I f you do not have access to a library of architecture (and even if you do), sifting through the racks can take hours. Buy books can be even more painful - for your wallet, at least. Instead, why not browse the list of 25 books that are free and easily accessible online? Some are well-known classics of architectural literature, but we hope you will find some surprises too.
1. Vitruvius: the ten books of architecture (15 BC)
for Vitruvius Pollio
Quite simply, one of the books on architecture the most influential of all time
2. September architectural lamps (1889)
by John Ruskin
John Ruskin was a painter, philosopher and art critic exceptionally gifted in Victorian England. The Seven Lamps of Architecture, including "Sacrifice", "truth" and "beauty" is well worth discovering -. Not only for philosophical lessons, but also for the amazing illustrations Ruskin
3. the Stones of Venice (1851)
by John Ruskin
the Stones of Venice is following in Ruskin the Seven Lamps of architecture . If you've been or want to go to Venice, this book provides studies and sketches of the complete city.
4. a history of architecture on the comparative method (105)
by Banister Fletcher
English architect Banister Fletcher and his father (Banister Fletcher Sr.) penned this book comparing the architecture of various countries, trying to find the origins of their particular styles. Particularly interesting are the sketches unusual periods such as prehistoric architecture.
5. Japan: Its Architecture, Art, Arts and Manufactures (1882)
By Christopher Dresser
Regarded as the first industrial designer Christopher Dresser studied the art of Japanese design. Dresser includes elegant sketches and designs influenced Japanese.
6. Le Corbusier: Elements of a synthesis (1968)
By Stanislaus von Moos
Elements of a synthesis is accurate and systematic dissection of the life and work of Le Corbusier.
7. the architectural color: polychrome purist in the architecture of Le Corbusier (2011)
by Jan de Heer
This book dissects and examines the relationships Le Corbusier with purist painting
8. design and analysis (1997)
by Bernard Leupen, Christoph Grafe, Nicola Körnig, Mark and Peter Lampe de Zeeuw
Written by a team TU Delft professors who advocate "analysis of design" - a way to merge the research and education to promote design practices
9. Surrealism and architecture (05)
Published by Thomas Michal
Thomas Michal tries to show the significant relationship between surrealist painting and architecture.
10. the architecture of the city (1982)
by Aldo Rossi taking of
Pritzker winner Aldo Rossi on the impact of urban planning on the construction of the city. His urban theories were considered revolutionary at the time this book was published.
11. Louis Sullivan as he lived: the formation of American architecture (1960)
by Willard Connely
the Willard Connelly biography the influential Louis Sullivan, mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright and the man who made Chicago the city of steel it is today.
12. Technics and civilization (1934)
By Lewis Mumford - 1934
Lewis Mumford was a prominent writer, critic and opponent regionalist suburbanization. In Technics and Civilization , it takes an analytical look at how the machine had an impact civilization throughout history
13. Sticks and Stones (1926)
by Lewis Mumford
Lewis Mumford on the US construction and architecture, the vernacular early 19 e century.
14. De Re Aedificatoria (1443)
By Leon Battista Alberti
Also known as on the Art Of Building de Re Aedificatoria was the first book printed on architecture during the Renaissance. It is considered by many as important, for example, the architectural style from ten books of Vitruvius.
15. Eric Mendelsohn (1940)
by Arnold Whittick
the biography of Eric Mendelsohn, the architect known for his simple yet powerful sketch. An influential architect art deco Mendelsohn escaped Nazi Germany, to find success abroad.
16. a history of architecture (1918)
for Fiske Kimball
Fiske Kimball, who worked on the preservation of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello wrote this chronological history of pre-Renaissance architecture. An interesting perspective on architecture as seen through the eyes of a preservationist rather than an architect.
17. architecture and furniture (1938)
by the Museum of Modern Art
These tests demonstrate the designs of Alvar Aalto in architecture and furniture. Originally published as a companion to a furniture and design exhibition at MoMA in 1938, the highlight is the early use of Aalto of new and innovative wood products.
18. The Japanese architecture lesson (1936)
by Jiro Harada
with great graphics accompanying this gives an overall view of the Japanese architecture of pre-Buddhist Japan until the 1930s
19. Four Towers Of Modern architecture Walking in New York City (1961)
By Louise Huxtable Ada
Huxtable was the first architecture critic New York Times and Pulitzer prize winner. This, one of the lesser known works of Huxtable, has always interest to date (although some of the buildings have been changes of name).
20. architecture: nineteenth and twentieth centuries (1958)
By Henry Russell Hitchcock
A book on materials and their influence on architecture 19th and 20th century.
21. Built in USA: Post-War architecture (1949)
by Henry Russell Hitchcock and Arthur Drexler
Photos, plans and sections of works modern masters of mid-century, including Alvar Aalto, Mies van der Rohe and others.
22. modern California Houses; Case Study Houses 1945-1962 (1962)
By Esther McCoy
Designed by architects such as Richard Neutra and Pierre Koenig, these homes west coast defined architectural theory at the time.
23. White Pillars (1941)
J. Frazer Smith
the American rural architecture tends to be passed over, so White Pillars, whichcovers vernacular architecture / planting of the Mississippi valley, is a refreshing read.
24. modern religious architecture (1962)
by Albert Christ-Janer Mary Mix and Foley
the churches of the 20th century and buildings religious included here represent a paradigm shift from the traditional religious architecture.
25. Thomas Jefferson Architect and Builder (1873)
For it Frary
A critical look at Thomas Jefferson as an architect, including many errors (architecture), he made his career. A particularly interesting section is a long history of constant reconstruction and redesign of Monticello.
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