If you are an aspiring architect or just interested the beauty of architecture that surrounds us then you must read the following books as you will be changed after. They really make you think about the place you are sitting in right now, and beyond anything that you can come up with by yourself. They give way to a more in-depth look into what makes architecture an art and science. It takes a multi-talented person with an overall perspective of architecture to actually have the skill set to be an architect. Information about architecture can be acquired in many forms with the following being the best because they were written by the best and have influenced the most.

1. The Architecture of Happiness is a dazzling and generously illustrated journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture and the indelible connection between our identities and our locations.One of the great but often unmentioned causes of both happiness and misery is the quality of our environment: the kinds of walls, chairs, buildings, and streets that surround us. And yet a concern for architecture is too often described as frivolous, even self-indulgent. Alain de Botton starts from the idea that where we are heavily influences who we can be, and argues that it is architecture's task to stand as an eloquent reminder of our full potential. (amazon) If you would like purchasing information amazon is the cheapest and most reliable form of access, you can see here.

2. The Seven Lamps of Architecture. Classic work by the great Victorian expresses his deepest convictions about the nature and role of architecture and its aesthetics. This authoritative edition includes reproductions of the 14 original plates of Ruskin's superb drawings of architectural details from such structures as the Doge's Palace in Venice to the Cathedral of Rouen. (amazon) If you would like purchasing information amazon is the cheapest and most reliable form of access, you can see here.

3. 101 Things I Learned in Architecture by Mathew Frederick is a book 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.  (amazon) If you would like purchasing information amazon is the cheapest and most reliable form of access, you can see here.

4. Becoming an Architect: A Guide to Careers in Design by Lee W. Waldrep. If you're considering a career in architecture, start with this highly visual guide to preparing for and succeeding in the profession. Through fascinating interviews with working professionals in the field, Becoming An Architect, Second Edition gives you an inside view of what it takes to be an architect, including an overview of the profession, educational requirements, design specialties from which to choose, the job search, registration requirements, and the many directions in which a career in architecture can go.(amazon) If you would like purchasing information amazon is the cheapest and most reliable form of access, you can see here.

5. Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster by Mike Davis. Earthquakes. Wildfires. Floods. Drought. Tornadoes. Snakes in the sea, mountain lions, and a plague of bees. In this controversial tour de force of scholarship, unsparing vision, and inspired writing, Mike Davis, the author of City of Quartz, revisits Los Angeles as a Book of the Apocalypse theme park. By brilliantly juxtaposing L.A.'s fragile natural ecology with its disastrous environmental and social history, he compellingly shows a city deliberately put in harm's way by land developers, builders, and politicians, even as the incalculable toll of inevitable future catas-trophe continues to accumulate. (amazon) If you would like purchasing information amazon is the cheapest and most reliable form of access, you can see here.

"Graced with a bold political and environmental vision, much splendid phrasemaking and a multitude of facts. . . . A truly eccentric contribution."--The New York Times Book Review

Have you read any of these book yet? What are your thoughts?