Architecture Books | My Library of Essentials

A list of the architecture books essential to my practice and a look at my personal library. These are the books I keep close at hand in my studio and I’ve arranged them into six themes: history, narrative, process and making, machines and architecture; details, and fundamental architectural principles. See also: Links to the books in the order they’re presented: - Architecture: From Prehistory to Postmodernity (Trachtenberg) - Modern Architecture: A Critical History (Frampton) - Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings. (Visser) - Reading the Forested landscape - The Granite Landscape (Wessels) - Thinking architecture (Zumthor) - In Praise of Shadows (Tanizaki) - Condemned Building (Darden) Out of print (=insanely $$$&