Architectural Surfaces: Details for Artists, Architects and Designers

Judy A. Juracek

 

Praise for Architectural Surfaces:

"It’s Sunday afternoon and you are working on your 10 am Monday presentation. You have an idea of what you want to do, but you have to put together some details to win them over. You have pulled out every book and magazine you have stashed in your office ... and still, you just can’t seem to find the right images. Well, your problem has just been solved." —The Statement , Wilsonart International (Read full review)

"[O]utstanding.highly recommended . . . . Professionals and students alike will appreciate the illustrated glossary of technical terms, and the wealth of illustration packs four to six good-sized photos on almost every page."
—California Bookwatch

"The Surfaces series has proved to be useful to a wide range of artists including set designers and trompe l'oeil artists, architects and graphic designers. . . [and] also attracted an audience of graphics professionals who work primarily in computer applications such as CAD and Photoshop, as well as artists and designers who create computer environments, including animators and video game designers. . . . In addition to providing the excellent images for reference, and the additional resources, Juracek's Architectural Surfaces implicitly reminds artists, architects and designers to observe surfaces, study buildings' elements and look closely at the resolution of details."
—Clem Labine's Period Homes

"Not only is it a fantastic research source, it's a beautiful photography book and a fascinating travelogue. It's difficult to imagine a more enjoyable reference book for those of us in the visual arts."
—Theatre Design & Technology: USITT Magazine

Overview

The latest addition to the acclaimed Surfaces series catalogs hundreds of different architectural elements and materials.

This new collection contains over 1,400 high-quality color photographs capturing a range of details and surfaces, organized by architectural elements: walls, facades, windows, doorways, ceilings, roofs, floors, pavement, columns, and arches. Architectural Surfaces provides a wealth of source material to meet the research needs of architects and interior designers, artists, scenic designers, and graphic designers.

CD-ROM included: screen resolution scans in easy-to-use JPEG format for Mac and PC.

About the Author

Judy A. Juracek, a scenic artist in film, television, theater, and opera, is the author of Surfaces: Visual Research for Artists, Architects, and Designers, Soft Surfaces, Visual Research for Artists, Architects, and Designers, and Natural Surfaces: Visual Research for Artists, Architects, and Designers. She received the 2003 USITT Golden Pen Award for the series.

ISBN: 0-393-73079-4
December 2005
Cloth w/ CD-ROM; 1400 color photos; 352 pages