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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



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