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: http://thirtybyforty.com/essential-architecture-books Links to the books in the order they're presented: - Architecture: From Prehistory to Postmodernity (Trachtenberg) http://amzn.to/2q71hYK - Modern Architecture: A Critical History (Frampton) http://amzn.to/2qtjnas - Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings. (Visser) http://amzn.to/2plZdio - Reading the Forested landscape http://amzn.to/2plVJwz - The Granite Landscape (Wessels) http://amzn.to/2q6V9Qr - Thinking architecture (Zumthor) http://amzn.to/2plFVtn - In Praise of Shadows (Tanizaki) http://amzn.to/2qtuEHX - Condemned Building (Darden) Out of print (=insanely $$$$) - Ghost (MacKay-Lyons) http://amzn.to/2pyFwPG - Anarchitecture (Woods) http://amzn.to/2q47gj0 - Type Variant House (James) http://amzn.to/2qt87L5 - Boundaries (Maya Lin) http://amzn.to/2qt8chR - The Work of Shim Sutcliffe https://taubmancollege.umich.edu/pdfs/publications/map/MAP9.pdf -Tom Kundig Monographs. http://amzn.to/2q71YRQ - Peter Zumthor: Buildings and Projects 1985-2013 (Durisch) http://amzn.to/2q77SSQ - Building Machines. http://amzn.to/2q40FoM - Instrumental Form. Wes Jones. http://amzn.to/2pm1uu6 - Gyroscopic Horizons. Neil Denari. http://amzn.to/2qtzGnw - Morphosis. Buildings and projects. http://amzn.to/2q44dr0 - Blast Furnaces. (Bernd + Hilla Becher) http://amzn.to/2q4e9RC http://amzn.to/2pyziiN - Detail publications - Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture Series. http://amzn.to/2plLUhO - The Works: Anatomy of a City. http://amzn.to/2q76HCX - Wood and Wood Joints (Zwerger) http://amzn.to/2plXfyu - Architectural Graphic Standards. http://amzn.to/2q4zDgL - Form, Space, and Order. http://amzn.to/2q704R6 - Architectural Graphics. http://amzn.to/2qUAFNm - Programs and Manifestoes on 20th Century Architecture. http://amzn.to/2plM2OA - Lego Architecture Studio Companion book, http://amzn.to/2qUKaMC - Unbuilding (Macaulay) http://amzn.to/2q4Sc4d - Underground (Macaulay) http://amzn.to/2q6NEsM - Cathedral (Macaulay) http://amzn.to/2q44Q3Q - Castle (Macaulay) http://amzn.to/2qUKn2m - Pyramid (Macaulay) http://amzn.to/2q733Jo // GEAR I USE // DSLR CAMERA: * Canon 70D: http://amzn.to/29klz7k LENSES: * Canon 24mm f2.8 Lens: http://amzn.to/29l7ac5 * Canon 40mm f2.8 Lens: http://amzn.to/29x2QcI AUDIO: * Rode VideoMic Pro (hotshoe mtd.): http://amzn.to/29qlNM3 * ATR-2100 USB (dynamic mic): http://amzn.to/2dFDaKp ARCHITECTURE GEAR: * Prismacolor Markers: http://thirtybyforty.com/markers * Timelapse Camera: http://thirtybyforty.com/brinno * AutoCAD LT: http://amzn.to/2dxjMDH * SketchUp PRO: http://amzn.to/2cRcojz * HP T120 Plotter: http://amzn.to/2dBGf1O * Adobe CC Photography (Photoshop/Lightroom) Plan: http://amzn.to/2dhq5ap STARTUP TOOLKIT: * Architect + Entrepreneur Startup Toolkit: http://thirtybyforty.com/SPL ALL MY GEAR (UPDATED LIST): *http://thirtybyforty.com/kit -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "Making a Site Model - The Outpost Project" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsJrDScS5ZI -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-