Year One Suggested Reading

This list is intended to give a general background to support the studio element of
the course. It is not expected that you will read every book over the course of the
year, but you are encouraged to read as widely as possible to inform your project
work, and to gain a greater understanding of contemporary architecture and the
design process. Individual lecture courses will provide more specific reading lists.
General
Bachelard, Gaston

Poetics of Space

Baden-Powell, Charlotte

The Architects Pocket Book

Cullen, Gordon

Concise Townscape

Frampton, Kenneth

Modern architecture: a critical

history

Beacon Press, Boston,

1969
Architectural Press,
2008
Architectural Press,
1996
Thames & Hudson,
1992

Franck, Karen A. & R.

Bianca Lepori
Harris, Steven and
Deborah Berke (editors)
Holl, S., Pallasmaa, J.,
Perez-Gomez, A.
Rem Koolhaus, & Bruce
Mau
Lynch, Kevin

Architecture from the Inside Out

Wiley-Academy, 2000

Architecture of the Everyday

The Image of the City

Princeton Architectural
Press, 1997
Architecture and
Urbanism. July 1994
010 Publishers,
Rotterdam, 1995
MIT Press, 1960

Anderson, Jane

Architectural Design

Ava Publishing, 2010

Ching, Francis

Architecture: Form, Space and

Order
The Crit. An Architecture
Students Handbook
101 Things I Learnt at
Architecture School
Toothpicks and Logos: Design in
Everyday Life
Graphic Thinking for Architects
and Designers
Analysing Architecture

John Wiley & Sons,

2007
Architectural Press,
Oxford 2000
MIT Press, 2007

Questions of Perception.
Phenomenology of Architecture
S, M, L, XL

Design Process

Doidge, C., Sara, R.,

Parnell, R., Parsons, M.
Frederick, Matthew
Heskett, John
Laseau, Paul
Unwin, Simon

Oxford University
Press, 2002
John Wiley & Sons,
2001
Routledge, 2003

Drawing Skills
Robbins, Edward

Why Architects Draw

MIT Press

Ching, Francis

Architectural Graphics

John Wiley & Sons,

2007

Construction & Materials

Ballard Bell, Victoria

Materials for Architectural Design

Ching, Francis

Building Construction Illustrated

Weston, Richard

Materials, Form and Architecture

Laurence King
Publishing, 2006
John Wiley & Sons,
2008
Lawrence King, 2003.

Dahl, Torben

Climate and Architecture

Routledge, 2009

Harris, Cindy & Borer,

Pat
Thomas, Randall (ed.)

The Whole House Book

CAT Publications, 2005

Environmental Design: An Intro.

for Architects and Engineers
Solar Energy and Housing
Design: Volume 1 and Volume 2

Taylor & Francis, 1996

Pope, Nicholas

Experimental Houses

Laurence King, 2000

Richardson, Phyllis

XS: Big Ideas, Small Buildings

Thames & Hudson

Slavid, Ruth

MICRO Very Small Architecture

Laurence King, 2007

Sustainability

Yannas, S.

The Architectural
Association, 1994

Precedents

Students frequently ask about which architectural magazines/journals they should

read or subscribe to. There are loads in the architecture library; try these out and
see which ones you like if you really fall in love with one, subscribe by all means.
The Architects Journal (AJ) (weekly covering many aspects of design, practice,
legal, jobs, services, etc.)
The Architectural Review (AR) (monthly, usually themed issues such as particular
building types or cities a favorite with students, can build up into a useful source of
reference. Usually there are student rates for subscriptions, and discount offers if
you get the AJ as well).