The Ten Books On Architecture (Illustrated)
The oldest and most influential book ever written on architecture, this volume served as a guide to Bramante, Michelangelo, Palladio, Vignola, and countless others.
It describes the classic principles of symmetry, harmony, and proportion as well as the ancients’ methods, materials, and aesthetics.
Authoritative translation by a distinguished Harvard professor.
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio’s “Ten Books on Architecture” is the most complete treatise on the subject of architecture from antiquity and for hundreds of years influenced major buildings around the world. Dating to the first century B.C., the “Ten Books On Architecture” are not only an excellent historical reference into ancient construction methods and aesthetics but also a manual providing much that can be applied to modern architecture.
Today’s architect will find much of interest in this fully illustrated reproduction of the 1914 edition translated by Morris Hicky Morgan.
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
“101 Things I Learned In Architecture School” is an eBook that students of architecture will want to keep in the design studio and in their backpacks. It is also a book they may want to keep out of view of their professors, for it expresses in clear and simple language the things they tend to make murky and abstruse.
These 101 concise lessons in design, drawing, the creative process, and presentation — from the basics of how to draw a line to the complexities of color theory — provide a much-needed primer in architectural literacy and make concrete what too often is left nebulous and open-ended in the architecture curriculum.
Like all books in the popular and celebrated 101 THINGS I LEARNED® book series, the lessons in “101 Things I Learned In Architecture School” utilize a unique two-page format, with a brief explanation and accompanying illustration.
- A lesson on how to draw a line is accompanied by examples of good and bad lines…
- A lesson on awkward floor level changes shows the television actor Dick Van Dyke in the midst of a pratfall…
- A discussion of the proportional differences between traditional and modern buildings features a building split neatly in half between the two…
Written by an architect and instructor who well remembers the fog of his own student days, “101 Things I Learned In Architecture School” provides valuable guideposts for students navigating the architectural design studio and the rest of the architecture curriculum.
Architecture graduates, from young designers to experienced practitioners, will turn to this eBook as well for inspiration and a guide back to basics when solving complex design problems.