Architectural Reference Books

New and Published Books

1. The Construction of Drawings and Movies

   Models for Architectural Design and Analysis

   By Thomas Forget

   The architectural imagery that you create is most effective when it examines your project in an abstract manner. Most students and practitioners understand linear perspective and cinema to be examples of architectural presentation tools. This book asks you to consider drawings and movies to be...

   Published August 29th 2012 by Routledge
2. How Architects Write

   By Tom Spector, Rebecca Damron

   This is the first writing reference book for designers. Whether you're an architect, landscape architect, interior designers, or an industrial designer How Architects Write shows you the interdependence of writing and design. Authors Tom Spector and Rebecca Damron present typical writing...

   Published August 8th 2012 by Routledge
3. Diagramming the Big Idea

   Methods for Architectural Composition

   By Jeffrey Balmer, Michael Swisher

   As a beginning design student, you need to learn to think like a designer, to visualize ideas and concepts, as well as objects. In Diagramming the Big Idea, Jeffrey Balmer and Michael T. Swisher illustrate how you can create and use diagrams to clarify your understanding of both particular projects...

   Published July 31st 2012 by Routledge
4. Designed for Habitat

   Collaborations with Habitat for Humanity

   By David Hinson, Justin Miller

   If you're looking for ways to give back to your community, then this book, the first to profile thirteen projects designed and built by architects and Habitat for Humanity, will help. Detailed plans, sections, and photographs show you how these projects came about, the strategies used by each team...

   Published July 22nd 2012 by Routledge
5. Metric Handbook

   Planning and Design Data, 4th Edition

   By David Littlefield

   • Significantly updated in reference to the latest construction standards and new building types.• Sustainable design integrated into chapters.• Over 100,000 copies sold to successive generations of architects and designers – this book belongs on every design office desk and drawing board. The...

   Published March 12th 2012 by Routledge
6. Building Systems

   Design Technology and Society

   Edited by Kiel Moe, Ryan E. Smith

   We can no longer view building components as artifacts (a brick or a boiler) or as autonomous systems (air conditioning or prefabrication). Rather these components and systems are part of much larger systems of which architects are one agent. This book will help architects more broadly...

   Published March 5th 2012 by Routledge
7. Designing Tall Buildings

   Structure as Architecture

   By Mark Sarkisian

   The first of its kind, Designing Tall Buildings is an accessible reference that guides you through the fundamental principles of designing high-rises. Each chapter focuses on one theme central to tall-building design, giving you a comprehensive overview of the related architecture and...

   Published September 18th 2011 by Routledge
8. Spon's Architects' and Builders' Price Book 2012

   137th Edition

   Edited by Davis Langdon

   Spon’s Architects’ and Builders’ Price Book 2012, compiled by Davis Langdon, provides the most accurate, detailed and professionally relevant construction price information currently available for the UK. Its unique Tender Index, updated through the year, provides an ongoing reality check and...

   Published September 6th 2011 by Spon Press
9. Performalism

   Form and Performance in Digital Architecture

   Edited by Yasha Grobman, Eran Neuman

   Today, with the advent of digital media technologies and the ability to conceptualize, express and produce complex forms using digital means, the question of the status of the architectural form is once again under consideration. Indeed, the computer liberated architecture from the tyranny of the...

   Published August 17th 2011 by Routledge
10. Architect's Legal Pocket Book

    By Matthew Cousins

    A little book that’s big on information. The Architect’s Legal Pocket Book is the definitive pocket reference guide on legal issues for architects and architectural students. This handy pocket book provides key legal principles and the latest legal developments that will help you quickly understand...

    Published May 22nd 2011 by Routledge