Ever wonder what types of books you'll be reading in architecture school? Some books will be less exciting like code or structures resource books (yuck) but others are truly inspiring! Look below to see the books I recommend having.
Books I recommend:
Steel Construction Manual* by Helmut C. Schulitz, Werner Sobek, and Karl J. Habermann
The Architect's Studio Companion* by Edward Allen and Joseph Iano
Lewis Tsurumaki Lewis: Opportunistic Architecture* by Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, David J. Lewis
Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture* by Mario Salvadori
Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail* by Matthys Levy and Mario Salvadori
Architecture: Form, Space, & Order* by Francis D. K. Ching
Building Construction Illustrated* by Francis D. K. Ching
Building Codes Illustrated* by Francis D. K. Ching
Architectural Graphics* by Francis D. K. Ching
The Architecture of Happiness* by Alain de Botton
Form and Forces: Designing Efficient, Expressive Structures* by Edward Allen, Wactaw Zalewski, and Boston Structures Group
Structures* by Daniel L. Schodek and Martin Bechtold
