Tools of the imagination :drawing tools and technologies from the eighteenth century to the present
New York
Princeton Architectural Press
c2007
xi, 124 p. : ill. )some col.( ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references )p. 120-121(
Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Circles and spheres -- The line -- The lead pencil: lever of the architect's imagination -- The geometry of art -- Light and shadow -- Perspective -- Design tools: a collector's perspective and an architect's odyssey -- Copying -- From model to drawing to building -- Erasing or deleting -- Imagination and building beyond tools -- Conclusion: improvisations, instruments, and algorithms -- Bibliography and additional sources -- Contributor biographies