Manual of Section Paperback – August 23, 2016

Very unique, fantastic information, and amazing illustrations, I am pleased to have it in my library.

I use this book as an educational tool for teaching speculative sections for my architecture studio and seminar classes. Having been taught by Paul Lewis, I find this book really helpful for students to understand the competition and diagrammatic section. These sectional drawings are also really clear, as great case-studies for any architect or designer to further study the buildings that are highlighted. Excellent book.

Not only the method of drawing is a great learning material but the precedents in this book are great case study! Very helpful for architecture students! Plus great value!

This is a great premise for a book– a kind of utilitarian, X-ray vision to study iconic examples of architecture. Some of these buildings you'll know well, but you'll be able to see them from the inside out. There's something mesmerizing about these drawings, akin to the fascination of see-through books of the human body– the invisible man– with layers showing arteries, muscles, veins, etc. Not least, the drawings are lucid and consistent, allowing an unfiltered transparency that is uniform regardless of the individual building.

Received this book this morning, and it is great for the price. The negatives - Paper quality is not great and the sections are all interrupted by the crease in the middle of the book.However, there is a good deal of content that covers a lot of buildings and types and the intro essays are fun. Drawings are generally pretty detailed and fun to look at. Overall, it is a good reference book to have in your library, especially for the price.

Fantastic for learning how to draw and format section drawings as well as quick info on the buildings drawn. Bought this for myself and it quickly became the most borrowed book in studio.

A book make me know how to read others’ section, how to draw a useful section and see architecture design from another perspective. Read one section per day and write notes on it with pencil, love it.

An amazing new look at familiar buildings. I already new something about every building in the book, but the new way of looking at each taught me something about each one. It's a useful teaching tool to explain sectional spacial relationships and it's really beautiful.