This is a small selection from some of the many drawings I've made over the years on visits to architectural sites. I've put together 25 prints in a spiral-bound sketchbook, along with some explanatory notes. The book comes in a box and is available from my online shop.

My original training was in Sculpture and then later in 3D Design and so what really is the thing for me is spatial relationships rather than architectural 'style'. I think that style and design are often confused; good design should be less about dressing-up and more about probelm-solving. Style is more like hair-dressing. In the design of buildings it's the manipulation of space that’s important.

It might sound obvious to say, but by far the best way of understanding buildings is to actually go and have a look. And an hour or two making a drawing is to really look - and see far more than ever can be found by taking a quick snap on your iphone, for instance.

These drawings are just my own research, a process of thinking-with-a-pencil and trying to understand. Then there is the question: is there such a thing as good proportion? Certainly some things look more 'right' than others, and so on a practical level this leads to the idea of measuring as a way exploring this. I'm always amazed at what measurements can reveal, what insights they give into the intentions of the architect.
This type of drawing is not picture-making, it’s part survey, part aide-memoire, part diary.

Of drawing, Piet Mondrian said 'I don't want pictures, I just want to find things out.'

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