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101 Things I Learned in Architecture School Hardcover – August 31, 2007
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Concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation, from the basics of “How to Draw a Line” to the complexities of color theory.
This is a book that students of architecture will want to keep in the studio and in their backpacks. It is also a book they may want to keep out of view of their professors, for it expresses in clear and simple language things that tend to be murky and abstruse in the classroom. These 101 concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation—from the basics of "How to Draw a Line" to the complexities of color theory—provide a much-needed primer in architectural literacy, making concrete what too often is left nebulous or open-ended in the architecture curriculum. Each lesson utilizes a two-page format, with a brief explanation and an illustration that can range from diagrammatic to whimsical. The lesson on "How to Draw a Line" is illustrated by examples of good and bad lines; a lesson on the dangers of awkward floor level changes shows the television actor Dick Van Dyke in the midst of a pratfall; a discussion of the proportional differences between traditional and modern buildings features a drawing of a building split neatly in half between the two. Written by an architect and instructor who remembers well the fog of his own student days, 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School provides valuable guideposts for navigating the design studio and other classes in the architecture curriculum. Architecture graduates—from young designers to experienced practitioners—will turn to the book as well, for inspiration and a guide back to basics when solving a complex design problem.
- Print length128 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherThe MIT Press
- Publication dateAugust 31, 2007
- Reading age18 years and up
- Dimensions5.16 x 7.38 x 0.91 inches
- ISBN-100262062666
- ISBN-13978-0262062664
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"How to draw a line, the meaning of figure-ground theory, hand-lettering and the fact that windows look dark in the daytimeeach item has resonance beyond architecture. Books like this are brief tutorials in the art of seeing, a skill useful in every aspect of life on the planet." -- Susan Salter Reynolds latimes.com
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Matthew Frederick offers a wide-ranging assortment of architectural pearls of wisdom that every architecture student should understand, consider and embrace or perhaps rejectwhen first learning the daunting process of design. Encompassing both theory and practice, and illustrated with often witty drawings, 101 Things is an eclectic itemization of architectural philosophies, compositional strategies and tactics, design conventions, drawing and presentation techniques, and even tips about how to behave as an architect.
―Roger K. Lewis, Professor Emeritus of Architecture, University of Maryland, author of Architect? A Candid Guide to the ProfessionFrom the Back Cover
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- Publisher : The MIT Press; 56448th edition (August 31, 2007)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 128 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0262062666
- ISBN-13 : 978-0262062664
- Reading age : 18 years and up
- Item Weight : 14.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.16 x 7.38 x 0.91 inches
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Matthew Frederick is an architect, urban designer, instructor of design and writing, and the creator, editor, and illustrator of the 101 Things I Learned series. He lives in New York's Hudson Valley.
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I have been studying both architeture and interior design during covid-19 pandemic at 74 years young.
As the author says most top architects are Late Bloomers! I have been one all my previous three careers.
I don't see me going to school at this age however I was 50 when I became a certified physical fitness trainer!
I am reading through the book again and again and again! May be just may be enough of the info in this little book will start to flow into my mind to actually design the home you see here on a friend's million dollar plus property on St John's USVI!
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2020
I have been studying both architeture and interior design during covid-19 pandemic at 74 years young.
As the author says most top architects are Late Bloomers! I have been one all my previous three careers.
I don't see me going to school at this age however I was 50 when I became a certified physical fitness trainer!
I am reading through the book again and again and again! May be just may be enough of the info in this little book will start to flow into my mind to actually design the home you see here on a friend's million dollar plus property on St John's USVI!
We are all possessed with a renewed relationship with our sense of space, thanks to a thrust upon us familiarity with it over the year. Some of us have been hard pressed to find balance, purpose, and renewal in the same space over the year. A study of architectural and design principles is just what one needs to fully grasp how to make familiar places into more dynamic and human centered experiences.
Books like this one and “A Pattern Language” our essential for understanding how the spaces we live and work in everyday can detract or add to our lives. This knowledge could be immediately employed to refresh where you already are to better serve you or be the baseline for building something timeless in the future.
This book has enabled us to look at some home features in a new light. What once was an expensive remodel now looks like it will be a much simpler project. The author really makes you think about a building's use of space and what the architect was thinking (or failed to think about for that matter.)
I highly recommend this book to anyone even remotely interested in architecture, home design, interior design, or smart home ownership. If it prevents you from making a stupid and costly mistake then it will have paid for itself a hundred times over.
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2019
This book has enabled us to look at some home features in a new light. What once was an expensive remodel now looks like it will be a much simpler project. The author really makes you think about a building's use of space and what the architect was thinking (or failed to think about for that matter.)
I highly recommend this book to anyone even remotely interested in architecture, home design, interior design, or smart home ownership. If it prevents you from making a stupid and costly mistake then it will have paid for itself a hundred times over.








