Also called a rendering, an architectural drawing is used to illustrate a building or portion of a building. These renderings can be done by hand or using computer software, and can represent different visual perspectives by showing buildings or a portion of a building straight on (e.g., elevation drawing), from above (e.g., plan drawing), etc. Architectural drawings can appear in a variety of forms, from watercolor over a flat structure drawn in pencil to three-dimensional scenes of photorealistic images.
Architectural Drawing
7 examples
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R. Buckminster Fuller A Minimum Dymaxion Home project (Elevation, axonometric, and plan) 1927
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Elia Zenghelis, Zoe Zenghelis Hotel Sphinx Project, New York, New York (Axonometric) 1975–1976
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Morphosis, Santa Monica, CA, Thom Mayne, Andrew Zago Sixth Street House project, Santa Monica, CA (Isometrics and plan) 1990
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Diller + Scofidio, Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo Scofidio Slow House Project, North Haven, Long Island, New York, Perspective and plans of TV in Picture Window Apparatus, 1991
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Joel Sanders Kyle Residence, Houston, Texas, Plan and perspective 1995
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Mustafa Faruki Intake Facility for an Anonymous Client 2017
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Sean Canty Untitled #1, from the Drawing Doubles series 2021