The Architect's Eye

The creative process that goes on within the architect's mind's eye is explored here. Tom Porter looks at the conceptual tools architects need to develop in order to create new designs, and the visual means, through drawing, modelmaking and computing that are available to the architect to express those designs. Central to the conceptual process is the understanding of space, both in physical and psychological terms, and the associated concepts of light and colour. With a range of examples from Greek temples to flight simulators, the author explains and evaluates the right approach to conceiving space in human terms.