So I'm going to start work soon and I was thinking about reading books on my commute. I apologize in advance if there is already a thread about this but I searched for "books" "must read" and "good read" and I didn't really find what I was looking for. Also if you know of any thread pertaining to this subject I would appreciate the link to it.
Anyway, I'm looking for books that are more about the text than they are about the images. The subject matter being architecture of course, anything pertaining to architecture/urbanism is game. In particular, I'm looking for the "classics." For example Delirious New York, Learning from Las Vegas, and Life and Death of American Cities...I guess the books that professors sometimes refer to in class but that I haven't read...which is probably most.
Thanks in advance for everyone's help. I look forward to getting my read on soon.
The favoured circle by Garry Stevens (Real eye opener for the naive among you)
Philip Johnson:Life and Work by Franz Schulze (Real eye opener for the naive among you)
Architects of Fortune: Mies van der Rohe and the Third Reich (Real eye opener for the naive among you)
If you really want to gain an understanding of the big picture in terms of matters other than architorture:
Tradgedy and Hope by Carroll Quigley
The Next Millions Years by Charles Galton Darwin
Also check out Alan Watt at www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com
Download free audio shows and stick them on your ipod for the journey to work, for a REAL education.
I think Alan Calquhoun's Modern Architecture is excellent. It has pictures but the text is very strong. Words and Buildings by Adrian Forty is also very good, and may become a classic, who knows?
I know it is not a book, but I find that the journal Grey Room always has great articles. I read this journal infrequently and always have my mind expanded about art and architecture. It's not an easy read, but it is worth some effort.
and every year the same question has probably generated a dozen new threads (with usually the same recommendations... and Paul-Archinect sending a link to the Books section)
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So I'm going to start work soon and I was thinking about reading books on my commute. I apologize in advance if there is already a thread about this but I searched for "books" "must read" and "good read" and I didn't really find what I was looking for. Also if you know of any thread pertaining to this subject I would appreciate the link to it.
Anyway, I'm looking for books that are more about the text than they are about the images. The subject matter being architecture of course, anything pertaining to architecture/urbanism is game. In particular, I'm looking for the "classics." For example Delirious New York, Learning from Las Vegas, and Life and Death of American Cities...I guess the books that professors sometimes refer to in class but that I haven't read...which is probably most.
Thanks in advance for everyone's help. I look forward to getting my read on soon.
The favoured circle by Garry Stevens (Real eye opener for the naive among you)
Philip Johnson:Life and Work by Franz Schulze (Real eye opener for the naive among you)
Architects of Fortune: Mies van der Rohe and the Third Reich (Real eye opener for the naive among you)
If you really want to gain an understanding of the big picture in terms of matters other than architorture:
Tradgedy and Hope by Carroll Quigley
The Next Millions Years by Charles Galton Darwin
Also check out Alan Watt at www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com
Download free audio shows and stick them on your ipod for the journey to work, for a REAL education.
I think Alan Calquhoun's Modern Architecture is excellent. It has pictures but the text is very strong. Words and Buildings by Adrian Forty is also very good, and may become a classic, who knows?
I know it is not a book, but I find that the journal Grey Room always has great articles. I read this journal infrequently and always have my mind expanded about art and architecture. It's not an easy read, but it is worth some effort.
you might try
here
or here
smart or dumb books
for the kid in all of us
the archinect book club
and there is a thread called what are you reading but i can't find it at the moment.
there are tons of threads about 'books'... you can search for them
these are all from 2004 (Archinect 2.0 Year 0)...:
Go-To book for inspiration -
http://www.archinect.com/forum/threads.php?id=1561_0_42_0_C
Architecture Reading List -
http://www.archinect.com/forum/threads.php?id=4633_0_42_0_C
another book question -
http://www.archinect.com/forum/threads.php?id=5503_0_42_0_C
Good books to read -
http://www.archinect.com/forum/threads.php?id=6799_0_42_0_C
"bibles" of architecture -
http://www.archinect.com/forum/threads.php?id=10300_0_42_0_C
Good books for a beginner -
http://www.archinect.com/forum/threads.php?id=12107_0_42_0_C
and every year the same question has probably generated a dozen new threads (with usually the same recommendations... and Paul-Archinect sending a link to the Books section)
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