101 Things I Learned in Archtectural School

This is a Book That Students of Architecture Will Want to Keep in the Studio and in Their Backpacks. It is Also a Book They May Want to Keep Out of View of Their Professors, for It Expresses in Clear and Simple Language Things That Tend to Be Murky and Abstruse in the Classroom. These 101 Concise Lessons in Design, Drawing, the Creative Process, and Presentation--From the Basics of "How to Draw a Line" to the Complexities of Color Theory--Provide a Much-Needed Primer in Architectural Literacy, Making Concrete What Too Often is Left Nebulous or Open-Ended in the Architecture Curriculum. Each Lesson Utilizes a Two-Page Format, With a Brief Explanation and an Illustration That Can Range From Diagrammatic to Whimsical. the Lesson on "How to Draw a Line" is Illustrated by Examples of Good and Bad Lines; a Lesson on the Dangers of Awkward Floor Level Changes Shows the Television Actor Dick Van Dyke in the Midst of a Pratfall; a Discussion of the Proportional Differences Between Traditional A