Books every architect should read

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  • čas přidán 26. 08. 2024

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  • @scheibe2791
    @scheibe2791 Před 3 lety +247

    Architecture students, if your professors list recommended books on your syllabus, read them even if its not required for the class assignments!!

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  Před 3 lety +16

      I can´t emphasize this enough! Specially if they are not in the syllabus they must have something interesting worth reading....

    • @mohamedmouallem9721
      @mohamedmouallem9721 Před 2 lety +4

      Wish it was that easy :/

    • @thetanking1846
      @thetanking1846 Před 2 lety +4

      How i wish all i have to do is study lol

    • @marianbugarin7062
      @marianbugarin7062 Před rokem +2

      I wish! I was so busy I couldn't have time to read! 😂

  • @alifsk2551
    @alifsk2551 Před 3 lety +215

    1st Book- 01:21
    Vitruvius's 10 books on architecture
    2nd Book-
    02:12 Ten canonical buildings by Peter Eisenmann
    3rd Book- 03:03 The eyes of the skin by Juani Palasma
    4th Book-
    04:03 Modern architecture by Kenneth
    Frampton
    5th book- 04:49 Architecture forms space and order by Francis Ching
    6th Book- 05:27 Presidents in
    architecture by Roger Clark
    7th Book- 06:15 Learning from las vegas by Robert Rentery and
    Denise Scott Brown
    extra books : Delirious new york by ramkul, understanding
    architecture by mccarter, elements of architecture by
    kulhas this is a library's a gigantic
    and a new architecture by le corbusier.

    • @EelcoWind
      @EelcoWind Před 3 lety +4

      A few corrections to make searching for them easier, maybe: Peter Eisenman with one N, Juhani Pallasmaa, Precedents in Architecture, Robert Venturi, and Rem Koolhaas.

  • @anarchitectsouthafrica
    @anarchitectsouthafrica Před 2 lety +13

    Pallasmaa's take on architecture has been greatly under-appreciated and has recently gained more popularity due to new developments in Virtual Reality - making measurable the subjective experience. It is intriguing to see how his work can have such a strong influence in post-colonial and post-orthographic architecture; in all great addition to the reading list especially for The Future of Architecture

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  Před 2 lety

      yes! Pallasmaa and the whole genre was greatly undervalued a few decades ago

  • @garethgriffiths1674
    @garethgriffiths1674 Před 2 lety +6

    Nice list! A few more suggestions:
    - Charles Jencks, The Language of Postmodern Architecture
    - Jeremy Till, Architecture Depends
    - Beatriz Colomina, Are we Human? Notes on an archaeology of design.
    - Kari Jormakka, Design Methods

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  Před 2 lety +1

      great!! the essays by Colomina are really good

  • @AvenitaCZ
    @AvenitaCZ Před 3 lety +22

    Great tips! Read some of these books, but some were new, gonna look into them. I would add in the list any book by Jan Gehl - he writes beautifully about public spaces and the life in them, something that architects sometimes tend to disregard

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  Před 3 lety +1

      Thanks! Yeah, this was mostly architectural history and theory-related. But hopefully, the next one will be towards cities

    • @anarchitectsouthafrica
      @anarchitectsouthafrica Před 2 lety

      Completely agree with the sentiments by the author. We suggest students also check out What is Architecture?: Understanding Architecture (2019) to bring another perspective in

  • @aatmichitalia9690
    @aatmichitalia9690 Před 3 lety +8

    I love complexities and contradictions by Robert Venturi, also Pattern Language

  • @bahramazizi2073
    @bahramazizi2073 Před 2 lety

    "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand, is a novel about the architecture community and is a light read, if you're into that kind of stuff.

  • @gxth8577
    @gxth8577 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for the recommendation! I’m majoring architecture and environmental design. I’ll get it.

  • @aramer25
    @aramer25 Před 3 lety +1

    Solo me he leído los 10 libros de la arquitectura. Los otros ya vendrán cayendo con el tiempo. Buen video!

  • @calavera6896
    @calavera6896 Před 2 lety +9

    if you haven't you at least should take a look at Zumthor's "thinking architecture" - "atmospheres" is also good; Gehls' various works on how cities should focus its design on people's scale and real needs; "pensar con las manos" by Baeza; "la buena vida" by Àbalos. on a more historic side you have Benevolo's, Rossi's and Chueca's works

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  Před 2 lety

      there are so many good ones here! I would add the series by Xavier Monteys on the house

  • @ramsesoctaviogonzalez5737

    Me gusta tu contenido, me apena un poco que lo hagas especifico para gente de habla inglesa sabiendo que hablas castellano.

    • @eduardorozo7915
      @eduardorozo7915 Před 3 lety +2

      El ingles es la lengua mas hablada del mundo, no lo es español. Soy Colombiano al igual que el, y...... entiendo y respetos sus motivos como creador de contenido. Si bien las personas de habla hispana consumen muchisimo contenido en youtube, tambien son los que menos apoyan al creador de contenido (esa informacion es facil de comprobar, + en este tipo de canales). Es un dilema hacia donde va dirigido el por qué del canal y que esperas lograr con el como un profesional en arquitectura........

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  Před 3 lety +10

      Gracias Ramses, no te preocupes entiendo tu frustración. Pero al momento de crear el canal (2016) había una mayor audiencia que hablaba inglés, y al dia de hoy aun es asi. En terminos educativos prefiero alcanzar al mayor numero de gente, espero entiendas :)

    • @josselyniles9789
      @josselyniles9789 Před 3 lety

      @@ShowItBetter Me gustaría que hubiera subtítulos o la opción de ponerlos. Tu contenido me parece muy interesante ✨✨

    • @rbasket8
      @rbasket8 Před 3 lety

      @@ShowItBetter hazlo en inglés, además CZcams paga mejor en inglés y castellano.

  • @dududadadede96
    @dududadadede96 Před 2 lety

    A really well-rounded list.

  • @spicycheetos0072
    @spicycheetos0072 Před 3 lety

    The Great Good Place by Ray Oldenburg for the value of informal public areas! (also not specifically architecture)

  • @brunabraga8899
    @brunabraga8899 Před 3 lety +7

    ¡Belo vídeo, como siempre! Some other books that I think are essential and have shaped my relationship with architecture:
    - Thinking Architecture / Atmospheres, by Peter Zumthor
    - Habitar, by Juhani Pallasmaa
    - The Timless Way of Building, by Christopher Alexander
    - In Praise of Shadows, by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
    I found both Zumthor books, as well as The Timeless Way of Building and Learning from Las Vegas, online for free! It's always worth making a quick Google search, you'd be surprised by the amount of free books we have available.

  • @akshaytomar3602
    @akshaytomar3602 Před 3 lety

    Thanks for this video! ❤️

  • @Roborakify
    @Roborakify Před 3 lety +3

    Lessons for students in architecture by Herman Hertzberger.

  • @abhijeetnavgare1887
    @abhijeetnavgare1887 Před 2 lety

    Man, good compilation...

  • @bingdong8571
    @bingdong8571 Před 8 měsíci

    If there's one that says, stop using the term form vs function then thats number one!

  • @tydusdanchik8384
    @tydusdanchik8384 Před 3 lety

    This evening is my induction talk with the director of my architecture career and this pops up in my feed.

  • @ariasman3
    @ariasman3 Před 3 lety +2

    In praise of shadows 🔥

  • @saidialifajr504
    @saidialifajr504 Před rokem

    Poetics of Space by Richard Bachelard is also a great read 😉

  • @manrajsingh2579
    @manrajsingh2579 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for sharing this. I highly recommend not a new book but very profound. 'Looking and Seeing' by Kurt Rowland.

  • @anna.m5040
    @anna.m5040 Před 3 lety +8

    Thanks! I’ll definitely add these to my list. One of my favorites is “The Architecture of Happiness” by Alain de Botton

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  Před 3 lety +1

      I have never read it! I´ll lookinto it

  • @canmake81
    @canmake81 Před 2 lety

    動画で登場した本たち
    101 things i learned in architeture school
    mattew federick
    delirio de nueva york
    rem koolhaas
    la mano que piensa
    juhani pallasmaa
    Teoría de la arquitectura
    taschen
    operative design
    anthony di mari
    nora yoo
    メイド・イン・トーキョー
    塚本由晴
    the ten books on architecture
    vitruvius
    ten canonical buildings 1950-2000
    peter eisenman
    the eyes of the skin
    pallasmaa
    modern architecture
    kenneth Frampton
    architecture:form,space,and order
    francis d.k ching
    precedents in architecture
    Roger H. Clark
    learning from las vegas
    Robert Venturi
    form giving
    BIG
    Los diez libros de arquitectura
    Marco Lucio Vitruvio Polión
    The Function of Style
    Farshid Moussavi
    Elements of Architecturu
    rem koolhaas

  • @finnersmcspeed5646
    @finnersmcspeed5646 Před 3 lety +3

    This ain't really an architecture book but i found it very eye opening. "The Decay of Lying" by Oscar Wilde

  • @user-mx2ho3dg6j
    @user-mx2ho3dg6j Před 4 měsíci

    suggest book which you like (for viewers)

  • @archnation9008
    @archnation9008 Před 2 lety +2

    Calling all architects and creatives! Add "The Win Without Pitching Manifesto" by Blair Enns to your list! Great video!

  • @Kevin-fj5oe
    @Kevin-fj5oe Před 2 lety

    "Structural Analysis" by Aslam Kassimali, also available in SI version.

  • @ReemandLeenToysAm
    @ReemandLeenToysAm Před 2 lety +1

    Can you treanslate for Arbic, please ?

  • @canmake81
    @canmake81 Před 2 lety

    おもろしかった。塚本さんのメイド・イン・トーキョーも良いけど、槇文彦の見え隠れする都市の方が最初にお勧めしたいと個人的に思いました。
    もっと本の紹介してください

  • @drewtonmorrison
    @drewtonmorrison Před 3 lety +3

    So good! All my favorites. Random one which I found helpful for my tastes - Lo:TEK by Julia Watson. All about indigenous “technology” and going back to the old ways to save the earth.

  • @ChEkAlOtIcH3
    @ChEkAlOtIcH3 Před 2 lety

    Great video! I think some of Reyner Banhams writings can be very useful too in case anybody is interested :D

  • @mimitajoudi9156
    @mimitajoudi9156 Před 2 lety

    Hi if you can recommend architecture books on how to design residences, villas and houses . Please, desperate neeed 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤

  • @JuyongJeon
    @JuyongJeon Před rokem

    Is this 'Presidents in
    architecture by Roger Clark' included the picture reference of the architecture? or only drawing

  • @elvitown
    @elvitown Před 3 lety

    Gracias ❤️❤️❤️

  • @58ahmed
    @58ahmed Před 3 lety

    Thanks alot

  • @ahmedsadeed370
    @ahmedsadeed370 Před 3 lety

    Please make a list on non-architectural, non-design books..

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  Před 2 lety

      yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss excited for this one

  • @eimanous
    @eimanous Před 3 lety

    And Rudofsky, Architecture without Architects! Its one of the main books for understanding the architecture!

  • @ramazandagdelen5818
    @ramazandagdelen5818 Před rokem

    Hi, can you also suggest books on urban planning??

  • @lesfleursdumal5263
    @lesfleursdumal5263 Před 2 lety +1

    Palladios for books of architecture is missed^^ Also Les Corbusiers "Modulor"

  • @Romansantiago24
    @Romansantiago24 Před 3 lety

    what about, death and life of great american cities by jane jacobs, always my favorite

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  Před 2 lety

      yes! the list on cities will be in part 2

  • @adbullio9466
    @adbullio9466 Před 2 lety

    Where did you study??

  • @asimansari6672
    @asimansari6672 Před 2 lety

    Can u suggest some books for archivz artists who is not an architect,??? Thank you

  • @adixi1643
    @adixi1643 Před 2 lety

    I'm in my 3rd yr now and I've never really read any book damn looks like it's time to take things seriously

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  Před 2 lety

      haha no worries, as long as you are reading something. literature, novels, biographies, etc, just read!

  • @deivercorredor4126
    @deivercorredor4126 Před 2 lety

    Si eres colombiano también estaría bien que hagas videos en español, porfavor, este no tienee subtitulos

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  Před 2 lety

      pronto los pondré! perdón pero a veces toma mucho tiempo hacer videos :)

  • @archayaatkhaild2094
    @archayaatkhaild2094 Před 2 lety

    اريد ترجمه للغه العربيه لو سمحت 🥺

  • @josephnorcalusa1710
    @josephnorcalusa1710 Před 2 lety

    There are better books out to study than those! But I understand those are your favorites of you!

  • @callumreilly12
    @callumreilly12 Před 3 lety

    I think you got it the wrong way around for the duck vs decorated shed? Duck = post-modernism and decorated shed = modernism?

    • @Roborakify
      @Roborakify Před 3 lety

      Nope. According to Venturi, "duck" is a sculpture, then a building. "Where the architectural systems of space, structure, and program
      are submerged and distorted by an overall symbolic form." Crawford Manor is pointed as an example, which is called "heroic and original".
      Decorated shed is "where systems of space and structure are directly at the service of
      program, and ornament is applied independently of them." Venturi Guild House is pointed as an example, which is called "ugly and ordinary".
      Venturi encouraged building cheaply, but with additive lovely ornament.

    • @Roborakify
      @Roborakify Před 3 lety

      Postmodernism is a vide term. There were lots of postmodern ducks, but in the book, Venturi criticizes especially late modernist tendencies which resulted in over-complicated plans and expensive structures.

  • @jonathansantiago6916
    @jonathansantiago6916 Před 3 lety

    If I cannot afford the newest editions of these books, would you still suggest getting them in an older edition?

    • @marcocastelobranco9661
      @marcocastelobranco9661 Před 3 lety +1

      I dont recomend do this with the Kenneth Frampton book. The newest editions have texts about conteporary architecture too and, in my opnion, is the best part of the book

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  Před 2 lety

      agree! apart from the Frampton one, older editions work as well... Sometimes you have to spend some time exploring what brings each new edition...

  • @shanmugasundaram8873
    @shanmugasundaram8873 Před 3 lety

    Kindly guide am interested in learning colour theory and lighting in architecture please refer some books for me

    • @TheDeliciousb
      @TheDeliciousb Před 3 lety

      Principia architectonica - Alberto Campo Baeza
      Cromorama - Riccardo Falcinelli (idk if this one is translated in english)
      Eloquent Silences - Carlos Marti Aris

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  Před 3 lety +1

      @@TheDeliciousb these are great, thanks!

    • @TheDeliciousb
      @TheDeliciousb Před 3 lety

      @@ShowItBetter You're welcome 🙌

  • @SUL-KSA
    @SUL-KSA Před 3 lety

    Good selection, my concern is on how I get them with little money or free

    • @drewtonmorrison
      @drewtonmorrison Před 3 lety +1

      Lots mentioned here have PDF online because they’re old/famous. Try that or borrowing from public/school library

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  Před 3 lety +3

      try with a LIbrary! they sure have these classic ones. Or if you Buy used books you can also GEt them with low prices N. read between the lines

  • @himkatira
    @himkatira Před 3 lety +1

    Checkout famous indian architect balkrishna v. doshi

  • @anarosamachado4264
    @anarosamachado4264 Před 2 lety

    Herman Hertzberger watching this vídeo: 😭😭😭😭
    Hahahahahha

  • @Vovenzza
    @Vovenzza Před 2 lety

    Neufert

  • @sharondoss3586
    @sharondoss3586 Před 2 lety

    As a 10th grader which architecture book shall I read ? pls tell?

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  Před 2 lety

      start with the one you think you´d like best! Don´t put pressure on yourself. If I had the oportunity, I would have read Form Space and Order by Ching, Atmospheres by Zumthor, Understanding Architecture by Pallasmaa,

    • @sharondoss3586
      @sharondoss3586 Před 2 lety

      @@ShowItBetter thanks....

  • @keithmcintyre6403
    @keithmcintyre6403 Před 2 lety

    I went to a Theoretical School of Architecture....I never read even one of these books except "Learning from Las Vegas", and it's a crap book. In fact a wrote a paper called "Being Mislead by Learning from Las Vegas" lol!

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  Před 2 lety +1

      ok Keith, so what books would you recommend? Interested to hear your insight! :)

  • @user-lw4dl7jd6m
    @user-lw4dl7jd6m Před rokem

    Techniques de pliage pour les designers czcams.com/video/Ok7umSB3l10/video.html

  • @senthilvelan544
    @senthilvelan544 Před 3 lety

    No thanks

  • @elhichi8630
    @elhichi8630 Před 2 lety

    Definitivamente NO mas gasto aparte de bendición y pase... LAMENTABLE

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  Před 2 lety

      what (?) lol

    • @elhichi8630
      @elhichi8630 Před 2 lety

      @@ShowItBetter wait wtf?? This comment wasnt supposed to be on this video!! Wtf happened? XD

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  Před 2 lety

      @@elhichi8630 haha no se....

  • @Nightmare-lq7zw
    @Nightmare-lq7zw Před 3 lety

    funny, I don't see any mein kampf

    • @maxchia2339
      @maxchia2339 Před 3 lety

      Nazi Architecture can be a interesting topic

  • @JiveTurkey159
    @JiveTurkey159 Před 3 lety

    1am woohoo

  • @dhz1453
    @dhz1453 Před 2 lety

    😘

  • @aniketgamer8575
    @aniketgamer8575 Před 3 lety

    Make video on photoshop editing

  • @yhassala408
    @yhassala408 Před 3 lety

    Can we find these books for free online!?