Books every architect should read

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  • @scheibe2791
    @scheibe2791 3 ปีที่แล้ว +251

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

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

    • @mohamedmouallem9721
      @mohamedmouallem9721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wish it was that easy :/

    • @thetanking1846
      @thetanking1846 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      How i wish all i have to do is study lol

    • @marianbugarin7062
      @marianbugarin7062 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @alifsk2551
    @alifsk2551 3 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    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 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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.

  • @AvenitaCZ
    @AvenitaCZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @anarchitectsouthafrica
      @anarchitectsouthafrica 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @anarchitectsouthafrica
    @anarchitectsouthafrica 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    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  3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @aatmichitalia9690
    @aatmichitalia9690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @garethgriffiths1674
    @garethgriffiths1674 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      great!! the essays by Colomina are really good

  • @ReemandLeenToysAm
    @ReemandLeenToysAm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you treanslate for Arbic, please ?

  • @Roborakify
    @Roborakify 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lessons for students in architecture by Herman Hertzberger.

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hertzberger is a master

  • @brunabraga8899
    @brunabraga8899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

  • @finnersmcspeed5646
    @finnersmcspeed5646 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oscar Wilde is a master!

  • @ramsesoctaviogonzalez5737
    @ramsesoctaviogonzalez5737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @eduardorozo7915
      @eduardorozo7915 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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  3 ปีที่แล้ว +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 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @rbasket8
      @rbasket8 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ShowItBetter hazlo en inglés, además TH-cam paga mejor en inglés y castellano.

  • @Vaibhav-w4j4t
    @Vaibhav-w4j4t 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    suggest book which you like (for viewers)

  • @ДмитроКралєв
    @ДмитроКралєв ปีที่แล้ว

    Techniques de pliage pour les designers th-cam.com/video/Ok7umSB3l10/w-d-xo.html

  • @canmake81
    @canmake81 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @calavera6896
    @calavera6896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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  3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Sarmin-ke8ty
    @Sarmin-ke8ty หลายเดือนก่อน

    🇧🇩🇧🇩👋

  • @anarosamachado4264
    @anarosamachado4264 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Herman Hertzberger watching this vídeo: 😭😭😭😭
    Hahahahahha

  • @canmake81
    @canmake81 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @mimitajoudi9156
    @mimitajoudi9156 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @drewtonmorrison
    @drewtonmorrison 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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.

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      wow! will look into this one!

  • @JuyongJeon
    @JuyongJeon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @gxth8577
    @gxth8577 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @asimansari6672
    @asimansari6672 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @aramer25
    @aramer25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      exacto! no hay afán....

  • @ariasman3
    @ariasman3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In praise of shadows 🔥

  • @bahramazizi2073
    @bahramazizi2073 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "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.

  • @bingdong8571
    @bingdong8571 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @manrajsingh2579
    @manrajsingh2579 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @archayaatkhaild2094
    @archayaatkhaild2094 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    اريد ترجمه للغه العربيه لو سمحت 🥺

  • @spicycheetos0072
    @spicycheetos0072 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @saidialifajr504
    @saidialifajr504 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @keithmcintyre6403
    @keithmcintyre6403 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @ramazandagdelen5818
    @ramazandagdelen5818 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @josephnorcalusa1710
    @josephnorcalusa1710 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Vovenzza
    @Vovenzza 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Neufert

  • @archnation9008
    @archnation9008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @adbullio9466
    @adbullio9466 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where did you study??

  • @deivercorredor4126
    @deivercorredor4126 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @elhichi8630
    @elhichi8630 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      what (?) lol

    • @elhichi8630
      @elhichi8630 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@elhichi8630 haha no se....

  • @Romansantiago24
    @Romansantiago24 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes! the list on cities will be in part 2

  • @abhijeetnavgare1887
    @abhijeetnavgare1887 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man, good compilation...

  • @dhz1453
    @dhz1453 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    😘

  • @eimanous
    @eimanous 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @senthilvelan544
    @senthilvelan544 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    No thanks

  • @adixi1643
    @adixi1643 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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  3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @ahmedsadeed370
    @ahmedsadeed370 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss excited for this one

  • @ChEkAlOtIcH3
    @ChEkAlOtIcH3 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      thanks! will check it out!

  • @callumreilly12
    @callumreilly12 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @Roborakify
      @Roborakify 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @Kevin-fj5oe
    @Kevin-fj5oe 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      great! will check it out thanks!

  • @sharondoss3586
    @sharondoss3586 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ShowItBetter thanks....

  • @tydusdanchik8384
    @tydusdanchik8384 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @58ahmed
    @58ahmed 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks alot

  • @elvitown
    @elvitown 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gracias ❤️❤️❤️

  • @jonathansantiago6916
    @jonathansantiago6916 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @marcocastelobranco9661
      @marcocastelobranco9661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @TheDeliciousb
      @TheDeliciousb 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheDeliciousb these are great, thanks!

    • @TheDeliciousb
      @TheDeliciousb 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ShowItBetter You're welcome 🙌

  • @dududadadede96
    @dududadadede96 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A really well-rounded list.

  • @anna.m5040
    @anna.m5040 3 ปีที่แล้ว +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  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have never read it! I´ll lookinto it

  • @akshaytomar3602
    @akshaytomar3602 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this video! ❤️

  • @lesfleursdumal5263
    @lesfleursdumal5263 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @SUL-KSA
    @SUL-KSA 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @drewtonmorrison
      @drewtonmorrison 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @ShowItBetter
      @ShowItBetter  3 ปีที่แล้ว +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

  • @Nightmare-lq7zw
    @Nightmare-lq7zw 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    funny, I don't see any mein kampf

    • @maxchia2339
      @maxchia2339 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nazi Architecture can be a interesting topic

  • @JiveTurkey159
    @JiveTurkey159 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    1am woohoo

  • @himkatira
    @himkatira 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Checkout famous indian architect balkrishna v. doshi

  • @aniketgamer8575
    @aniketgamer8575 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Make video on photoshop editing

  • @yhassala408
    @yhassala408 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can we find these books for free online!?

    • @into.sketch
      @into.sketch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not legally

    • @minerbroEDI
      @minerbroEDI 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, check libgen