A Fine Line: Drawing Methods for Students and Emerging Professionals

Drawings have long been used to communicate instructions for building and, while on the construction site, an architect’s job is to ensure fidelity to those documents. There are many other kinds of representation: for example, sketches help designers iterate, renderings sell clients and the public on ideas, diagrams attempt to explain, and measured drawings record important history. There are just as many techniques for producing them too. Digital modeling, a panoply of software, and increasingly AI have all added to the architect’s toolkit.

Join Architectural Record managing editor Leopoldo Villardi for a students and emerging professionals webinar with Andrew Holder (principal of LADG and chair of graduate programs at the Pratt Institute School of Architecture) and Manuel Cordero and Galen Pardee (principals of COPA) for a discussion all about drawing. These architects and educators will elaborate on their own approaches to representation, take stock of recent trends, and offer insight into how students can improve their skills.