Synopses & Reviews
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw (b.1939) is one of Britains most celebrated architects. His buildings, among them the International Terminal at Waterloo Station in London and the Eden Project in Cornwall, are icons of elegant and inventive industrial design. This book presents a selection of drawings from the sketchbooks that Grimshaw has used throughout his forty-year career, revealing the importance of drawing in the development of his ideas. Included here are concept sketches for buildings and furniture, detailed drawings of buildings component parts, site plans , and notes for meetings, presentations, and speeches, the sketchbooks provide an insight into the working mind of a master architect. With illuminating essays exploring the key role that drawing plays in architectural design, and specifically in Grimshaws own practice, this is an invaluable title for students, professionals, and enthusiasts alike.
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One of Britainandrsquo;s foremost printmakers, Norman Ackroyd has spent a lifetime recording the coastal landscapes of the British Isles. Gorgeously printed,
A Shetland Notebookand#160;contains 39 of his vivid landscape sketches in watercolor. Made in the open air, often aboard a pitching and tossing fishing boat, these lively, spontaneous works capture the unique atmosphere of these remote and beautiful islands. The notebookandrsquo;s unusual format is due entirely to the artist, who uses sheets of various types of paper torn to fit into a loose-leaf binder made from two pieces of wooden picture-backing; this he tucks into his coat pocket, ready for use whenever the need arises. His engaging commentaries place each sketch in its context and describe the techniques employed to make itandmdash;as well as the dayandrsquo;s prevailing weather conditions.
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In recent years renowned artist David Hockney has returned to England to paint the landscape of his childhood in East Yorkshire. Although his passionate interest in new technologies has led him to develop a virtuosic drawing technique on the iPad, he has also traveled outdoors with a traditional sketchbook, an invaluable tool as he works quickly to capture the changing light and fleeting effects of the weather. Executed in watercolor and ink, these panoramic scenes have the spatial complexity of finished paintingsand#8212;the broad sweep of sky or road, the patchwork tapestry of landand#8212;yet convey the immediacy of Hockneyand#8217;s impressions. For those who know the East Yorkshire Wolds, the location of the sketches is unmistakable; for those who donand#8217;t, its features will come to life in these pages.
About the Author
Peter Davey is an architectural critic and former editor of
The Architectural Review. His many books on the subject include
Exploring Boundaries: The Architecture of Wilkinson Eyre and
Engineering for a Finite Planet: Sustainable Structures by Buro Happold.
Stephen Farthing RA is Rootstein Hopkins Professor of Drawing at the University of the Arts, London.