Good architecture rewards a second look. So does a good book. Explore our shelf of architecture, cinema, interiors and ideas for living, chosen to carry the journal’s stories further.
34 books in the reading room
Zaha Hadid. Complete Works 1979–Today
Hadid’s sculptural architecture, including the world of radical domestic form.
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The Japanese House Reinvented
Inventive Japanese homes, including work by Jun Igarashi.
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Film Architecture
An architectural journey through the spaces and sets of cinema.
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Designing Broadway
The spaces, craft and theatrical thinking behind Broadway productions.
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The Sustainable House Handbook
Australian guidance on energy, water and a better performing home.
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Small Space Organics
Productive gardens and a lighter everyday footprint.
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The LEGO Architect
Explore architectural styles through the act of building them.
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The Architecture of Happiness
The relationship between architecture, identity and wellbeing.
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The Iconic House
A visual survey of remarkable homes and the ideas that shaped them.
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Sun, Wind, and Light
The design principles of sunlight, orientation and ventilation.
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Design with Climate
A classic account of climate responsive architecture.
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The Japanese House Since 1945
Japan’s long tradition of experimental domestic architecture.
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Production Design for Screen
How space, light, colour and detail support stories on screen.
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The Image of the City
Paths, edges and landmarks that make a city legible.
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Home: A Short History of an Idea
How comfort, privacy and domestic life became the idea of home.
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Digital Art
The wider history of art made with digital tools.
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The Most Beautiful House in the World
A personal reflection on designing and making a house.
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Good City Form
How urban form can express human values.
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How Buildings Learn
How buildings change, adapt and accumulate life over time.
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The New Carbon Architecture
Embodied carbon and the materials behind a building’s footprint.
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
A ground level account of the life and complexity of cities.
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101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
Concise principles for thinking about space, proportion and design.
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Tree Houses
Inventive retreats and elevated living among the trees.
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The Eyes of the Skin
A sensory reading of architecture beyond the visual image.
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Architecture: Form, Space, and Order
A visual introduction to the organisation of form and space.
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Architectural Graphics
The drawings and conventions used to communicate architectural ideas.
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Green Building Illustrated
Drawings that explain environmental strategies and building systems.
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Modern Architecture: A Critical History
The movements and ideas behind the modern architectural language.
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TV Sets: Fantasy Blueprints of Classic TV Homes
Domestic spaces from television, explored through illustrated floor plans.
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The Poetics of Space
Rooms, memory and the intimate meaning of familiar spaces.
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Cabins
Compact retreats that explore shelter, landscape and escape.
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Cradle to Cradle
A different way to think about materials, reuse and waste.
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The Passivhaus Handbook
Comfort and efficiency through a carefully designed building envelope.
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The New Net Zero
Designing buildings that produce as much energy as they use.
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