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Architectural drawing

Ouse Walk at Cosgrove Aqueduct
© Open Government Licence 3.0. Image credit: Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre

Ouse Walk at Cosgrove Aqueduct c.1975

Andrew Mahaddie (1939–2014)

Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre

An architectural drawing is a precise technical drawing of a building or architectural features. They can be used as a blueprint for an architectural design or a proposal, or to record details of already existing buildings or constructions.

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