myth: the building plans for Eero Saarinen's TWA terminal as marketing tool / Kornel Ringli -- The axonometric plan: on the objectivity of the architectural drawing / Ákos Moravánszky -- Viewed from a step back: possibilities for representation / Philipp Esch -- Chronology.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"Large-size working drawings are an elementary means in the architectural process and the actual construction of a building. Yet very little has been written and published about the architect's quintessential tool. This new book aims to close this gap. It draws on a vast collection of working drawings from many centuries held by the Department of Architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich). The collection, put together and categorized under the direction of Annette Spiro, comprises plans for a wide range of architectural tasks and features manifold representational techniques. The book presents around 100 of the collection's highlights from five centuries, arranged by category for direct comparison. All plans are depicted entirely in color on large-size spreads and fold-outs. Full catalog details and a detail in true size are provided for each drawing. Mario Carpo, Hermann Czech, Tom Emerson, Philipp Esch, David Ganzoni, Uta Hassler & Daniel Stockhammer, Ákos Moravánszky, Urs Primas, Kornel Ringli, Stephan Rutishauser, Jonathan Sergison, and Philip Ursprung contribute essays on various aspects of the topic."--Publisher's website.

ISBN:

9783906027319 (English edition ; hd. bd.)
3906027317 (English edition ; hd. bd.)
(German edition)
9783906027302

Subject:

Architectural drawing 21st century Catalogs.
Architecture, Modern 20th century Catalogs.
Dessin d'architecture 21e siècle Catalogues.
Architecture 20e siècle Catalogues.
Architectural drawing
Architecture, Modern
Architectural drawing Catalogs.

Form/genre:

catalogs (documents)
Catalogs
Catalogues.

Added entries:

Spiro, Annette, 1957- editor.
Ganzoni, David, 1978- editor.
Carpo, Mario, contributing author.
Carpo, Mario contributing author.
Czech, Hermann contributing author.
Ursprung, Philip contributing author.
Emerson, Tom, 1970- contributing author.
Sergison, Jonathan, 1964- contributing author.
Rutishauser, Stephan contributing author.
Hassler, Uta, 1950- contributing author.
Stockhammer, David. contributing author.
Primas, Urs contributing author.
Ringli, Kornel contributing author.
Moravánszky, Ákos contributing author.
Esch, Philipp, 1968- contributing author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 285745
Call No.: BIB 225625
Status: Available