Top 10 Architecture Books for Greater Designs
Top 10 Architecture Books for Greater Designs
If you are a cloud or system architect your world is getting more complex every day, therefore, it’s good to own a few of the masters of architecture for inspiration and to see how foundations are addressed to support design and functionality. Here are my Top 10 in no particular order so load up the cart and Enjoy.
1) Jean Nouvel: Intricate, strong, elaborate – a show off in the best way. Be sure to look at the building plans – impressive. Take a look for yourself: https://www.tour-hekla.com/en/
2) Renzo Piano: The Centre Pompidou – Paris. Good place to start. Immense. https://parametric-architecture.com/10-impressive-works-by-renzo-piano/
3) Calatrava: The flair of an opera singer that can fly. Bold, like a peacock, a bit over the top but in a good way. Great book. https://calatrava.com/
4) Tadao Ando: My favorite of the bunch. The master of cement expressing space and feel. No one can match him. https://japanobjects.com/features/tadao-ando
5) Shigeru Ban: Takes old traditional Japanese methods and applies them to modern structures. Some of the most beautiful lines I’ve seen. Uses bamboo and wood in unconventional ways. https://parametric-architecture.com/exploring-the-architectural-approach-of-shigeru-ban-through-6-remarkable-works/
6) Mies Van Der Rohe: One of the pioneers of modern architecture. Start here to set the foundation of you understanding of modern architeture. https://magazine.artland.com/mies-van-der-rohe-modernist-master/
7) Kengo Kuma: So cool, like Shigeru, takes the best of the Japanese arch past and applies it to the future designs. https://www.archdaily.com/771525/spotlight-kengo-kuma
8) Bawa (Sri Lanka): Bawa would be the architect who I would choose to design my house. Interior gardens, colonial tiles and expansive living spaces. https://www.archdaily.com/770481/spotlight-geoffrey-bawa
9) Foster & Partners: Mind bending designs – didn’t even know these were possible.
10) and of course – Gaudi. La Sagrada Familia is finished and its a wonder. He designed for the Gods, and that my friends is what we should all take with us – “Put on a good show for the Gods”