Must-Read Architecture Books (fiction and nonfiction)

1.
Architecture: Form, Space, & Order
Architecture: Form, Space, & Order 4.29 avg rating β€” 3,992 ratings
2.
Neufert Architects' Data, Third Edition
Neufert Architects' Data, Third Edition 4.40 avg rating β€” 1,807 ratings
3.
A Visual Dictionary of Architecture
A Visual Dictionary of Architecture 4.29 avg rating β€” 1,727 ratings
4.
The Architecture of the City (Oppositions Books)
The Architecture of the City (Oppositions Books) 4.04 avg rating β€” 1,291 ratings
5.
The Poetics of Space
The Poetics of Space 4.18 avg rating β€” 10,888 ratings
6.
The Image of the City
The Image of the City 4.05 avg rating β€” 4,121 ratings
7.
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
The Death and Life of Great American Cities 4.29 avg rating β€” 19,192 ratings
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series) 4.42 avg rating β€” 5,328 ratings
9.
In Praise of Shadows
In Praise of Shadows 4.01 avg rating β€” 28,548 ratings
10.
The Four Books of Architecture
The Four Books of Architecture 4.16 avg rating β€” 604 ratings
11.
The Hidden Dimension
The Hidden Dimension 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,529 ratings
12.
The Ten Books on Architecture
The Ten Books on Architecture
by: Vitruvius
4.04 avg rating β€” 2,685 ratings
13.
Architecture: Presence, Language, Place
Architecture: Presence, Language, Place 4.19 avg rating β€” 99 ratings
14.
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture 4.09 avg rating β€” 1,879 ratings
15.
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School 4.08 avg rating β€” 5,654 ratings
16.
Architectural Graphics
Architectural Graphics 4.22 avg rating β€” 1,080 ratings
17.
Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form
Learning from Las Vegas: The Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form 4.01 avg rating β€” 2,522 ratings
18.
Architecture As Space
Architecture As Space 4.01 avg rating β€” 714 ratings
19.
Wastu Citra
Wastu Citra 4.36 avg rating β€” 262 ratings
19.
Atmospheres: Architectural Environments. Surrounding Objects
Atmospheres: Architectural Environments. Surrounding Objects 4.42 avg rating β€” 2,456 ratings
21.
Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience
Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,137 ratings
22.
The Timeless Way of Building
The Timeless Way of Building 4.37 avg rating β€” 2,573 ratings
23.
From Bauhaus to Our House
From Bauhaus to Our House
by: Tom Wolfe
3.77 avg rating β€” 4,139 ratings
24.
The Seven Lamps of Architecture
The Seven Lamps of Architecture 3.83 avg rating β€” 925 ratings
25.
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating β€” 333,871 ratings
26.
The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses
The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses 4.38 avg rating β€” 4,210 ratings
27.
A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals
A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals 4.07 avg rating β€” 609 ratings
28.
Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition
Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition 4.15 avg rating β€” 486 ratings
29.
Thinking Architecture
Thinking Architecture 4.24 avg rating β€” 3,498 ratings
30.
Modern Architecture Since 1900
Modern Architecture Since 1900 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,198 ratings
31.
At Home: A Short History of Private Life
At Home: A Short History of Private Life 3.99 avg rating β€” 97,411 ratings
32.
A Global History of Architecture
A Global History of Architecture 4.25 avg rating β€” 395 ratings
33.
The Classical Language of Architecture
The Classical Language of Architecture 4.01 avg rating β€” 620 ratings
34.
Genius Loci: Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture
Genius Loci: Towards a Phenomenology of Architecture 4.26 avg rating β€” 504 ratings
35.
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
by: Ross King
3.91 avg rating β€” 27,851 ratings
36.
Arsitektur yang Membodohkan
Arsitektur yang Membodohkan 4.09 avg rating β€” 43 ratings
37.
Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail
Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 819 ratings
38.
Drawing: A Creative Process
Drawing: A Creative Process 4.15 avg rating β€” 201 ratings
39.
Houses Made of Wood and Light: The Life and Architecture of Hank Schubart
Houses Made of Wood and Light: The Life and Architecture of Hank Schubart 4.20 avg rating β€” 44 ratings
40.
Analysing Architecture
Analysing Architecture 4.09 avg rating β€” 568 ratings
41.
My Passion for Design
My Passion for Design 4.14 avg rating β€” 511 ratings
42.
Louis Kahn: Conversations with Students (Architecture at Rice, 26)
Louis Kahn: Conversations with Students (Architecture at Rice, 26) 4.14 avg rating β€” 308 ratings
43.
Poetry, Language, Thought
Poetry, Language, Thought 4.11 avg rating β€” 3,638 ratings
44.
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things 4.09 avg rating β€” 12,395 ratings
45.
Design Drawing
Design Drawing 4.22 avg rating β€” 505 ratings
46.
Cities for People
Cities for People
by: Jan Gehl
4.35 avg rating β€” 2,335 ratings
47.
50 Buildings You Should Know (50 You Should Know)
50 Buildings You Should Know (50 You Should Know) 3.41 avg rating β€” 54 ratings
48.
Simple Rules: What the Oldtime Builders Knew
Simple Rules: What the Oldtime Builders Knew 3.36 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
49.
An Outline of European Architecture
An Outline of European Architecture 4.06 avg rating β€” 225 ratings
50.
Against Architecture
Against Architecture 3.67 avg rating β€” 166 ratings
51.
Traditional Construction Patterns: Design and Detail Rules-of-Thumb
Traditional Construction Patterns: Design and Detail Rules-of-Thumb 4.19 avg rating β€” 42 ratings
52.
Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability
Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less are the Keys to Sustainability 3.72 avg rating β€” 1,560 ratings
53.
The Formal Basis of Modern Architecture: Dissertation 1963, Facsimile
The Formal Basis of Modern Architecture: Dissertation 1963, Facsimile 4.07 avg rating β€” 41 ratings
54.
Space in Architecture: The Evolution of a New Idea in the Theory and History of Modern Movements
Space in Architecture: The Evolution of a New Idea in the Theory and History of Modern Movements 4.18 avg rating β€” 62 ratings
55.
Interior Design Illustrated
Interior Design Illustrated 4.17 avg rating β€” 485 ratings
56.
Experiencing Architecture
Experiencing Architecture 4.03 avg rating β€” 2,111 ratings
57.
50 Bauhaus Icons You Should Know (50...you Should Know)
50 Bauhaus Icons You Should Know (50...you Should Know) 3.46 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
57.
Architecture and Disjunction
Architecture and Disjunction 3.98 avg rating β€” 345 ratings
59.
Room 606: The Sas House and the Work of Arne Jacobsen
Room 606: The Sas House and the Work of Arne Jacobsen 4.17 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
59.
Film Architecture: From Metropolis to Blade Runner
Film Architecture: From Metropolis to Blade Runner 3.82 avg rating β€” 50 ratings
61.
China's New Dawn: An Architectural Transformation
China's New Dawn: An Architectural Transformation 3.50 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
61.
S, M, L, XL
S, M, L, XL 4.25 avg rating β€” 1,829 ratings
63.
The Architecture of Happiness
The Architecture of Happiness 3.86 avg rating β€” 14,210 ratings
64.
1001 Traditional Construction Details
1001 Traditional Construction Details 3.80 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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New London Architecture
New London Architecture 3.55 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
66.
The Slate Roof Bible: Understanding, Installing, and Restoring the World's Finest Roof
The Slate Roof Bible: Understanding, Installing, and Restoring the World's Finest Roof 4.46 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
67.
Moment of Grace: The American City in the 1950s
Moment of Grace: The American City in the 1950s 3.63 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
68.
Case Study Houses
Case Study Houses 4.29 avg rating β€” 480 ratings
69.
Green Illusions
Green Illusions 3.97 avg rating β€” 759 ratings
70.
Towards a New Architecture
Towards a New Architecture 3.93 avg rating β€” 4,879 ratings
71.
Structure and Architecture
Structure and Architecture 4.09 avg rating β€” 53 ratings
72.
Concepts of Space in Traditional Indian Architecture
Concepts of Space in Traditional Indian Architecture 4.36 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
73.
Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture
Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture 3.84 avg rating β€” 63 ratings
74.
The Submission
The Submission 3.67 avg rating β€” 12,684 ratings
74.
The Inner Harmony of the Japanese House
The Inner Harmony of the Japanese House 3.69 avg rating β€” 29 ratings
74.
Women of Steel and Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers (6) (Women of Action)
Women of Steel and Stone: 22 Inspirational Architects, Engineers, and Landscape Designers (6) (Women of Action) 3.69 avg rating β€” 93 ratings
74.
Invisible Cities
Invisible Cities 4.10 avg rating β€” 93,550 ratings
78.
The LEGO Architect
The LEGO Architect 4.26 avg rating β€” 372 ratings
79.
Monticello in Measured Drawings
Monticello in Measured Drawings really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
79.
The Continuing City: Urban Morphology in Western Civilization
The Continuing City: Urban Morphology in Western Civilization 4.33 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
81.
The Smart Growth Manual
The Smart Growth Manual 3.99 avg rating β€” 324 ratings
82.
The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History
The Power of Place: Urban Landscapes as Public History 3.90 avg rating β€” 244 ratings
83.
Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography
Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography 3.84 avg rating β€” 413 ratings
83.
Art & Architecture Florence
Art & Architecture Florence 4.11 avg rating β€” 130 ratings
85.
Elements of Spacemaking
Elements of Spacemaking 3.76 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
86.
The Aesthetics of Architecture
The Aesthetics of Architecture 3.82 avg rating β€” 114 ratings
87.
KM3-EXCURSIONS ON CAPACITIES
KM3-EXCURSIONS ON CAPACITIES
by: MVRDV
4.07 avg rating β€” 44 ratings
88.
The Fate of Place: A Philosophical History
The Fate of Place: A Philosophical History 4.15 avg rating β€” 111 ratings
89.
How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built
How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built 4.35 avg rating β€” 1,842 ratings
90.
Heinrich Tessenow, 1876-1950: Opera completa
Heinrich Tessenow, 1876-1950: Opera completa it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
90.
Florence: A Walking Guide to Its Architecture
Florence: A Walking Guide to Its Architecture 3.14 avg rating β€” 7 ratings
90.
Refer la memΓ²ria: Dietaris complets
Refer la memΓ²ria: Dietaris complets really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
90.
The Oregon Experiment (Center for Environmental Structure Series)
The Oregon Experiment (Center for Environmental Structure Series) 3.92 avg rating β€” 181 ratings
90.
Architecture for the Poor: An Experiment in Rural Egypt
Architecture for the Poor: An Experiment in Rural Egypt 4.28 avg rating β€” 682 ratings
90.
Paralaks Oda 3407
Paralaks Oda 3407 4.50 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
90.
10 clefs pour s'ouvrir Γ  l'architecture
10 clefs pour s'ouvrir Γ  l'architecture 2.50 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
90.
The Archisutra
The Archisutra 4.30 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
90.
Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address
Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address 3.58 avg rating β€” 4,826 ratings
90.
Madrid And The Prado: Art and Architecture
Madrid And The Prado: Art and Architecture 3.40 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
90.
The Singular Objects of Architecture
The Singular Objects of Architecture 3.48 avg rating β€” 150 ratings
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