pbAn architect's defense of drawing as a way of thinking, even in an age of electronic media.bppWhy would an architect reach for a pencil when drawing software and AutoCAD are a click away Use a ruler when 3D-scanners and GPS devices are close at hand In iWhy Architects Still Drawi, Paolo Belardi offers an elegant and ardent defense of drawing by hand as a way of thinking. Belardi is no Luddite he doesn't urge architects to give up digital devices for watercolors and a measuring tape. Rather, he makes a case for drawing as the interface between the idea and the work itself.ppA drawing, Belardi argues, holds within it the entire final design. It is the paradox of the acorn a project emerges from a drawing--even from a sketch, rough and inchoate--just as an oak tree emerges from an acorn. Citing examples not just from architecture but also from literature, chemistry, music, archaeology, and art, Belardi shows how drawing is not a passive recording but a moment of invention pregnant with