This short essay, written by the author and critic Jonathan Glancey, coincides with the launch of the inaugural Architecture Drawing Prize – a competition curated by the World Architecture Festival, ...

For years, leaders of architectural firms have bemoaned the lack of hand drawing skills among recent graduates and young professionals entering the practice. With a tendency to bypass hand drawing and ...

English mechanical engineer John Farey Jr invented several award-winning instruments that enabled technical drawings to be produced quickly and accurately.

In order to explain projects and design decisions properly, architects must use often rely on creative representation techniques instead of words. It’s part of the job. The quality of drawings - ...

Open to architects, designers and students, the competition celebrates the art and skill of architectural drawing in all its forms, reflecting the evolving nature of architectural representation and ...

The advent of 3D-modelling software may not spell the end for architectural drawing after all, says Owen Hopkins. Architectural drawing is in crisis, one that's arguably been brewing since the 1980s, ...

Perspective drawings show an object in 3D getting smaller in the distance. Two-point perspective close two-point perspectiveUses two vanishing points to create a 3D drawing. - This shows an object ...

A simple explanation of how to draw or paint a picture using perspective to add depth and greater realism to a picture. Kirsten O’Brien demonstrates how to draw a street scene using the technique, ...

Open to architects, designers and students, the anonymous competition seeks high-quality submissions in three separate categories: hand-drawings, digital images, and hybrids of the two. Supporters ...