Architectural Graphics

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Summary: essential for any architect or student
Review: A fabulous survey of the conventions of architectural drawing in an easily referenced, concise format. Adequately covers the basics of orthographic, paraline, perspective, and rendering techniques. Good for the first time student just learning, or the experienced architect looking for a brush up.

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Summary: A visual guide to Architectural Drafting.
Review: Architectural Graphics covers a huge range of fields within Architectural Drafting, and Presentation. From perspective to plans, this book has it all. Excellent for beginners, it is a visual, easy to understand guide to Drafting.

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Summary: Ok, but not great
Review: As other reviewers have indicated, this book is ideal for architecture students. It is also useful for any designer or artist who wishes to refine line-drawing techniques. The sections on perspective are particularly well-done, more thorough than any how-to art book I've ever seen.

I would have liked to have seen some exploration of coloration techniques, but overall the book is excellent. The entire book is hand-written and hand-drawn, which gives it a wonderfully unique feel that is itself worth the quite reasonable pricetag.

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Summary: Excellent Resource for Designers
Review: As other reviewers have indicated, this book is ideal for architecture students. It is also useful for any designer or artist who wishes to refine line-drawing techniques. The sections on perspective are particularly well-done, more thorough than any how-to art book I've ever seen.

I would have liked to have seen some exploration of coloration techniques, but overall the book is excellent. The entire book is hand-written and hand-drawn, which gives it a wonderfully unique feel that is itself worth the quite reasonable pricetag.

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Summary: Ok, but not great
Review: I have this book as the textbook for my intro drafting class in an ID program. I found it to be very uninformative in regards to drafting, but it may be ok for high school students who are just learning how to draw and use mechanical tools.

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Summary: 4 stars
Review: I think this is an okay book for a beginner like me. The pictures are nicely drawn, but it doesn't give you all of the information you need to successfully complete your drawing. The prof. wants you to do this for homework, and here is the book to help you on. Well, I need more help on elevation (also 3d drawings), but they have one example, but it didn't really help me.

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Summary: 4 stars
Review: I think this is an okay book for a beginner like me. The pictures are nicely drawn, but it doesn't give you all of the information you need to successfully complete your drawing. The prof. wants you to do this for homework, and here is the book to help you on. Well, I need more help on elevation (also 3d drawings), but they have one example, but it didn't really help me.

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Summary: Excellent
Review: this book is execellent. i used during my first year of architecture in 2003 and was able to help me perfectly. i still use the book today as a reference. on thing about dr. ching is that he draws everything in the book. everything except the text is done by hand. seen.......

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Summary: A must-have for architecture students
Review: This is a great resource for learning how to produce good architectural drawings. It is oriented around hand drafting, but the concepts and ideas are important for good, readable CAD drawings as well. My first year studio professor made everyone buy this book. It was money well spent!!