{"product_id":"diagramming-the-big-idea-jeffrey-balmer-9781138549906","title":"Diagramming the Big Idea: Methods for Architectural Composition","description":"\u003cp\u003eBecoming an architect is a daunting task. Beyond the acquisition of new skills and procedures, beginning designers face an entirely unfamiliar mode of knowledge: design thinking. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDiagramming the Big Idea, \u003c\/i\u003eJeffrey Balmer and Michael T. Swisher introduce the fundamentals of design thinking by illustrating how architects make and use diagrams to clarify their understanding of both specific architectural projects and universal principles of form and order. With accessible, step-by-step procedures that interweave diagrams, drawings and virtual models, the authors demonstrate how to compose clear and revealing diagrams. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesign thinking defines a method for engaging the world through observation and analysis. Beyond problem solving, design is a search for possibilities. Mastering design thinking begins with learning the fundamentals of visual composition. It embraces the ability to synthesize deductive and imaginative reasoning, combining both shrewd scrutiny and fevered speculation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesign diagrams make visible the abstractions that order the built environment. Premised upon the Beaux-Arts notion of the architectural \u003ci\u003eparti, \u003c\/i\u003eBalmer and Swisher adopt the 'Big Idea' as a foil and as a suitcase to organize fundamentals of architectural composition. The goal of this book is to make explicit to students what they are learning, why they are learning it and how to internalize such lessons toward their lifelong development as designers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey Balmer, Michael Swisher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138549908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138549906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.70d","brand":"Jeffrey Balmer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072915992831,"sku":"9781138549906","price":61.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc7538e4-abd3-43f7-85ee-5f08cd819d33.jpg?v=1685444698","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/diagramming-the-big-idea-jeffrey-balmer-9781138549906","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}