While Away: An Architect’s Travel Sketches

An intimate and inspiring journey through the travel sketches of renowned architect Steve Ziger. Part memoir, part travel guide, part drawing manual and architectural history, this captivating book features 240 ink, pencil, and watercolour sketches rendered over five decades. Ziger’s personal experiences are blended with insightful observations about the built environment and the wondrous potential of human-made design. This timely collection of sketches reminds us of the value of being present to the world around us, and the power of drawing to help us see, learn, and understand a place.