Topic 1: Purpose/ General info [04:40] The main purpose of construction drawings, also called plans, blueprints, or working drawings), is to show what is to be built, while the specifications focus on ...

Some of the earliest examples of architectural drawings date back to 2200 B.C. Gudea, the ruler of an area in Mesopotamia, was celebrated with a statue that has a plan of a temple that he had ...

Author Jordan Kauffman documents an important moment in recent history when architecture reasserted its cultural status through the showcasing of particular drawings. The episode begins in 1972 with ...

By Kenneth Baker, Art CriticJuly 24, 2004 artist: Alexander Cheves title and date: Little Bit of Everything , 2004 medium: Oil, acrylic, wood, wire dimensions: 20 x 16 x 12 photo credit: none ...