For Those Who Learn And Those Who Teach
 
 
 
 
 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 "façade" are 
illustrated with sketch diagrams that show how façades 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
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