The book is a guide for students and teachers to understand the need for, the role of and the methods and techniques of freehand analytical sketching in architecture. The presentation focuses on drawing as an approach to and phase of architectural design.

The conceptual goal of this approach is to use drawing not as illustration or depiction, but as exploration. The first part of the book discusses underlying concepts of freehand sketching in design education and practice as a complement to digital technologies. The main component is a series of chapters that constitute a typology of fundamental issues in architecture and urban design; for instance, issues of "fa�ade" are illustrated with sketch diagrams that show how fa�ades can be explored and sketched through a series of specific questions and step-by-step procedures.

In the expanded and updated edition, a new part explores the questions and experiences of large architectural offices in applying freehand drawing in the practice of architectural design.

This book is especially timely in an age in which the false conflict between "traditional vs. digital" gives way to multiple design tools, including sketching. It fosters understanding of the essential human ability to investigate the designed and the natural world through freehand drawing.

Freehand sketching as a design tool
Covers the key tasks in building design
Expanded and updated edition with extensive section on practice

About the Author

Eric Jenkins is a licensed architect, educator and mixed-media experimenter.

He teaches at the University of Maryland, the Maryland Institute College of Art, and at Virginia Tech's Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center.

He has taught design studios, theory, freehand sketching, and research methodologies. Additionally, he has directed study programs in the Middle East, Asia and Europe. He is the recipient of several teaching and design awards; his award-winning artwork has been exhibited at several locations including the Strathmore Mansion and the Waverly Street Gallery. He is recipient of three Architectural Record’s Annual Cocktail Napkin Sketch contest awards.

Eric earned a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and a Master of Architecture from the University of Maryland and as well as Master of Design Studies from Harvard University’s Graduate School of

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