Reference Books

[Abdulwahab]

hello , those are mine . but they are mostly discussing the architectural theory ( which is something i believe to be of a high value in our domain .

[Virginia]

Hi, these are mine

Towards a New Architecture

Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan

The Book of Tea

[Jessica]

To those I'd have to add:

"Visual Explanations", Edward Tufte
"Graphic Anatomy", Atelier Bow-Wow
"The Function of Form" and "The Function of Ornament", Farshid Moussavi
anything by Frank Ching but a good cornerstone is his book on architectural detailing
"Have You Kicked a Building Lately?", Ada Louise Huxtable
Kenneth Frampton
Lewis Mumford
"The City and The City", China Miéville

[Jessica]

To those I'd have to add:

"Visualizing Information", Edward Tufte
"Graphic Anatomy", Atelier Bow-Wow
"The Function of Form" and "The Function of Ornament", Farshid Moussavi
anything by Frank Ching but a good cornerstone is his book on architectural detailing
"Have You Kicked a Building Lately?", Ada Louise Huxtable
Kenneth Frampton
Lewis Mumford
"The City and The City", China Miéville

[Luigi]

Towards an Organic Architecture,B. Zevi, Faber & Faber, London 1950

[Luigi]

Vriginia wrote: "Hi, these are mine

Towards a New Architecture

Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan

The Book of Tea"

Loved those, very inspiring and educating