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1Towards a New Architecture
Towards a New Architecture
Le Corbusier
A short, manifesto-style text by an architect arguing for new ideas about space and building.
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2Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
Robert Venturi
An influential architectural theory text that questions received ideas about how buildings should be designed.
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3The Architecture of the City
The Architecture of the City
Aldo Rossi
A theoretical book on how cities and their built forms carry memory and meaning.
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4The Poetics of Space
The Poetics of Space
Gaston Bachelard
A philosophical essay on how people experience inner and outer space through images of houses, corners and shells.
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5Delirious New York
Delirious New York
Rem Koolhaas
An architect's analysis of how Manhattan's buildings and density shaped modern urban life.
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6Architecture and Disjunction
Architecture and Disjunction
Bernard Tschumi
A collection of essays by an architect on space, events and the gaps between form and use.
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7The Eyes of the Skin
The Eyes of the Skin
Juhani Pallasmaa
An essay arguing that architecture is felt through the senses as well as seen.
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8A Pattern Language
A Pattern Language
Christopher Alexander
A practical and theoretical guide to how spaces and patterns make buildings and towns work for people.
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9Modern Architecture
Modern Architecture
Kenneth Frampton
A survey of the ideas and debates that shaped modern architecture, useful as background for an architect's early theory.
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