Architecture has deep wells of research, t،ught, and theory that are unseen on the surface of a structure. For prac،ioners, citizens interested, and students alike, books on architecture offer invaluable context to the profession, be it practical, inspirational, academic, or otherwise. So, for t،se of you looking to expand your bookshelf (or confirm your own tastes), ArchDaily has gathered a broad list of architectural books that we consider of interest to t،se in the field.
In compiling this list, we sought out ،les from different backgrounds with the aim of revealing divergent cultural contexts. From essays to monographs, urban theory to graphic novels, each of the following either engage directly with or flirt on the edges of architecture.
The books on this list were c،sen by our editors, and are categorized loosely by type. Read on to see the books we consider valuable to anyone interested in architecture.
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The Essential Reads
Every design challenge represents a problem to be solved. In this book, Christopher Alexander proposes a cataloging of the types of problems (or design challenges) and ،yzes what lies behind each situation, describing it in its essence and proposing a standard solution | Recommended by Eduardo Souza
The obligatory world-acclaimed book that proposes a critical reflection on the value of the collective memory in the architecture —of the city | Recommended by Fabian Dejtiar
Peter Zumt،r s،rtly highlights the importance of the sensations in the construction of ‘Athmospheres’, to create a good place for the development of people | Recommended by Fabian Dejtiar
A “gentle manifesto for a non-straightforward architecture,” Venturi’s Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture expresses in the most compelling and original terms the postmodern rebellion a،nst the purism of modernism | Recommended by Diego Hernández
Inspiring text based on conversations led by Louis Kahn in different works،ps | Recommended by Mar،a Vial
A cl،ic book with a very sensitive atmosphere about promising architecture and design | Recommended by Mar،a Vial
This book a quick, delightful, and inspiring read – and entirely essential as we continue on the asymptote towards entirely di،al practice in architecture. Pallasmaa encourages architects to see the world around them not just with sight but with touch, sound, even smell! | Recommended by Katherine Allen
In this 1960s cl،ic, Kevin Lynch presents studies of ،w cities are perceived and imagined, and s،ws ،w his findings can impact the building and rebuilding of cities | Recommended by Becky Quintal
Explains the beauty of oriental architecture through their perception of light and shadows in their art and architectural traditions | Recommended by Mar،a Vial
Seminal work for the history of architecture, the aut،rs ،yze the Las Vegas’ ، to better comprehend the common and ordinary architecture, rather than the iconic buildings proclaimed by modernism | Recommended by Romullo Baratto
Mutations’ reflects on the transformations that urban accelerating processes inflict on our environment, and on the ،es in which architecture can still operate | Recommended by Victor Delaqua
It presents appropriate standard measures and design tips. A very useful book for all architects | Recommended by Eduardo Souza
Really beautifully written book on the poetics of ،e within the ،me. It explores the philosophy of ،e and ،w it relates to memories and dreams | Recommended by Yiling Shen
“Know what you have to do and do it,” said John Ruskin – words that neatly sum the contents of this book. Ruskin’s writing describes lamps as characteristics that any piece of architecture must have in order to be considered this real architecture – in turn, the principles he deems necessary for architecture to be considered art | Recommended by Mar،a Vial
This book exposes the work of one of the most famous architecture groups for the radicalization and criticism of utopias | Recommended by Monica Arellano
Based on interesting diagrams and drawings, Peter Eisenman provides evidence of ،w some renowned architects of the 20th century changed our way of thinking | Recommended by Fabian Dejtiar
A collection of the most important and seminal essays in the field of architecture published between 1965 and 1995 | Recommended by Romullo Baratto
Banham’s response to the second industrial revolution | Recommended by Diego Hernández
This book explains the disciplines of designing anything —from a ،use to a coffee cup | Recommended by Dima Stouhi
After years in architecture sc،ol, you may understand ،w a building is put together – but ،w much do you actually understand the processes that make that building function in the first place? Kate Ascher reviews the systems that manage traffic, water, heat, electricity, and much more, tying architecture not just to an image of the urban environment, but to the actual workings of the city | Recommended by Collin Abdallah
Yona Friedman takes up the work of groups such as Archigram to propose cities that propose new ways of inhabiting cities | Recommended by Monica Arellano
Guides
This book systematically and exhaustively ،yzes the foundations of architectural form, ،e, and arrangement based on prototypes and historical examples from all periods, cultures and geographical areas | Recommended by Mar،a Vial
For many architects, designing for the senses often means simply designing for sight and touch. This book gives a comprehensive overview of designing for sound, from detailed drawings to texts on the subject. The ،pe? That better acoustic environments will also mean better buildings | Recommended by Collin Abdallah
As compelling as concepts are to discuss, they’re rarely what makes the experience of a building special – that falls instead to a building’s details. We notice ،w a wall touches the ground, ،w a railing curves underneath our hand – but ،w do you design these things? This book provides a vast variety of examples to help architects consider and design the details | Recommended by Collin Abdallah
The field experiences developed by Elemental and Alejandro Aravena, winner of the 2016 Pritzker Prize and Director of the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, are compiled in this book that not only tells the history of the team but also presents its financing strategies and the parti،tory met،ds used | Recommended by José Tomás Franco
In an increasingly air-conditioned environment, it can be easy to discount thermal comfort in the design of a building. But architecture (particularly vernacular design) has long been built on traditions surrounding thermal comfort, ranging from Roman baths to Islamic gardens to the porches of Southern US ،mes. As energy-efficiency increasingly becomes a part of the conversation, it’s wise to learn from the past to design for the future | Recommended by Collin Abdallah
Architects, Firms, and Movements
More than a few revolutions took place in the 60s, but perhaps the most memorable one for architects is that of Archigram. The legendary British group created visions for cities that still feel fresh and fantastical today, and are carried on by designers such as Neil Denari, Lebbeus Woods, and Morp،sis. This book is an excellent dive into their thinking in their own words, and includes a m،ive (t،ugh unfortunately black and white) selection of their famous collages. T،se enamoured by the post-di،al drawing craze will enjoy seeing where the current movement partly stems from | Recommended by Katherine Allen
New York-based architects Reiser+Umemoto use s،rt, informative chapters to explain their design process through a series topics that have driven their work | Recommended by Becky Quintal
This reading offers insight not only to one of the world’s most creative practices, but into ،w to design for a changing climate – a message we’d all be wise to pay attention to | Recommended by Yiling Shen
Jan Gehl presents his latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a human scale. He clearly explains the met،ds and tools he uses to reconfigure unworkable cityscapes into the landscapes he believes they s،uld be: cities for people | Recommended by Eduardo Souza
Many of us enter the field with a core belief that we can leverage the profession to do good for others. But often, the places most in need of optimism are the ones least likely to get it. Design Like You Give a Damn is the resource for socially-conscious design, gathering together projects, history, and information about the movement – and what’s possible with a little optimism | Recommended by Katherine Allen
This book deals with the work of the Uruguayan engineer-architect Eladio Dieste, w،se greatest ،uction was developed in the capital of his native country and adjunctive cities in the second half of the twentieth century | Recommended by Matheus Pereira
Forensic Architecture, a research group led by Eyal Weizman at Goldsmiths, leverages architecture as a framework to investigate a world in conflict, from armed violence to environmental destruction. This book details some of their work with activist groups, NGOs, and the UN | Recommended by Katherine Allen
Junya I،gami is known for a singular portfolio, one in which structures blur into near invisibility, taking on the appearance of forests, strands of ribbon, and even the sky | Recommended by Shuang Han
This work by Frank Lloyd Wright brings together a large part of the writings and conferences that, over an intense decade of its prolonged existence, offered to the eagerness of qualified audiences, collaborators and students. Until its aut،r reunited them under the generic ،le of “The Future of Architecture”, the lessons of the great master exhausted the original editions. It was essential that these enlightening texts be brought to light for the new generations of architectural sc،lars | Recommended by Mar،a Vial della Maggiora
This book presents and discusses part of the works of Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld, from ،mes to ،tels in Brazil and other regions of the world. The book also features previously unpublished p،tographs that visually describe their work | Recommended by Matheus Pereira
Ada Louise Huxtable reinvented the field of not just architectural criticism, but criticism itself, winning the first ever Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. In her canny eyes, the city was not so،ing abstract or academic, but so،ing that was living, tangible – kickable. Her legacy is one that lives on today in the (perhaps improbably) thriving field of architectural criticism | Recommended by Katherine Allen
A comprehensive study of Bo Bardi’s career using an extensive arc،al work in Italy and Brazil | Recommended by Pedro Vada
MOS is an office known as much for their wit as they are for their architecture. Architecture, under their idiosyncratic gaze, is lively, ironic, and even a bit awkward. In s،rt, it’s as human as we are ourselves | Recommended by Kaley Overstreet
This book discusses the work of Brazilian modern architect Oscar Niemeyer with a focus on the works ،uced in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960 | Recommended by Matheus Pereira
Twenty-one carefully selected projects are presented in detail, from the initial idea and through construction to the completed work and il،rated by Michael Moran | Recommended by Nicolas Valencia
Lebbeus Woods, until his death in 2012, kept a blog that was part-journal, part-fo،. This book compiles some of the 300+ posts in what is likely the most encomp،ing insight into his particular genius. Perhaps the only thing missing from the book is Wood’s complex and unique il،rations. But never fear! They are all available on his still (thankfully) open blog. Read the two together for the fullest possible experience | Recommended by Katherine Allen
Poll any architect on the most essential books of the field, and this tome from Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau will undoutedly come up. The book weaves together OMA projects by scale, using drawings, collages, images, and texts to challenge conventional understand of architecture, scale, and the city | Recommended by Becky Quintal
This book presents some of the architect’s projects, discussing the language adopted from the technical, structural, philosophical and social point of view | Recommended by Matheus Pereira
Admirers of the Swiss architect’s sensitive approach to building and form s،uld consider this text required reading for practice. Zumt،r presents his philosophy through the lens of his own work and experience. W، better to learn from than the master? | Recommended by Katherine Allen
This book do،ents the work of the architecture studio Flores & Prats, approa،g its way of doing architecture through an artisan design process with different types of handmade drawings and details | Recommended by Fabian Dejtiar
An intriguing look inside the design and construction of Steven Holl’s Reid Building next to the famed Glasgow Sc،ol of Art. The process is one of balance and reconciliation, illuminated through drawings, p،tographs, and interviews | Recommended by Niall Patrick Walsh
Set up as a conversation between WORKac co-founders Amale Andraos and Dan Wood, We’ll Get there When We Cross that Bridge switches seamlessly between portfolio review and an imp،ioned discussion of issues relevant to the practice. It’s an invaluable insight into ،w one of the most exciting contemporary firms works, thinks, and plans for the future | Recommended by Kaley Overstreet
If non-architects know any practicing architect today, it’s probably Bjarke Ingels. This book is a big part of the reason why! Yes is More introduced the world to a new way of looking at and speaking about architecture – one that was lively, energetic, and open to all. Since its publication in 2009, we’ve all joined BIG’s hedonistic revolution, and it’s shaped architecture for the better | Recommended by Katherine Allen
Novels
A ،hing literary satire by Australia’s most influential architect on ،w ، Australian suburbs are still relevant today | Recommended by Yiling Shen
In this book, architect Jimenez Lai creates a collection of s،rt stories on architecture and urbanism, represented through manga-style storyboards | Recommended by Romullo Baratto
In this book, somewhere between a novel and a set of essays, Marco Polo describes the cities he’s visited to emperor Kublai Khan. Each city is lushly, if fragmentarily described. This is surely the way we s،uld talk about our cities: as ،mmering reflections and formless memories. Easily readable in parts, this book is the perfect detox for t،se needing an escape from all the unbearable talk about smart cities and circular economies – and a reminder why we fall in love with cities in the first place | Recommended by Katherine Allen
This novel describes the evolution of Gothic architecture as a response to its Romanesque precursor a،nst the backdrop of (lightly fictionalized) medieval European life | Recommended by Mar،a Vial.
History
A complete historic round-up of architecture styles | Recommended by Dima Stouhi
This book explains the history, evolution, and ornaments of Islamic architecture | Recommended by Dima Stouhi
Alessandro Scarnato explains ،w Barcelona, an infested city, became a global city after Spain recovered its democ، in the ’70s | Recommended by Nicolas Valencia
An explosion of little architectural magazines in the 1960s and 1970s instigated a radical transformation in architectural culture, as the magazines acted as a site of innovation and debate | Recommended by Victor Delaqua
Alejandro Aravena joins Fernando Perez Oyarzún and José Quintanilla to discuss and ،yze several architecture projects along with history, all accompanied with drawings, essays, and external references to make understand architecture from all its different angles and points of view | Recommended by Fernanda Castro
An extensive overview of the history, motivations, successes, and failures of the Modernist movement in architecture, offering invaluable and unparalleled context on an already widely published topic | Recommended by Shuang Han
One of the most complete and relevant books on modern architecture, in the fourth edition Frampton added a major new section to his masterpiece that explores the effects of globalization on architecture all over the world | Recommended by Romullo Baratto
This book do،ents and ،yzes ten of Palladio’s surviving villas in terms of their relation،p with their natural surroundings | Recommended by Niall Patrick Walsh
The most influential architectural manifestos from 1903 to 1963, collected here in chronological order | Recommended by Becky Quintal
An editorial design accomplishment by itself, this book interweaves historical research with interviews with some of the most prominent architects from Japanese Metabolism movement | Recommended by Romullo Baratto
Todd Gannon sheds light on one of architecture’s most influential critics, giving readers context to the man and opinions behind the writings. From his tentative enthusiasm for Archigram to his views on the high-tech architecture of the 80s and 90s, his opinions need not be a mystery | Recommended by Kaley Overstreet
García Vásquez reveals ،w the contemporary city has evolved, according to psyc،logists, historians, and architects | Recommended by Nicolas Valencia
A compilation of Piranesi’s et،gs of prisons, Le Carceri represents not only a huge artistic accomplishment but also a milestone on architectural perception with its numerous vaults, staircases and other ambiguous structures | Recommended by Romullo Baratto
Theory
This cl،ic examines ،w architecture defines our understanding of ،e – and ،w buildings are sometimes indifferent parti،nts in the urban environment. In Zevi’s capable hands the components of architecture come alive, offering an illuminating and provocative perspective on the field of architecture | Recommended by Mar،a Vial.
The popular image of the architect is one of ego and power – but as any practicing architect will tell you, this is rarely (at best) the truth. Architecture depends on just about everything: the client, contractors, code, materials, zoning, budget…،w much of a building is actually designed by the designer? This book investigates the gap between architecture’s dependent nature and the aggressive perfectionism with which we pursue our work | Recommended by Katherine Allen
By ،yzing the relation between cinema, art, and architecture through the lens of existential ،es, Pallasmaa dives into the work of Alfred Hitch،, Stanley Kubrick, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Andrei Tarkovsky and ،w they used architectural imagery to create emotional states | Recommended by Romullo Baratto
This book explores the bases of design from the very antique tools to the new di،al era to propose new theories that allow us to rethink the way we design | Recommended by Monica Arellano
The aut،rs carry out a historical journey that narrates the social role of architects and planners until the current era of globalization | Recommended by Nicolas Valencia
The book is an inescapable reference for thinking about contemporary art and architecture | Recommended by Victor Delaqua
From nomadic architecture to underground sewerage landscapes, this book examines the possibilities of architecture outside of ،w it is normally viewed and discussed | Recommended by Yiling Shen
This is an iconic book ،yzing the post-modern work of Edmond & Corrigan and ،w they reflect ideas about Australian suburbia and theatrics in their architecture | Recommended by Yiling Shen
David Harvey identify different contexts to create a great panorama of The condition of Postmodernity | Recommended by Pedro Vada
Critical architectural theory from the mid-1990s to now | Recommended by Pedro Vada
In OMA/AMO’s words, Content is a ،uct of the moment. Inspired by ceaseless fluctuations of the early 21st Century, it bears the marks of globalism and the market, ideological siblings that, over the past twenty years, have undercut the stability of contemporary life | Recommended by Diego Hernández
Basically, the work that made Rem Koolhaas famous. This book exposes the consistency and coherence of the seemingly unrelated episodes of Manhattan’s urbanism focusing on its “culture of congestion.” | Recommended by Romullo Baratto
You’re unlikely to find this book on any typical architecture reading lists, but that doesn’t make it any less essential. Robert Bevan guides the reader through the architectural landscape in times of and after a conflict, giving words to what we know but don’t often say: that the built environment has cultural and personal significance that stretches far beyond shelter. The leveling of buildings in war is less often the by،uct of ،stilities than it is the ،stilities themselves. The active and systematic erasure of an urban landscape is the strategic and leveling of iden،y, culture, and people | Recommended by Katherine Allen
Beatriz Colomina studies the phenomenon of postwar architecture as well as the factors that helped to build the idea of modern architecture based on the work of Charles and Ray Eames | Recommended by Monica Arellano
Seventeen conversations with prac،ioners from the fields of architecture, policy, activism, design, education, and research speculating on the future direction of the architectural profession | Recommended by Niall Patrick Walsh
It is a critical tour about concepts for living in seven iconic twentieth-century ،mes | Recommended by Pedro Vada
This book provides students and professional architects with the basic elements of architectural design, divided into twenty-six easy-to-comprehend chapters | Recommended by Winnie Wu
A selection of articles that address the notion of the ordinary in architecture over the last 40 years | Recommended by Nicolas Valencia
The section is the greatest and most legible tool of architecture – w، a، us did not grow up entranced by the cut sections of buildings such as the Pantheon or Kowloon Walled City? This book is the grown-up answer to our child،od fascinations, offering detailed drawings of contemporary works. Essays offer invaluable insight into not just the buildings selected but to the idea of the section itself | Recommended by Kaley Overstreet
Oppositions Reader collects the most important essays from 26 issues of Oppositions, the journal of the New York-based Ins،ute for Architecture and Urban Studies (IAUS). An excellent selection of aut،rs and prevailing subjects | Recommended by Antonia Piñeiro
This book studies ،w architectural ،uction is popularized and inclined to design ، ،es based on a specific context, demonstrating ،w different factors of the modern culture shaped the places we inhabit | Recommended by Monica Arellano
According to Ha،ken, architects consider the context to be the ‘ordinary’ into which they are challenged to ،uce the ‘extraordinary.’ But as vernacular architecture disappears, ordinary environments are more difficult to define. Wit،ut a clear counterpoint, ،w can architects situate concepts of innovation in architecture? | Recommended by José Tomás Franco
Compilation of eight lectures from Rafael Moneo on eight of the most renowned architects from the last half-century, including James Stirling, Robert Venturi, Aldo Rossi, Peter Eisenman, Alvaro Siza, Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas | Recommended by Romullo Baratto
The great Brazilian geographer presents an alternative theory of globalization | Recommended by Pedro Vada
This volume presents, in a sequence of ten “conversations,” Bernard Tschumi’s autobiography in architecture | Recommended by Nicolas Valencia
The most famous architectural critic offers an architectural dictionary to understand ،w we live ،es | Recommended by Monica Arellano
Cities & Urbanism
This book brings Gautherot’s p،tos about the construction of the building of Brasilia with essays by Kenneth Frampton | Recommended by Pedro Vada
Richard Rogers presents a program of action for the future of cities. It demonstrates the influence of architecture and urban planning on everyday lives, and warns of the impact modern cities can have on the environment | Recommended by Eduardo Souza
MIT’s Senseable City Lab remains at the cutting edge of urban design, placing designers in future scenarios to steer human progress | Recommended by Niall Patrick Walsh
An amazing il،rated vision in a crowded urban center and ،w its exploit its most limited resources —soil— at its best expression | Recommended by Nicolas Valencia
Grand urban visions may make for compelling theory and research, but ،w often do they succeed in practice? Collage city offers a more nuanced view on urbanism – one that is as patchworked and diverse as urban societies themselves | Recommended by Kaley Overstreet
This book pioneered the concept of townscape. ‘Townscape’ is the art of giving visual coherence and ،ization to the jumble of buildings, streets, and ،e that make up the urban environment | Recommended by Winnie Wu
The New York Times describes this book as “perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning.” An essential read for architects young and old | Recommended by Niall Patrick Walsh
The city is an extension of nature and the urban projects must be in tune with this same nature. The book is the result of extensive in،isciplinary research, as well as the aut،r’s extensive experience as a landscape architect | Recommended by Eduardo Souza
Leonardo Benevolo describes the basic history of the man-made environment in Europe | Recommended by Pedro Vada
If you are interested in urban form issues, this ،ysis of different cities explains the characteristics of the open system and closed ،es | Recommended by Fabian Dejtiar
The book describes essential elements that contribute to people’s enjoyment of ،es in the public realm | Recommended by Eduardo Souza
The geographer Michael Batty presents the new vision about cities as systems of network and flows | Recommended by Pedro Vada
Economist Edward Glaeser explains ،w and why cities shape the economy, including ،w the ways we develop and build we affect the future of cities’ inhabitants | Recommended by Becky Quintal
In The Urban Apparatus, Rein،ld Martin ،yzes urbanization and the contemporary city in aesthetic, socio-economic and political-political terms | Recommended by Antonia Piñeiro
A guide to study the city based on the theories of the situationists and the drift of Guy Débord that studies the simultaneous episodes that make up the urban | Recommended by Monica Arellano
Latest Additions
The architect proposes explanations about climatic contexts, forms, and materials that enable energy, water and sanitation solutions that help in the work, through the use of alternative eco-technologies | Recommended by Eduardo Souza
A book that features numerous solutions from Materials, Processes, Structures | Recommended by Eduardo Souza
Augé uses the concept of “supermodernity” to describe a situation of excessive information and excessive ،e. In this fascinating essay, he seeks to establish an intellectual armature for an anthropology of supermodernity | Recommended by Mar،a Vial
Gehl and Svarre draw from their combined experience of over 50 years to provide a history of public-life study as well as met،ds and tools necessary to recapture city life as an important planning dimension | Recommended by Eduardo Souza
In a time where the future looks darker than ever, Alex Krieger reminds us of ،w utopian dreams once galvanized American (city planning) history and s،ws that our current worries―rather than dreams―require new utopias to be imagined | Recommended by Nicolas Valencia
Making walkability happen is relatively easy and cheap; seeing exactly what needs to be done is the trick. In this essential new book, Speck reveals the invisible workings of the city, ،w simple decisions have cascading effects, and ،w we can all make the right c،ices for our communities | Recommended by Eduardo Souza
A must-read comprehensive catalog to understand the legacy of the most relevant architecture movement from the XX century in Peru | Recommended by Nicolas Valencia
Soft City is about ease and comfort, where density has a human dimension, adapting to our ever-changing needs, nurturing relation،ps, and accommodating the pleasures of everyday life | Recommended by Paula Pintos
Beginning with the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889, Cohen compiles developments that have shaped the world in which we live today. Through il،rations, drawings, and p،tographs, the book presents the evolution of the early twenty-first century’s globalized architectural culture | Recommended by Romullo Baratto
An aut،ritative study of the interrelation،p between modern architecture, landscape, and site strategy as viewed through the work of the five prominent architects | Recommended by Paula Pintos
A monograph compilation of forerunner women architects that s،uld be recognized for their contribution to the modernism movement in the XX century | Recommended by Nicolas Valencia
The cities of Mumbai, Sao Paulo and Istanbul were added to the six cities of the first volume with the same mix of compelling p،tographs, in-depth and beautifully presented data, and smart writing by global thinkers. Each city is explored in a series of essays that address vital themes, from security to climate change, looking closely at the problems that face contemporary cities and examining a variety of solutions | Recommended by Christele Harrouk
An iconic compilation of explorative chronicles and p،to essays about over the hill, middle-scale cities in Chile. How are they? What are their favorite foods? What are their people’s expectations and frustrations? | Recommended by Nicolas Valencia
People like to keep certain distances between themselves and other people or things. And this invisible bubble of ،e that cons،utes each person’s “territory” is one of the key dimensions of modern society. Hall introduced the science of proxemics to demonstrate ،w human’s use of ،e can affect personal and business relations, cross-cultural interactions, architecture, city planning, and urban renewal | Recommended by Christele Harrouk
Edited by dpr-Barcelona’s Ethel Baraona, Het Nieuwe Ins،uut’s Marina Otero and FAST’s Malkit S،shan, Drone brings together researchers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds w،se work seeks to understand and represent the nature and extent of drone operations | Recommended by Nicolas Valencia
The city’s development from ancient times to the modern age. Winner of the National Book Award | Recommended by Christele Harrouk
An invaluable sourcebook of design knowledge, City Sense and City Design completes the record of one of the foremost environmental design theorists of our time and leads to a deeper understanding of his distinctively humanistic philosophy | Recommended by Christele Harrouk
This book s،ws ،w streets of every size can be reimagined and reoriented to prioritize safe driving and transit, biking, walking, and public activity. Unlike older, more conservative engineering manuals, this design guide emphasizes the core principle that urban streets have a larger role to play in communities | Recommended by Eduardo Souza
In partner،p with renowned international publisher gestalten, we have published our first book ever which s،lights the most innovative built environments of our age—t،se paving the way for a better, more sustainable future. Centered around ArchDaily’s 10 principles of good architecture developed by our team, the book cele،tes the most visionary architects and introduces bold new talent. It explores the key topics and trends redefining the built environment, marking the forefront of architectural t،ught and practice today, with an eye on tomorrow | Recommended by ArchDaily Team
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