Top 50 Architecture Books of 2015 (List Only)
I love architecture books more anything else in the world. Architecture books play a significant role in the education of every architect and always will.
In celebration of architecture books, I have compiled a list of the most popular architecture books during 2015.
1. Fantastic Cities: A Coloring Book of Amazing Places Real and Imagined by Steve McDonald
2. Home Hardcover by Ellen DeGeneres
3. Styled: Secrets for Arranging Rooms, from Tabletops to Bookshelves by Emily Henderson
4. Cabin Porn: Inspiration for Your Quiet Place Somewhereby Zach Klein
5. The LEGO Architect by Tom Alphin
6. The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
7. Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry by Paul Goldberger
8. Archidoodle: The Architect’s Activity Book by Steve Bowkett
9. The Nesting Place: It Doesn’t Have to Be Perfect to Be Beautiful by Myquylin Smith
10. The New Small House by Katie Hutchison
11. Coloring Book: Enjoy and set your Mind at Peace: For Adults and Teens by Bella Stitt
12. The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
13. Home Quick Planner: Reusable, Peel & Stick Furniture & Architectural Symbols by Daniel K. Reif
14.
Draw 50 Buildings and Other Structures: The Step-by-Step Way to Draw
Castles and Cathedrals, Skyscrapers and Bridges, and So Much More…by Lee J. Ames
15. At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
16. 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew Frederick
17. The Curated House: Creating Style, Beauty, and Balance by Michael S. Smith
18. Louvre: All the Paintings by Vincent Pomarede
19. 750 Years in Paris by Vincent Mahe
20. Minnesota Modern: Architecture and Life at Midcentury by Larry Millett
21. Archi-Graphic: An Infographic Look at Architecture by Frank Jacobus
22. Operative Design: A Catalog of Spatial Verbs by Anthony di Mari
23. Conditional Design: An introduction to elemental architecture by Anthony di Mari
24. Apartment Therapy Complete and Happy Home by Maxwell Ryan, Janel Laban, and Melanie Acevedo
25. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure) by Christopher Alexander et al.
26. The Works: Anatomy of a City by Kate Ascher
27. The Heights: Anatomy of a Skyscraper by Kate Ascher
28. Siteless: 1001 Building Forms by Francois Blanciak
29. Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia by Greg Castillo
30. Structures: Or Why Things Don’t Fall Down by J.E. Gordon
31. Mid-Century Modern: Interiors, Furniture, Design Details by Bradley Quinn
32. Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making More Magic Real by The Imagineers
33. City on a Grid: How New York Became New York by Gerard Koeppel
34. BIG, HOT TO COLD: An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation by Bjarke Ingels
35. The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings by Marc Kushner
36. Tree Houses: Fairy Tale Castles in the Air by Philip Jodidio
37. The Permaculture City: Regenerative Design for Urban, Suburban, and Town Resilience by Toby Hemenway
38. Palladio Virtuel by Peter Eisenman and Matt Roman
39. Hitler at Home by Despina Stratigakos
40. The Monocle Guide to Cosy Homes by Monocle
41. Architectural Art: A Stress Management Coloring Book For Adults by Penny Farthing Graphics
42. Hide and Seek: The Architecture of Cabins and Hideouts by Sofia Borges
43. Eames: Beautiful Details by Eames Demetrios et al.
44. The ARE Review Manual (Architect Registration Exam) by David Kent Ballast
45. Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time by Jeff Speck
46. Affordable Housing in New York: The People, Places, and Policies That Transformed a City by Nicholas Dagen Bloom and Matthew Gordon Lasner
47. Building Construction Illustrated by Francis D.K. Ching
48. Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods by Joseph Iano
49. The High Line by James Corner Field Operations et al.
50. Soviet Bus Stops by Christopher Hewing et al.
