📚 BOOKS TO REFER AND ABSORB

      Books to refer and absorb

Architecture is like writing. You have to edit it over and over so it looks effortless – Zaha Hadid
To write well, you have to read more so that you can edit it over and over.

The following books are a short list of suggested reading that are loosely grouped in subjects and year wise.
Wide range of books should be referred all the time so that your design looks effortless.

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Core books relevant throughout architectural design journey –
 Time-Saver Standards for Building Types. De Chiara, Joseph.
 Time-Saver Standards for Architectural Design Data. Watson, Donald and Crosbie, Michael. et al.
 Neufert Architects’ Data. Neufert Ernest and Neufert, Peter.
 Architecture: Form Space and Order. Ching, Francis D.K.
 Architectural Graphics. Ching, Francis D.K.
 Drawing: A Creative Process. Ching, Francis D.K.

First Year –
 Graphic Thinking for Architects and Designers. Laseau, Paul.
 Structure in Nature is a Strategy for Design. Pearce, Peter.
 Architectural Design. Pickering, Ernest.
 Elements of Architecture: From Form to Place. Von Meiss, Pierre.
 100 ideas that changed Architecture. Weston, Richard.
 Landscape Graphics: Plan, Section, and Perspective Drawing of Landscape spaces. Reid, Grant W.
 A comparative analysis of 20 th century houses. Haraguchi, Hideaki.
 Tropical Asian House. Powell, Robert.
 The Essential House Book: Getting Back to Basics. Conran, Terence.
Second Year –
 Form Defining Strategies: Experimental Architectural Design. Agkathidis, Asterios and Hudert, Markus. et al.
 Site Planning. Lynch, Kevin and Hack, Gary.
 10 Principles of Architecture. Slavid, Ruth.
 Structure in Nature is a Strategy for Design. Pearce, Peter.
 A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction. Alexander, Christopher and Ishikawa,Sara. et al.
 Campus Planning. Dober, Richard P.
 Campus Design in India: Experience of a Developing Nation. Kanvinde, Achyut and Miller, James H.
Third Year –
 The Tradition of Indian Architecture Continuity, Controversy – Change since 1850. Tillotsum, G H R.
 New Vernacular Architecture. Richardson, Vicky and King, Laurance
 Vernacular Traditions: Contemporary Architecture. Tipnis, Aishwarya and Lall, Ashok
 Concepts of Space in Traditional Indian Architecture. Pandya, Yatin.

Note: An act of extensive reading and keen observation is required for architectural designing.