Today's most comprehensive compendium of architectural drawing types and methods, both hand drawn and computer generated, Architectural Drawing: A Visual Compendium of Types and Methods remains a one-of-a-kind visual reference and an outstanding source of guidance and inspiration for students and professionals at every level. This Fourth Edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the growing influence of digital drawing. "This volume reveals how architects approach drawing as a process wherein ideas are given form. As a tool for teaching, these examples become important in students' understanding of the formal and technical aspects of design thought. In an age of digital technologies, this work emphasizes the intimate relationship that exists between the drawing and its maker, the process between paper, hand, and mind."

Representational drawing -- Diagramming and conceptual sketching -- Introduction to the digital-manual interface / William Chan -- Conventional orthogonal terminology -- Orthographic and paraline drawing -- Linear perspective drawing -- Light, shade, and shadow -- Presentation formats -- Introduction to portfolio building -- Epilogue -- Drawing exercises -- Appendix: Tool fundamentals ; Lettering, typography, and line types ; Sections in action -- Companion web site [Bonus chapters] : Conventional and computerized representation in color -- Interfacing manual and digital media: Case studies of architects Antoine Predock and Zaha Hadid -- Interfacing manual and digital media: academic studio examples -- Appendix : Geometric forms in architecture ; Geometric definitions ; Descriptive geometric principles ; Measuring point system ; Shadows and sun's rays vanishing points.