Archidoodle: The Architect's Activity Book Paperback – Illustrated, October 22, 2013

I like the Archidoodle: The Architect's Activity Book. It gets the juices flowing for creating unusual and interesting buildings you otherwise never would have designed. It isn't a textbook or anything on a technical training level but it is a fun book to just create away in. For example, you are instructed to design a house by a cliff and one by a waterfall all the way to design and draw a sectional view of a house that has been influenced by a machine. Some ideas are fascinating like design a funky-looking chimney or design some ideas for domesticated animals, (other than a dog), with one idea showing a cat basket that hangs off a radiator.Some thought-provoking ones too like using a mountain slope, design in section the arrangement of a small thermal bath house and you are asked to consider views, light and privacy. So it can go from designing something simple to the very complex. I recommend this book to any novice architect, but I also recommend this to any pro out there too, because this book will get you to open up your skills and design things you might have never designed otherwise. There are plenty of buildings, cities and houses to design as well.One bobble is that most scenes are set so one is a little limited by set scenes to draw a building or a city, but that too is a challenge I kind of like since it makes you think about how to overcome a set scene and yet still design a great house, building or city. Just keep in mind this is a fun book to just create in. I love this book and I think you will too.

My nephew wants to be an architect. I thought this book would be helpful.

My 8-year old loved this book. I thought it would not appeal to him due to paper type and only B&W drawings, but he finished the first 10-15 pages immediately upon the book's arrival. I like the diversity of architectural traditions represented, though I wonder if there added guidelines would make the book more educational and interactive. Still, very good activity book!

Gave this to an 11 year old aspiring Architect and he absolutely loves it! I bought this thinking it’s a trace and draw but surprised that you actually have to create your own versions/ ideas. Wonderful!

This book was not exactly what I was hoping for, but we still really enjoy it. The book is mostly prompts for drawing exterior concepts of buildings/structures or mirroring the doodle of a building. The book doesn't have instructions or information about drafting, architectural drawing, etc. It's a doodle book with an architectural theme.

My 12-year-old has aspirations of being an architect as a career. Got this as an activity to do this summer and he really enjoys it. He does several pages a day and has gotten quite creative in his designs.

I bought this book for my 9 year old son who wants to be an architect.He LOVES the book. The activities range from simple to complex, so he can pick and choose based on his mood. We've done a few of them together, which is great for us because it gives us something to bond over--mom's don't usually have that much in common with 9 year old boys, but everyone loves to draw skyscrapers. It occupies him for at least 30 minutes, sometimes hours, which means less time in front of the TV, computer, or video games.

This was a gift for my son who likes to draw. He has shown an interest in learning to draw buildings and is thinking of architectural drafting or rendering when he gets older. I though this would be a great book for him to get started on some basics and give him so activities to try on his own. He LOVES it! Lots of great examples of different parts of a building he can use to give a drawing more texture. He's 14 and this is at just the right level for him.