A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Granted, not all buildings should have a book devoted to them, but definitely more than have been given the case-study treatment. My favorites tend toward the last: an abundance of visual information accompanied by input from both creators and critics.

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Housing Restoration Deconstruction Diagram 102

The Architect's Guide

APRIL 8, 2021

The Architecture Reference & Specification Book updated & revised: Everything Architects Need to Know Every Day. A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. By Julia McMorrough. Buy on Amazon.

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Architecture Sketching Students Architecture Student 52

Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

In what has become an annual “must write” post, I present to you THE definitive list of “What to Get an Architect for Christmas.” If I ever saw something that an architecture student needed, this is it. 360 pages of photos, diagrams, the evolution of the museum over time, and much more.

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Architect Sketching Residential Modern 80

Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

I’m a 20 year old architecture student from India and I do believe I’m going through an identity crisis, right in the midst of my submissions too! One incident that stands out was in the third grade where kids are being taught about visualizing when drawing, special relationships, scale, measuring, etc. Thanks a lot!

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Architect Education Architecture Students 112