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Developing Your Design Process: Six Key Concepts for Studio book cover

2nd Edition

Developing Your Design Process Six Key Concepts for Studio

By Albert Smith, Kendra Schank Smith Copyright 2027
282 Pages 59 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

282 Pages 59 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Developing Your Design Process is your primary source for learning how and why you design. It will help you understand how architects think and learn why you should educate yourself about design culture. You'll explore the spark of imagination that leads to a strong concept, realize the importance of sketching and rough drafts, focus your original concept to make your abstract idea visible, and... Read more
Opening. 1. Beginning. 2. Imagining. 3. Playing. 4. Choosing. 5. Defining. 6. Assessing. Closing.

Biography

Albert C. Smith is an Associate Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of Architectural Science, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada. He holds a PhD in architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology, with a focus on history, theory, and criticism. He has a main interest in representation and is the author of the book Architectural Model as Machine.

Kendra Schank Smith (1953-2019) was a professor and former Chair of the Department of Architectural Science at Ryerson University, now Toronto Metropolitan University. With a PhD in architecture from Georgia Tech, she has written on representation, urbanism, architectural education, and media, and has published two books that explore the representational qualities of architectural sketches.

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