About the Book

Analysing ARCHITECTURE opens a fresh way to understanding architecture. It offers a unique ‘notebook’ of architectural strategies to present an engaging introduction to elements and concepts in architectural design. Beautifully illustrated throughout with the author’s original drawings, examples are drawn from across the world and many periods of architectural history (from prehistoric times to the recent past) to illustrate analytical themes and to show how drawing can be used to study architecture.

This book presents a powerful impetus for readers to develop their own capacities for architectural design. It will also be of use to all those with an interest in the human occupation of space – anthropologists; archaeologists; film-makers; installation artists; planners; urban designers; politicians….

Since its first edition appeared in 1997, analysing ARCHITECTURE has established itself internationally as one of the key texts in architectural education. Analysing ARCHITECTURE has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Persian and Spanish.