Why Architects Draw

 For nearly twenty years Edward Robbins, an anthropologist, has been studying and writing about the system of architectural education and practice in the United States and abroad. In this book he examines the social uses of architectural drawing: how drawing acts to direct both the conception and the production of architecture; how it helps architects set an agenda, define what is important about a design, and communicate with their colleagues and clients; and how it embodies claims about the architect's role, status, and authority.

• Format Paperback | 328 pages
• Dimensions 280 x 285 x 25mm | 1,021g
• Publication date 10 Sep 1997
• Publisher MIT Press Ltd
• Imprint MIT Press
• Publication City/Country Cambridge, Mass., United States
• Language English
• Edition New edition
• Edition Statement New edition
• Illustrations note 140
• ISBN10 026268098X
• ISBN13 9780262680981