"The title Architectural and Program Diagrams in the series
Construction and Design Manual brings together more than
600 pages from a predominantly international avant-garde
and offers an overview of the state of the art in architectural
representation across a spectrum extending from simple arrow
diagrams to sober graphs and highly elaborate, often somewhat
surreal collages and computer animations which trigger a wide
range of intellectual and emotional responses. Diagrams tell
stories. Those able to read them can follow the process by
which ideas and thoughts take visual shape, find aesthetic form
and, if all goes well, become part of the built environment."
