We’re sure there are many more, but these are just a few great books for budding architects and architecture enthusiasts
Experience may be the best teacher, but a student still couldn’t get through those experiences without a handy book of knowledge by their side. Architecture can be a hands-on profession, but regardless of whether you’re an architecture student, a connoisseur, or just someone who loves to gain a basic understanding of everything and anything you can get your hands on, it’s still best to stick your nose in the books and absorb the knowledge that specialists in the field can offer you. this is just a compilation of seven books that we collected from some overseas architecture specialists who believe the following titles are some of the most notable reading for anyone interested in architecture and design.
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the works: kate ascher’s anatomy of the city
In this book that weaves anecdotes, facts, and graphics, Kate Ascher gives readers an up-close, behind-the-scenes look at New York City’s urban infrastructure and how it works. more specifically, the city’s internal systems that manage water, heating, electricity, traffic, and many other things.
Architectural Graphics by Francis D.K. Ching
a beautifully illustrated book by renowned architecture and graphic design writer francis d.k. ching, Architectural Graphics shows the various techniques architects and designers use to communicate ideas. a complete guide to professional architectural drawing, is a highly recommended book for all architecture students because of the graphics on architectural drawing, perspective drawing, rendering, orthographic projections (a way of presenting three-dimensional objects in two dimensions), drawings of presentation and many other graphics.
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architecture – form, space and order by francis d.k ching
another classic book by francis d.k. Ching Architecture: Form, Space, and Order is an introduction to the basic vocabulary of architectural design. In addition to distilling complex concepts of space and the elements and relationships of circulation along with proportion and scale, the book also has detailed illustrations that demonstrate the concepts presented and reveal the relationships between the fundamental elements of architecture, regardless of time and age. culture.
Design Drawing by Francis D.K. Ching and Steven P. Juroszek
design drawing is another great book for beginners that covers drawing designs at the most basic level. covers the basics of drawing, including lines, shapes, tones, and spaces, and illustrates it through architectural examples. The book also explores different types of drawing techniques, including multiview, paralinear, and perspective drawing, and how applying these different techniques creates remarkable results.
The Image of the City by Kevin Lynch
A 1960s classic on American urban planner Kevin Lynch’s assessment of a city’s form, this book is backed by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City and shows that their findings can be a potential guide to build and rebuild cities. With a wide field of study, this book leads to an original and vital method for evaluating the shape of a city.
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gaston bachelard’s poetics of space
First published in 1958, French philosopher Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space is an artful execution of a tantalizing philosophy that has become a favorite not only of architects, but even writers, psychologists, critics, and readers. Described as a lyrical journey, the book is premised on the emergence of the poetic image and finds an ideal metaphor in the intimate spaces of a house. It guides the reader through a line of meditations on art, poetry, and consciousness that go hand in hand with the Bachelard exams on the places in a house that shape dreams and hold memories. This includes bedrooms, basements, and attics, and even the smallest features of a home like drawers, dressers, and closets, and even nooks and crannies.
Universal Principles of Design by William Lidwell, Kristina Holden, Jill Butler
The first interdisciplinary design reference, this book is fairly easy to navigate and packed with beautiful illustrations that go hand in hand with explanations of design concepts applied in practice. a historical reference, it is a standard for designers, engineers, architects, and students who wish to further their knowledge of design. 100 design concepts are defined in this book. from the 80/20 rule to fragmentation, all the way to babyface bias, Ockham’s razor, self-similarity, and storytelling.
Though there are a plethora of books that can provide one with knowledge about design and architecture, these few books from experts all over the world are a great way to start off your journey with architecture and design.
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