Reviews for Autrefois, Maison Privee

The average rating for Autrefois, Maison Privee based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-11-18 00:00:00 Melinda Haner Peter Cook attempts to impart information regarding the role drawing plays in the architect's progress from the nascent idea to a fully-realized concept of a building. Unfortunately, he gets in his own way with his verbiage. He seems incapable of explaining anything simply, elegantly. We are told by the publisher that Cook is one of the the "greatest proponents" of the "creative and inventive significance of drawing for achitecture." However, in reading Cooks words, I didn't see him as a proponent of anything other than his own ego. What I found most interesting about this book were the drawings by architects who didn't have computers and computer software to do their drawings for them, for instance, Hermann Finsterlin's and Iakov Chernikhov's drawings from the 1920s. If you are looking for a book detailing the role of drawing by hand in architecture today, this is not the book for you.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-08-31 00:00:00 Wheaton Illinois Very cool spaces, ranging from South African shanties to NASA space pods.