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renderings (drawings)

Architectural drawings or drawings of other subjects, characterized by the depiction of shadows, textures, sometimes colors, often executed with watercolor washes, and showing some setting. Intended as visualizations of the full conception of a project or as an accurate record of the work depicted.

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freehand drawings (drawings)

generally any drawing made without the use of devices such as t-squares, triangles, or other mechanical means of rendering or tracing

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ink washes

transparent layers applied to a drawing or painting using diluted ink or watercolor. An example of usage is in order to create an atmospheric effect

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elevations (building divisions)

particular arrangements of vertical elements of a building, either exterior or interior. For the external areas of buildings, not necessarily restricted to surface features, use "fronts (architectural)." For the features of a primary front, restricted for the most part to surface elements in a single plane, use "façades"

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perspective views (images)

refers to drawings or works in any other two-dimensional medium that employ perspective, meaning that they are executed by a systematic technique that creates the illusion of recession from a two-dimensional surface

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site plans

Drawings or works in another medium laying out the precise arrangement of a structure on a plot of land. It may also refer to plans for gardens, groups of buildings, or developments, where the layout of buildings, roadways, utilities, landscape elements, topography, water features, and vegetation may be depicted. For drawings or other representations on a horizontal surface of cities or larger areas, particularly when such representations are not part of a design process, use "plans (maps)."

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War posters

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exterior perspectives

architectural drawings that render the exteriors of structures and give the impression of relative position, size, or distance, as the structure would if viewed from a physical vantage point

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Arenas

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Totem poles

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