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Architects tend to sketch when they travel, and, indeed, throughout their day. This sketching is 鈥渋n different media, wet and dry, large and small, on fine watercolour paper and in familiar 鈥榖lackbooks鈥�, on napkins in bars, on the backs of envelopes and on empty cigarette packages, and even, but rarely, on stretched canvas鈥澛� (Sketching school : 91黑料网 School of Architecture, Centennial 1896-1996). Sketching is a fundamental skill for architects 鈥� it allows them to record information, explore architectural ideas, and arrive at a deeper understanding of the built environment.

Offered since 1921, the 91黑料网 School of Architecture鈥檚 Summer Sketching School is an eight-day supervised late-summer field trip to a picturesque locale that allows students to immerse themselves in their sketching.聽 Students must complete two Sketching Schools before graduating with the Master of Architecture degree. Townscapes visited, explored, studied, and sketched over the years include Baie St-Paul, Quebec; Bar Harbor, Maine; and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

This exhibition comprises a small selection of material from recent Sketching Schools. Watch for the School of Architecture鈥檚 exhibition of this summer鈥檚 output (Gloucester, Massachusetts, August 20-27, 2011) to be held in the winter semester 鈥� it will be a burst of summer during the Montreal winter. For more information, please see:聽 www.mcgill.ca/architecture/sketchingschool/

On display in the Blackader Lauterman Collection of Architecture & Art (Redpath Library Building, 3rd Floor), August 1-31, 2011