i am a second year architecture student and i just have my mid term break at the moment....not much stuff to do so i thought i would cultivate a habit of reading.......can u guys recommend any good books?????
archiwutm8
Jul 19, 16 5:53 am
The ten books on architecture by Vitruvius.
Non Sequitur
Jul 19, 16 6:13 am
"Waging Heavy Peace" by Neil Young.
curtkram
Jul 19, 16 7:24 am
One day in the life of ivan denisovich
Non Sequitur
Jul 19, 16 7:27 am
"Last chance to see" by Douglas Adams is my favorite. Try and find the version with the foreword by Dawkins.
Donna Sink
Jul 19, 16 8:46 am
For An Architecture of Reality by Michael Benedikt is a lovely rumination on materiality in existence. it's short and easy to read, but contains serious ideas. Similarly, Thermal Delight in Architecture by Lisa Heschong makes one think about the body in space in both prosaic and romantic ways.
Jimenez Lai's Citizens of No Place is a great dystopian story and a beautiful graphic novel -read it for the line weights, alone!
Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Sempel is a hilarious novel starring the character who is IMO the best portrayal of the architect psyche I've ever read.
A controversial non-architecture-related novel of the summer is Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters and it is fantastic - sort of noir detective, sort of science fiction, definitely political.
BulgarBlogger
Jul 19, 16 9:35 am
Mastery by Robert Greene
awaiting_deletion
Jul 20, 16 7:12 am
Kenneth Frampton's Modern Architecture
Sam Apoc
Jul 20, 16 11:28 am
I found Delirious New York entertaining. Recommended if you like Koolhaas / tongue-in-cheek revisionist history / New York City architectural history
proto
Jul 20, 16 2:38 pm
not much recent reading in architecture...:
wasn't all that impressed with jeff manaugh's "a burglar's guide to the city"...was hoping for more
more fiction of late, not necessarily current:
H is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald -- little too much navel-gazing for me
Shogun, james clavell -- a return to a good summer read
the goldfinch, donna tartt -- great read
smilla's sense of snow, peter hoeg -- odd and enjoyable
empire of the summer moon, sc gwynne -- history of the native america
the power of one, bryce courtenay -- solid start to finish
hey guys...
i am a second year architecture student and i just have my mid term break at the moment....not much stuff to do so i thought i would cultivate a habit of reading.......can u guys recommend any good books?????
The ten books on architecture by Vitruvius.
"Waging Heavy Peace" by Neil Young.
One day in the life of ivan denisovich
"Last chance to see" by Douglas Adams is my favorite. Try and find the version with the foreword by Dawkins.
For An Architecture of Reality by Michael Benedikt is a lovely rumination on materiality in existence. it's short and easy to read, but contains serious ideas. Similarly, Thermal Delight in Architecture by Lisa Heschong makes one think about the body in space in both prosaic and romantic ways.
Jimenez Lai's Citizens of No Place is a great dystopian story and a beautiful graphic novel -read it for the line weights, alone!
Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Sempel is a hilarious novel starring the character who is IMO the best portrayal of the architect psyche I've ever read.
A controversial non-architecture-related novel of the summer is Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters and it is fantastic - sort of noir detective, sort of science fiction, definitely political.
Mastery by Robert Greene
Kenneth Frampton's Modern Architecture
I found Delirious New York entertaining. Recommended if you like Koolhaas / tongue-in-cheek revisionist history / New York City architectural history
not much recent reading in architecture...:
wasn't all that impressed with jeff manaugh's "a burglar's guide to the city"...was hoping for more
more fiction of late, not necessarily current:
H is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald -- little too much navel-gazing for me
Shogun, james clavell -- a return to a good summer read
the goldfinch, donna tartt -- great read
smilla's sense of snow, peter hoeg -- odd and enjoyable
empire of the summer moon, sc gwynne -- history of the native america
the power of one, bryce courtenay -- solid start to finish