Architectural Renderings

A stunning visual survey of architectural rendering today, this book provides in-depth profiles of fourteen of the top international rendering studios. Styles vary from traditional watercolour washes to dramatic digital techniques. The publication features immediately identifiable images of landmark buildings such as Foster‘s British Museum, IM Pei‘s Pyramid for the Louvre and OMA/Rem Koolhaas‘ Central Library for Seattle, as well as architectural s by high-profile practices such as Asymptote, Jean Nouvel, UN Studio and Zaha Hadid Architects. It supplies key insights into the working methods of specialist rendering studios and their application of manual and digital technologies. As well as illustrating their processes through working images and photos of workplaces, the technique/software and time that it took to produce each rendering are indicated alongside each image. In addition to this, there are informative introductory essays by Fabrizio Avella, Professor of Drawing and Measuring and Digital Drafting at the University of Palermo, and Augusto Romano Burelli, Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Venice. The book closes with an instructive essay by the author on how to create a rendering. The highly illustrated and informative nature of this book combine to make it essential reference for any er or student undertaking a rendering.