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Interactive sketchbook ignites urban architectural creativity.
If you're someone who enjoys combining creativity with an interest in architecture, "Archi-Doodle City" could be a delightful playground for your imagination. By presenting unique urban design challenges, it not only offers a fun, hands-on way to explore city planning and architectural concepts but also serves as a sketchbook to bring your visions to life. This book can be an enlightening journey through urban design for anyone from hobbyists to professionals.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
ISBN: 9781780676081
Authors:
Steve Bowkett
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Date of Publication: 2017-02-28
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.25
(rated by 8 readers)
Description
Following the success of Archidoodle, this new title focuses on the city. Filled with an array of beautiful and fun drawings, it poses 75 architectural challenges from building an underground community or designing your own imaginary city to creating a new park for New York, plus many more. Aimed at anyone who loves drawing buildings and cities, it encourages users to imagine their own creative solutions by sketching, drawing, and painting in the pages of the book. In so doing, they will learn about a whole range of significant issues, such as the importance of transport, lighting and green spaces, the history of urban design and planning, and the use of monuments and symbols. The book also includes numerous examples of works and ideas by major architects to draw inspiration from and will appeal to everyone from children to students and professional architects.
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Interactive sketchbook ignites urban architectural creativity.
If you're someone who enjoys combining creativity with an interest in architecture, "Archi-Doodle City" could be a delightful playground for your imagination. By presenting unique urban design challenges, it not only offers a fun, hands-on way to explore city planning and architectural concepts but also serves as a sketchbook to bring your visions to life. This book can be an enlightening journey through urban design for anyone from hobbyists to professionals.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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