BEST ARCHITECTURE BOOKS

We have curated a list of essential architecture books every architect must read. The list ranges over many architectural disciplines and subjects. All books featured have been carefully selected from over 10 years of experience.

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Architect's Pocket Book (Routledge Pocket Books)

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Form, Space, and Order, by Francis D.K. Ching

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101 Things I Learned in Architecture School, by Matthew Frederick

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A World History of Architecture, Third Edition

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Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture

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A History of Architecture, by Spiro Kostof

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The Death and Life of Great American Cities, by Jane Jacobs

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Contemporary Japanese Architecture, by Philip Jodidio

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World Architecture: The Masterworks, by Will Pryce

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Delirious New York, by Rem Koolhaas

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Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, by Robert Venturi

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Learning from Las Vegas, by Robert Venturi

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Modern Architecture: A Critical History: 1 (World of Art) by Kenneth Frampton

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S M L XL, by Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau

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The Architecture of Change, by Jerilou Hammett and Maggie Wrigley

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The Architecture of Community, by Leon Krier

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The Architecture of Happiness, by Alain de Botton

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The Architecture of Light, by Mary Ann Steane

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The Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment, by Reyner Banham

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The New Old House: Historic & Modern Architecture Combined by Marc Kristal

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The Urban Sketcher: Techniques for Seeing and Drawing on Location

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Thinking Architecture, by Peter Zumthor

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Towards a New Architects, by Le Corbusier

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The Architecture Reference & Specification Book: Everything Architects Need To Know Every Day by Julia McMorrough

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