Drawings inspired by architecture, and made for the architecture, are an endless source of information about a historical background which is continuously sifted through a cultural present in constant transformation. This fundamental premise is the basis for a critical analysis of the reasons and sometimes misunderstandings that have influenced the transformation of the codes of architectural representation as well as their subsequent approach. The variables introduced by hermeneutics principles thus become the reflection of the many facets of interpretation at the origin of which is representation, indispensable intermediary between different subjects, between intentions and achievements, including mimicry and abstractions.