Does anyone have recommendations for reading up on architecture for a beginner/ potential architecture student? Are there some classic informative books or inspiring material I shouldn't miss out on? I'm speaking very broadly here.
Please don't be negative. I just want to know what some good sources are.
I enjoyed the biography on Philip Johson by Franz Schulz(?) - it was recommended to me by an admissions officer when I was applying to college. Approachable and is a good insight into an era in architecture.
Read and study and practice (ie. sketch patterns observed through visual abstraction from what you see in nature or environment. Incorporate pattern in the visual 'words' used to compose the visual story (the form) of the building. Bring the patterns together into a composition. Sources of pattern can be from microscopic (patterns within a leaf) to macroscopic (patterns within a larger landscape).
A few lessons from Frank Lloyd Wright and nature as a source. From there, you refine the design into the technically refined version addressing all the technical issues.
It isn't just about getting a job and money that pays but also designing good work that people are willing to pay money for.
Getting to know architecture
Does anyone have recommendations for reading up on architecture for a beginner/ potential architecture student? Are there some classic informative books or inspiring material I shouldn't miss out on? I'm speaking very broadly here.
Please don't be negative. I just want to know what some good sources are.
Architect? by Roger Lewis
it's an interesting question on a few levels, because I would advise if you are going to architecture school for various reasons these would apply:
You want a paying job someday - Architectural Graphics by D.F. Ching
You want to work at 'designy' and slightly 'political' firm - S, M, L, XL by Rem Koolhaas
You think you may be the top of your class and will get a job at a trending starchitect's firm requiring knowledge practically no one will ever need - learn Grasshopper and read The Autopoiesis of Architecture: A New Framework for Architecture
You just want to do good architecture....like Rob_C says, no reading, just go out and start sketching what you see.
I enjoyed the biography on Philip Johson by Franz Schulz(?) - it was recommended to me by an admissions officer when I was applying to college. Approachable and is a good insight into an era in architecture.
Thanks so much!
In addition to what Olaf said, I suggest: http://www.miltonstricker.com
Read and study and practice (ie. sketch patterns observed through visual abstraction from what you see in nature or environment. Incorporate pattern in the visual 'words' used to compose the visual story (the form) of the building. Bring the patterns together into a composition. Sources of pattern can be from microscopic (patterns within a leaf) to macroscopic (patterns within a larger landscape).
A few lessons from Frank Lloyd Wright and nature as a source. From there, you refine the design into the technically refined version addressing all the technical issues.
It isn't just about getting a job and money that pays but also designing good work that people are willing to pay money for.
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