Jump to content

Books on traditional arch-viz


pailhead
 Share

Recommended Posts

Do you have any books to recommend that deal with the subject of traditional architectural rendering. Something that doesn't necessarily focus on a specific technique but more on the basics like for example, the composition of the elements in a rendering?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Nah, this is not exactly what i meant. This book deals with the principals of 3d lighting, and i think it focuses more on digital sets and characters than architecture (if it deals with architecture at all, it's been a while since i've read it).

 

I saw one book when i was in my uni, but i forgot the name of it. I think it was published in the early 90s, because as far as i remembered it mentions something about computer renderings, but it deals mostly with traditional stuff. For example there was a chapter that described the order of elements in a composition, where should you place the tree in the foreground, what kind of perspective to choose and things like that.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I saw one book when i was in my uni, but i forgot the name of it.

 

Architectural Delineation...Ernest Burden? My father's book, it was used a lot at arch.schools. There's also several books by Frank Ching that are amazing, though I don't think he got much into composition. There's the old workhorse on rendering by Halse from the 50's (damned good book still) plus a number of books be current renderers like Thom Schaller and Richard Rochon and Phillipe Crowe, and a few more.

 

What was in the book you remember?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Do you have any books to recommend that deal with the subject of traditional architectural rendering. Something that doesn't necessarily focus on a specific technique but more on the basics like for example, the composition of the elements in a rendering?

 

 

You might look at Julius Schulman (sp?) photography, doesn't get a lot better for Architecture imo. Also, here in LA we have a book store called Hennesy and Engles (again spelling :confused: ) that stocks a lot of Architecture books.

 

Hope that helps.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share

×
×
  • Create New...