Drawing equality

The Architecture Drawing Prize 2018 showcased the importance of drawing as a tool for generating, capturing and communicating ideas. The prize, launched in 2017, embraces the creative use of digital tools and digitally-produced renderings, while recognising the enduring importance of hand drawing. The competition has three three categories of drawing; Hand-drawn, Digital, Hybrid, and each category provides clear evidence that drawing is not only alive and well, but that there is equal value in the craft of each of the categories, as the tools available to achieve a means to an end. For a review: https://www.makearchitects.com/thinking/the-architecture-drawing-prize-review/ Similarly, Eye Line, the RIBA annual drawing competition, which started in 2013, highlights the skill and talent involved in 2-D representation of a building design or concept through visual means, and without drawing distinction between ‘hand drawing’ and computer rendering skills – not only because both are of equal value but because so many architectural de­pictions layer several techniques to produce the final image, making such distinctions meaningless https://www.ribaj.com/eyeline/eyeline-winners-2018