TY - BOOK AU - Schillaci, Fabio. TI - Construction and design manual: architectural renderings SN - 9789812459107 AV - NA 2714 .C66 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - [place of publication not identified] PB - PageOne KW - ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING -- HISTORY. KW - ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING. KW - ARCHITECTURE -- DESIGNS AND PLANS -- PRESENTATION DRAWINGS N1 - Theory: Drawing between history and digital innovation/ Fabrizio Avella -- Architectural drawing in the age of its electronic reproducibility / Augusto Romano Burelli -- Do we lose the hand? / Fabio Schillaci -- Practice: Offices: Simon Jones & Associates -- Lee Dunnette -- Dennis Allain -- Kirk Fromm -- ArtandDesignStudios.com -- Andy Hickes -- Labtop Rendering -- Rendertaxi -- Studio AMD -- Federico Pitzalis -- Marco Giovanni De Angelis -- ArtefactoryLab-- Pure -- Stac! Studios -- Notes: The making of a render / Fabio Schillaci N2 - Fourteen major international rendering studios present a selection of their work, together with comments on their methodology and use of digital technology. As a standard work on architectural rendering, this book traces the history and along the way rehabilitates this occupation as an independent discipline in the broad sphere of architecture. The book contains a comprehensive overview from the earliest architectural drawings through to modern, highly technical forms of digital rendering, and includes tutorials based on everyday practice and essays by renowned experts. ER -