Heres a good book on general city planning: https://www.amazon.ca/Works-Anatomy-City-Kate-Ascher/dp/0143112708/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1602205578&sr=8-2
It'll give you a good overview to start thinking about all the moving pieces that have to be considered. It's a great coffee table book.
Lloyd Kahn (one of the creators of Domebook I and Domebook II) and a builder of many domes made this same revelation in 1973 and swore off domes forever with the publication of the book Shelter, where he advocates for simple usually rectangular homes using local materials. In his editorial/essay in the book he calls domes "smart but not wise", which pretty much sums up the issue.
More info here: https://www.shelterpub.com/domes/
His book Shelter is still in print and available on Amazon. Recommended and insightful reading: https://www.amazon.com/Shelter-Library-Building-Books/dp/0936070110
Another that he had recommended at one point is: Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down
I'm a mechanical engineer, so a lot of this calls back on my classes, but it's a really interesting read. The writing style is clear, it focuses on the history of structural mechanics, old architecture, old weapons, definitely recommend.
Frequency dependent treatments generally are for situations where a particular room mode is very problematic. Broadband absorbers are most often the best price/performance ratio by far.
As for references, it’s true that few other books cover the topics involved well, and generally they’re very expensive. This work by Cox and D’Antonio is one of the best, albeit not inexpensive. Also, the work of Helmut Fuchs has fundamentally changed room acoustics almost from the ground up. I still hear consultants claim that the 1/4 wave rule is immutable while Fuch destroyed that quite a few years back. His VPN devices are amazing.
It's called: "Structures, or why things don't fall down" by J E Gordon
It's pretty good. Definitely worth checking out if you're into this kind of thing.
For me perspective did not come naturally, and it took several classes for me to really begin to understand it. In my opinion, it's a really simple concept, but the process of learning it is really hard. In the end, I basically learned it by making a lot of drawings with bad perspective. I would also recommend this book, as I found it to be a very simple to understand, yet comprehensive introduction to perspective. Choosing a perspective is a completely different topic, and requires the study of composition. This book is a great guide on composition, but you can also learn by studying films you find inspiring.
Learn to Timber Frame: Craftsmanship, Simplicity, Timeless Beauty
It has a set of plans with variations on size and modular expansions to fit your needs
Best book on ink drawing I can think of. it will let you develop your ability then you can develop a style.
That's definitely pen & ink, if you want to learn how, this is one of the classic books, also check out Alphonso Dunn and Frank Lohan's books.
JE Gordon wrote a book : Structures, or why things don't fall down, that really goes into a lot of depth on this subject. As a structural engineer I really liked how the author walked the line between Engineering and Making it digestible for non-engineers. https://www.amazon.com/Structures-Things-Dont-Fall-Down/dp/0306812835?ref_=d6k_applink_bb_dls&dplnkId=880f602d-5a28-48e8-a3ce-ac63e7f1e7a9
This is a little more architecture focused, but it does go into a ton of detail about line work and what lines to use to produce certain effects.
And not sure this is what you want, but here's a free copy of the classic Successful Drawing by Andrew Loomis
That page looks like it is just for affiliate links - and is lame
But one of his recommendations, that I found to be good was Structures: Or why things don't fall down
https://www.amazon.com/Structures-Things-Dont-Fall-Down/dp/0306812835
as mentioned, your focal points are too close to each other, so you're getting a really tight corner. one other thing to consider is that we're seeing the house from up high. your eye is at your horizon line, so the viewer is floating up near the top of the roof. that's not necessarily wrong, but most of the time, we see things from about 5 to 6 feet off the ground. if your drawing was drawn from the ground plane, your eye would be somewhere in the middle of the front door. my guess would be slightly higher than the door handle. your texture work is getting better though, your hatch for the roof is a good example of looking at how to imply texture, instead of drawing it all.
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you might want to check out this book: https://www.amazon.com/Rendering-Pen-Ink-Techniques-Illustrators/dp/0823045293 it has GREAT information on how to use hatching and linework as texture and tone
Grab a copy of Perspective Made Easy, ready it cover to cover, then go back through and use the examples as drawing exercises until you understand the concepts.
Technically it's pen rendering, but in general, I'm just sketching. If you want an old, but also excellent, book on it, this one is known to be a good teaching tool https://www.amazon.com/Rendering-Pen-Ink-Techniques-Illustrators/dp/0823045293
Nice. Yes, I own that book, too. ‘Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid.’ It’s great for details. I have not read Prince Charles’ Forward; I’ll definitely take a look at it now. :)
Will Beemer’s book is exactly that. Gives full plans plus some variations for a 12x16ft. We used it to build our cabin and it was great (also took a class with him!).
Marianne Cusato's book is a great starting reference and style guide for traditional architectural details: https://www.amazon.com/Get-Your-House-Right-Architectural/dp/1402791038
But yes, you need to hire an architect who will respect your wishes. They all studied traditional architecture in school and will know of reference books to get the style details and floor plans you want. If they can't, just move on to someone who does. Remember they build whatever clients order, so just because they haven't done a project like yours doesn't mean that they can't.
Start taking notes and saving clips of what you like so you can convey it accurately to your team.
There’s probably lots of material online but this book is especially good: Perspective Made Easy (Dover Art Instruction) https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0486404730/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_59P4J5T7MTWCD5BJJBTN
Also: The ballista/scorpion was a superior siege engine to the treb, or anything else pre-gunpowder, but it was forgotten after the Romans used it. Basically, bows+arrows of all sorts (bows, xbows, ballista) are super efficient, while most of a treb's energy is wasted.
Oh, amazing! Thank you so much.
Hmmm. So, my entire artistic education has been just looking at pieces I really enjoy and trying to duplicate those results. I'm not much of a hatcher, to be honest, and I always stayed away from inkwork for that reason. It's so dependent on having a nice, dynamic line, and I tend to be more of a renderer than a linesman. I think it's good to just practice a couple different hatches or other shading methods and understand where they fit in the tonal realm, what they communicate about the texture. There is a really excellent resource on pen and ink drawing that I'd recommend, though, and they talk quite a lot about ink rendering techniques.
Here: https://www.amazon.com/Rendering-Pen-Ink-Techniques-Illustrators/dp/0823045293
You might be interested in this. I've been thinking of building a barn with hand tools and logs.
What a gorgeous home! Congrats on a great find, I hope it all goes well for you.
Feel free to PM me if you want help with deed research. Sometimes this can help uncover old plans/surveys, and if you can pinpoint when it went from a transfer of land to a transfer of land and building, it can also help ballpark a construction date.
For the front of the house, check out www.oldhouseguy.com
It’s a great resource for all old house things but especially with curb appeal.
Another great resource is the book “Get Your House Right” by Marianne Cusato
Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1402791038/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_FA3A6SRXVJY2M74G47KW
This helps translate architecture into layman’s terms. I never knew why some houses just looked “right” to me and others looked wacky, this helps with that a lot and has tons of good examples and references.
Another website is John Leeke’s Historic Homeworks. A lot of good information in there about the practicalities of owning and maintaining a historic home, I reference the forums a lot and bought a couple of his books:
Get Your House Right is an amazing resource for learning about architecture and why some houses just look right and others belong on /r/mcmansionhell
Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1402791038/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_AGi6FbH7H9CSX
For more technical info I’d highly recommend John Leeke’s books and his online forum:
http://historichomeworks.com/publications/
Www.oldhouseguy.com also has a ton of great info, books, and recommendations
I'm not an architect but I recently bought a historic home and am in the middle of a book about historic homes and I've already learned an incredible amount about the styles and such. Not sure if it'll help for your career but this has helped me at least speak the same language as other folks more knowledgeable on the topic.
Neat poster! I recently got this book and it’s been extremely fun to look through all the types of homes!
Sorry, I don't agree with you that the fundamentals of art like this wouldn't be taught similarly by multiple different people, because they have been, personally, to me, over years of instruction. The similar images you linked are boxes around a light source. I have done this exercise many, many times. Drawing rectangles and spheres to demonstrate perspective and value/lighting is just so basic that I have seen it in almost every art book I own and many of the pen-and-ink books I've been browsing on Amazon trying to figure this out in the last hour.
This 1997 book (also edited into my first post) presents its Table of Contents in the order tools, pen handling, tone, value, light and shade, then further and more comprehensive rendering techniques. The tools page has a very similar layout and the same inclusions, including a dusting brush, which I remember being mentioned specifically in Dunn's video.
It may be this is not a legal case for plagiarism and it gets thrown out. It's my personal feeling that if there isn't a legal case, why make a 1-hour call-out video? Is he trying to stir a public shitstorm because he doesn't have a legal case?
I enjoy Inktober but have zero feelings good or bad about Parker. I didn't know he was the pioneering artist behind it, hadn't heard about the (apparently mistaken) C+D orders from his team. I don't care personally about him or Dunn. This drama just feels like it's blowing up and relying on emotion and ignorance to do so. This is not directed at you in any way specifically. Some of the Twitter comments seem a bit unhinged and people are jumping down Parker's throat.
Here is probably the best book on structures: https://www.amazon.com/Structures-Things-Dont-Fall-Down/dp/0306812835/ great anecdotes and stories from decades and centuries past. reasonably easy reading for a 12 year old.
Id say get several good books. (I learned by experience so cant recommend specific titles sorry). Read up on it, timber framing is a way to go about it but probably easier is general '16'' on center' framing. Like I said, there area a lot of aspects to carpentry that seem really complicated but are generally easy to figure out. Books with good physical drawings would be the most helpful. It seems like you dont have a concrete plan as of yet so, to me, the best thing would be to really study up. Id also recommend Lloyd Kahn books as pretty cool inspiration, as far as unique/hippy type buildings go-- https://www.amazon.com/Shelter-Library-Building-Books/dp/0936070110 --they were and are one of the most inspirational building books Ive seen.