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. 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 and modern buildings features a drawing of a building split
neatly in half between the two. Written by an architect and instructor who remembers well the
fog of his own student days 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School provides valuable
guideposts for navigating the design studio and other classes in the architecture curriculum.
Architecture graduates—from young designers to experienced practitioners—will turn to the book
as well for inspiration and a guide back to basics when solving a complex design problem.
