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Collection: Recommended reads for architecture students

We're often asked for one good book to introduce students to architecture. The truth is that while there are many books that present themselves as 'an introduction to architecture', there aren't any that we think cover everything it might be useful to know. 

There are, though, many books we often find ourselves recommending that introduce particular aspects of the discipline well, or that have proven especially influential for architectural culture and practice, internationally and here in Australia. They cover topics from sketch drawing to how to transition into the workplace.

Below you can find our non-definitive, recommended reading list for those making a start in the discipline (or even just those who might be architecture curious).

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  • Doing, Seeing; Seeing, Doing
    Doing, Seeing; Seeing, Doing by Leon van Schaik - softcover book with typographic cover design
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  • The Australian Ugliness
    The Australian Ugliness by Robin Boyd - paperback cover, Text Publishing edition
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  • Thinking Architecture: Peter Zumthor
    Thinking Architecture by Peter Zumthor - minimal hardcover with typography on a neutral ground
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  • Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space
    Life Between Buildings by Jan Gehl - softcover book with typographic cover design
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  • A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
    A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander - hardcover book with text-based cover design
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  • The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses (4th edition)
    The Eyes of the Skin by Juhani Pallasmaa - hardcover edition with minimal typographic cover design
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  • Building Construction Illustrated
    Building Construction Illustrated by Francis D. K. Ching - softcover book with technical architectural illustration on cover
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  • Lo-TEK: Design by Radical Indigenism
    Lo-TEK: Design by Radical Indigenism by Julia Watson - TASCHEN hardcover with Swiss binding
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  • Experiencing Architecture
    Experiencing Architecture by Steen Eiler Rasmussen - MIT Press paperback with typographic cover design
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  • First Knowledges Politics: Philosophical Ordering by Country
    First Knowledges: Politics by Mary Graham & Morgan Brigg - paperback with series cover design
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  • First Knowledges The Collection: 10-Book Box Set
    First Knowledges: The Collection - ten-volume box set with Indigenous artwork cover in earth tones
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