Students of architecture are confronted at the beginning of their studies with a wealth of different ways in which to visually present their designs. Expressing ideas in the form of drawings and models is usually required in the early stages of studying: "learning by doing" is the only way for students to quickly develop a repertoire for their design work. However, there are important issues to consider between the phases of devising the spatial concept and recreating it in a two- or three-dimensional drawing or physical model: How to construct a perspective freehand drawing? What plan drawings are necessary to present my design? What scale should my model be and what materials should I use to construct it? Basics architectural presentation conveys possible ways to present architectural projects throughout the various project phases. In an informative and practical approach, the publication discusses the basics of architectural representation from freehand drawing, which is especially important in the design phase, to the plan drawing, model, and architecture photography.--

• Freehand drawing : Basic principles of freehand drawing ; Tools and techniques ; Freehand drawing in architectural design ; Architectural drawing on site ; Further development
• Technical drawing : Projection types ; Principles of representation ; Planning stages ; Plan presentation
• CAD : CAD: meaning and fields of application ; The virtual drawing board ; Drawing functions ; The third dimension ; Visualization ; Data flow ; System requirements ; Designing in dialogue with the computer
• Modelbuilding : the architectural model as a means of representation ; Types of models ; Design and concept development ; Equipment, tools and techniques ; Materials ; From drawing to model: steps and approaches
• Architectural photography : Introduction ; Fundamentals of photography ; The camera ; Image analysis ; The photograph ; Processing the image ; Image editing ; The architect and communications media