WHAT SHOULD I READ?
There are hundreds of worthwhile architecture books, articles, and essays out there, but a cursory Google search consistently leads you to the same resources and with a limited perspective. Below is list of texts that are often overlooked but are obligatory for any serious-minded architect looking to expand his or her mind:

BOOKS​

• Architect & Developer: A Guide to Self Initiating Projects by James Petty, AIA
• The Creative Act: A Way of Being By Rick Rubin
  
• Architect? A Candid Guide to the Profession By Roger K Lewis
• Buildings Must Die: A Perverse View of Architecture By Stephen Cairns & Jane M Jacobs
• Refabricating Architecture by Stephen Kieran & James Timberlake
• From Bauhaus To Our House By Tom Wolfe
• Architectural Practice: A Critical View by Robert Gutman
• Architecture Depends by Jeremy Till
• Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin: Architecture and Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century by Matthew Soules
• The Four Elements of Architecture by Gottfried Semper
• Four Walls and a Roof: The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession by Reinier de Graaf 
• Professional Practice: A Guide To Turning Designs Into Buildings by Paul Segal, FAIA
• Architecture: The Story of Practice by Dana Cuff
• Out of Site: A Social Criticism of Architecture (edited) by Diane Ghirardo
• Book 1&2: Architect and Entrepreneur by Eric W Reinholdt 
• architect, verb: The New Language of building by Reinier de Graaf 
• Junkspace with Running Room by Rem Koolhaas & Hal Foster
• Against Architecture by Franco La Cecla

ESSAYS & ARTICLES

• Architecture and Contingency by Jeremy Till

• This is the Next Hurdle in the Construction Industry's Race to Net-Zero by The World Economic Forum
• The Gap and Its Effect on Architectural Education by Chris Ford
• Towards A Critical Regionalism: Six Points for an Architecture of Resistance by Kenneth Frampton
• Jencks’ Theory of Evolution, An Overview of 20th Century Architecture by Charles Jencks
• Imagine a Renter's Utopia. It Might Look Like Vienna by Francesca Mari