Architecture Design Notebook

by A. Peter Fawcett Peter A. Fawcett

Design Notebook is a handbook which focuses on the process of design as pragmatic and non-theoretical, where the skills required for designing at undergraduate level are clearly demonstrated. This vital design companion will be the cornerstone of an architectural undergraduate's studies - studio design projects.

This book supports the Theory of Architecture in that it provides fundamental maxims that can point the inexperienced designer in the right direction towards providing an acceptable architectural solution. The book provides students engaged in building design with a framework of accepted ways of looking at things which will support their exploration during the design process.

A Peter Fawcett is an architect and critic who combines teaching with sporadic practice; he is currently Professor of Architecture at the University of Nottingham. In recent years his work has been placed in architectural competitions and has been hung at the Royal Academy and Royal Ulster Academy.

Comprehensive treatment of core design curriculum
Designed for student-centred learning
Text is supported by author's sketches

Genres: Architecture, Reference

112 pages, Paperback

First published July 22, 1998

Reviews

[Amodini]

Interesting way of showing an architect’s working method. The graphics under each section gives a readable overview of the methods discussed. Definitely worth reading for students as well as practitioners.

[Ahmed Yusuf]

“The purpose of this book has been to establish a sensible working method for getting the massively complex process of designing a building under way, for inevitably it is within these early decisions and tentative forays into form-making that the seeds of true architecture are sown”

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