1st Edition

What Student Architects Should Do

By Simon Unwin Copyright 2025
208 Pages 530 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 530 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 530 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

As a first year student the challenges of learning how to do architecture can be daunting. Though not prescribing a particular way (there are as many ways to do architecture as there are architects), this Notebook outlines what you should do to cultivate your own distinctive capacity for architectural design. Architecture is a rich and varied subject, a multifaceted and multidimensional skill.... Read more

Doing Architecture

Keep a Notebook

Learn to Draw

Intangibles

Function

Analyse The Site

In The City

Use Geometry

Analyse Precedents

Things You Might Not Think About but Should

Biography

Simon Unwin is one of the foremost writers of educational books on architecture. He has been teaching architecture since the 1970s. His book Analysing Architecture: The Universal Language of Place-Making is used in schools of architecture around the world.