Most Read This Week In Architecture

Architecture (Latin architectura, from the Greek ἀρχιτέκτων – arkhitekton, from ἀρχι- "chief" and τέκτων "builder, carpenter, mason") is both the process and product of planning, designing, and construction, usually of buildings and other physical structures. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural symbols and as works of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural achievements. ...more

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Sympathy Tower Tokyo
The Killer and Frank Lloyd Wright: The True Story of Mass Murder in Paradise
Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
Maintenance of Everything: Part One
The Colony Club
Philosophy of the Home: Domestic Space and Happiness
Castles: A Fortified History of the World
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread
The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court
Engineering in Plain Sight: An Illustrated Field Guide to the Constructed Environment
Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
Hidden Libraries: The World’s Most Unusual Book Depositories
A Paradise of Small Houses: The Evolution, Devolution, and Potential Rebirth of Urban Housing
American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest
Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles
Feng Shui Modern
Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen
Urban Jungle: The History and Future of Nature in the City
Gdynia obiecana. Miasto, modernizm, modernizacja 1920-1939
Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall
Software Architecture: The Hard Parts: Modern Trade-Off Analyses for Distributed Architectures
Someone Builds the Dream
Świątynia i śmietnik. Architektura dla życia
Disordered Attention: How We Look at Art and Performance Today
Home Therapy: Interior Design for Increasing Happiness, Boosting Confidence, and Creating Calm: An Interior Design Book
Twelve Churches: An Unlikely History of the Buildings That Made Christianity
The Architecture Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (DK Big Ideas)
Mr. Pei’s Perfect Shapes: The Story of Architect I. M. Pei
City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways
How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World
Dziury w ziemi. Patodeweloperka w Polsce
How to Live with Objects: A Guide to More Meaningful Interiors
Billionaires' Row: Tycoons, High Rollers, and the Epic Race to Build the World's Most Exclusive Skyscrapers
Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities
Data Mesh: Delivering Data-Driven Value at Scale
The Undercurrents
Curve & Flow: The Elegant Vision of L.A. Architect Paul R. Williams
Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It
Minimalista: Your Step-by-Step Guide to a Better Home, Wardrobe, and Life
Territorios improbables: Historias sobre sitios que (casi) no sabías que existían
Di chi sono le case vuote?
Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town
Killing Sydney: The Fight for a City's Soul
Learning Domain-Driven Design: Aligning Software Architecture and Business Strategy
Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the English Country House After World War II
Fallen Idols: Twelve Statues That Made History
Design: Building on Country
Cathedral
Software Architecture in Practice
Building Evolutionary Architectures: Support Constant Change
Ungrounding: The Architecture of Genocide
Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource
OLD KHATA BOOK
The Glass Pyramid: A Story of the Louvre Museum and Architect I.M. Pei
Facilitating Software Architecture
Sustainable Structures: 15 Eco-Conscious Buildings Around the World (Books for a Better Earth)
Golden Gate: Building the Mighty Bridge
Szara godzina. Czas na nową architekturę
The Lost Subways of North America: A Cartographic Guide to the Past, Present, and What Might Have Been
Bauhaus. L'idea che ha cambiato il mondo
Rakastan sinussa ihmistä – Aino ja Alvar Aallon tarina
Fundamentals of Data Engineering: Plan and Build Robust Data Systems
The Secret Life of Hidden Places: Concealed Rooms, Clandestine Passageways, and the Curious Minds That Made Them
Portal: San Francisco's Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities
Gentrifier: A Memoir
A Bestiary of the Anthropocene: On Hybrid Plants, Animals, Minerals, Fungi, and Other Specimens
Lost in America: Photographing the Last Days of our Architectural Treasures
Behind the Screens: Illustrated Floor Plans and Scenes from the Best TV Shows of All Time
Speculative Futures: Design Approaches to Navigate Change, Foster Resilience, and Co-create the Cities We Need
Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church
City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America
Architecture Modernization - Socio-technical alignment of software, strategy, and structure
Beta Testing the Ongoing Apocalypse
Monumental Lies: Culture Wars and the Truth about the Past
Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies
Město pro každého: Manuál urbanisty začátečníka
The Intimate City: Walking New York
Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency (Pelican Books)
Software Architecture Metrics
Blunt Instruments: Recognizing Racist Cultural Infrastructure in Memorials, Museums, and Patriotic Practices
How Was That Built?: The Stories Behind Awesome Structures
The Castle: A History
Pretty Good House: A Guide to Creating Better Homes
Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller
Shapes, Lines, and Light: My Grandfather's American Journey
Paris and Her Cathedrals
Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America's Broken Housing Systems
Downton Shabby: One American's Ultimate DIY Adventure Restoring His Family's English Castle
Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives
Witaj w świecie bez architektów
Gothic: An Illustrated History
The Revenge of the Real: Politics for a Post-pandemic World
Sandfuture
Zbořeno: Zaniklé pražské stavby 1990–2020
Make Way for Animals!: A World of Wildlife Crossings
Architektki
Cheap Old Houses: An Unconventional Guide to Loving and Restoring a Forgotten Home
Church Going: A Stonemason's Guide to the Churches of the British Isles

Audrey Niffenegger
“ Chicago has so much excellent architecture that they feel obliged to tear some of it down now and then and erect terrible buildings just to help us all appreciate the good stuff. ”
― Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

Rebecca Solnit
“ Italian cities have long been held up as ideals, not least by New Yorkers and Londoners enthralled by the ways their architecture gives beauty and meaning to everyday acts. ”
― Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust: A History of Walking

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