Archidoodle: The Architect's Activity Book

I like the Archidoodle: The Architect's Activity Book. It gets the juices flowing for creating unusual and interesting buildings you otherwise never would have designed. It isn't a textbook or anything on a technical training level but it is a fun book to just create away in. For example, you are instructed to design a house by a cliff and one by a waterfall all the way to design and draw a sectional view of a house that has been influenced by a machine. Some ideas are fascinating like design a funky-looking chimney or design some ideas for domesticated animals, (other than a dog), with one idea showing a cat basket that hangs off a radiator. Some thought-provoking ones too like using a mountain slope, design in section the arrangement of a small thermal bath house and you are asked to consider views, light and privacy. So it can go from designing something simple to the very complex. I recommend this book to any novice architect, but I also recommend this to any pro out there too, because this book will get you to open up your skills and design things you might have never designed otherwise. There are plenty of buildings, cities and houses to design as well. One bobble is that most scenes are set so one is a little limited by set scenes to draw a building or a city, but that too is a challenge I kind of like since it makes you think about how to overcome a set scene and yet still design a great house, building or city. Just keep in mind this is a fun book to just create in. I love this book and I think you will too.

This book was not exactly what I was hoping for, but we still really enjoy it. The book is mostly prompts for drawing exterior concepts of buildings/structures or mirroring the doodle of a building. The book doesn't have instructions or information about drafting, architectural drawing, etc. It's a doodle book with an architectural theme.

The book itself had a couple of small marks on the outside of it, but no big deal. The book itself is really cool and a unique gift for an architecture student/enthusiast. My boyfriend is in grad school for architecture now so it was great for him to get creative in his free time :)

This was a gift for my son who likes to draw. He has shown an interest in learning to draw buildings and is thinking of architectural drafting or rendering when he gets older. I though this would be a great book for him to get started on some basics and give him so activities to try on his own. He LOVES it! Lots of great examples of different parts of a building he can use to give a drawing more texture. He's 14 and this is at just the right level for him.

Nice thick pages. Very nice gift for a friend who likes to draw. Many ideas for drawing and adding to art already printed in the page.

Gave this to an 11 year old aspiring Architect and he absolutely loves it! I bought this thinking it’s a trace and draw but surprised that you actually have to create your own versions/ ideas. Wonderful!

This is an absolutely fantastic book for anyone interested in Architecture. I bought it for my (very mature) 12 year old and she has not put it down. There are lots of architecture terms and how to's. Honestly, I bought it as one of the Amazon "buy these three" and didn't expect much but it ended up being a fun, interesting book.

My nephew wants to be an architect. I thought this book would be helpful.

El libro es muy lindo! Originalmente lo compré como un regalo para un amigo de la universidad, pero al verlo definitivamente tuve que comprar otro para mí también, está pensado para fomentar la creatividad a la hora de diseñar, y los bocetos del libro son fascinanes. Ojo, no es un libro de dibujo técnico, es para soltar la mano y la imaginación, (no forzosamente para alguien que estudie arquitectura o diseño). Lo recomendaría completamente, vale muchísimo la pena.

An amazing book, really varied activities with a mix of detailed tasks as well as silly 'go wild' drawing tasks too. Also quite informative as it teaches you about different architectural elements on the page in a simple format. Great gift.

Bought for my neice who loved it.

Shows different techniques.

My son-in-law loves this book!