Why A r c h i t e c t s D r a w
Why Architects Draw
with a new preface by the author
Edward Robbins
Interviews with
Edward Cullinan Edward Cullinan Architects
Spencer de Grey Sir Norman Foster and Partners
Jorge Silvetti Machado
& Silvetti Associates
Renzo Piano The Building Workshop
Alvaro Siza Alvaro
S i z a Architect
John Young The Richard Rogers Partnership
Itsuko Hasegawa Itsuko Hasegawa Atelier
William Pedersen
K o h n Pedersen Fox
Rafael Moneo Rafael Moneo Architect
Rod Hackney Rod Hackney Architect
Peter Rice Ove Arup
& Partners
The MITPress
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
First MIT Press paperback edition, 1997
© 1994 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Renzo Piano images (figures 51, 53-56) courtesy of Renzo Piano Foundation.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Robbins, Edward, 1944-
Why architects draw / Edward Robbins ; interviews
with Edward Cullinan, Edward Cullinan Architects . .
[et al.].
p.
cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-262-18157-6 (HB), 0-262-68098-X (PB)
1. Architectural drawing. 2. Architectural design.
3. Architects—Interviews. I. Title.
NA2700.R52 1994
720'.28'4— dc20
93-39911
CIP