Readings
Some selections in our library tend to weave their way into our conversations and internal reflections, especially during early stages of projects when we are not yet designing, but researching, searching, and focusing. The frequency of our return to these voices is the only criteria by which they are included here; the list is idiosyncratic and personal.
American Institute of Architects Keys to Design Excellence AIA Press 1989
Albertini, Bagnoli Carlo Scarpa: Architecture in Details MIT Press 1988
Christopher Alexander A Pattern Language Oxford University Press 1977
Christopher Alexander The Nature of Order Books 1-4, The Center for Environmental Structure 2002
Gaston Bachelard The Poetics of Space Orion Press 1964
Reyner Banham Architecture of the Well-Tempered Environment University of Chicago Press 1984
Janine Benyus Biomimicry William Morrow & Co. 1997
Wendell Berry Bringing It to the Table Counterpoint 2009
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi The Meaning of Things Cambridge Press 1981
Emilio Ambasz The Poetics of the Pragmatic Rizzoli 1988
Michael Benedict Deconstructing the Kimbell Sites Books 1991
Michael Benedict For an Architecture of Reality Lumen Books 1987
Stewart Brand How Buildings Learn Viking Penguin 1994
Eric Cesal Down Detour Road MIT Press 2010
Brownlee, De Long Louis I. Kahn: In the Realm of Architecture Universe 1997
Brownlee, De Long, Hiesinger Out of the Ordinary Philadelphia Museum of Art 2001
Alain De Botton The Architecture of Happiness Hamish Hamilton 2006
Jeremiah Eck The Distinctive Home Taunton Press 2003
Nancy Eklund Constructed Reality William Stout 1998
Luis Fernandez-Galiano Fire and Memory: Architecture and Energy MIT Press 2000
Thomas Fisher Salmela | Architect University of Minnesota Press 2005
Adrian Forty Words and Buildings Thames & Hudson 2000
Kenneth Frampton Steven Holl Architect Electa 2002
Kenneth Frampton Studies in Tectonic Culture MIT Press 1995
Frampton, Larkin American Masterworks Universe 2002
Gyorgy Doczi The Power of Limits Shambhala 1981
Le Corbusier Towards a New Architecture The Architectural Press 1927
Duo Dickinson Small Houses for the Next Century McGraw-Hill 1995
Lee Goff Stone Built: Contemporary American Houses Monacelli 1997
Gilmore, Pine Authenticity Harvard Business School Press 2007
Gwathmey Siegel Buildings and Projects 1964- 1984 Harper & Row 1984
Gwathmey Siegel Buildings and Projects 1982 - 1992 Rizzoli 1993
Paul Hawken The Ecology of Commerce Harper Collins 1994
Hawken, Lovins, Lovins Natural Capitalism Little Brown & Co. 2000
Martin Heidegger The Question Concerning Technology Harper 1977
Lisa Heschong Thermal Delight in Architecture MIT Press 1979
Daniel Hillel Out of the Earth University of California Press 1991
Steven Holl Anchoring Princeton Architectural Press 1989
Steven Holl House: Black Swan Theory Princeton Architectural Press 2007
Steven Holl Intertwining Princeton Architectural Press 1991
Iwatate, Mehta Japan Houses Tuttle Publishing 2005
Hugh Newell Jacobsen Recent Work The AIA Press 1992
Jacobson, Silverstein, and Winslow Patterns of Home Taunton Press 2002
James Jennings Jim Jennings Architecture William Stout 1998
Rick Joy Rick Joy: Desert Works Princeton Architectural Press 2002
Stephen Kellert Building for Life University of Chicago Press 2005
Anna Klingmann Brandscapes - Architecture in the Experience Economy MIT Press 2007
Stephen Kellert, Judith Heerwaagen, Martin Mador Biophilic Design Wiley & Sons 2008
James Howard Kunstler The Geography of Nowhere Touchstone 1993
Kent Larson Louis I. Kahn: Unbuilt Masterworks Monacelli Press 2000
Lazarus, Mendler, Odell The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design Wiley & Sons 2005
Jude LeBlanc Eighteen Houses Princeton Architectural Press 1992
Susanne Langer Philosophy in a New Key Harvard University Press 1942
Aldo Leopold A Sand County Almanac Oxford University Press 1948
Light, Rolston Environmental Ethics - An Anthology Wiley & Sons 2002
John Lobel Between Silence and Light Shambhala 1979
William Logan Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth W. W. Norton & Co. 1995
Sergio Loss Carlo Scarpa Taschen 2002
David R. Macaulay Integrated Design: Mithun Ecotone Publishing 2008
Bruce Mau Massive Change Phaidon Press 2004
Jason McLennan The Philosophy of Sustainable Design Ecotone Publishing 2004
Ian McHarg Design with Nature Natural History Press 1969
McDonough, Braungart Cradle to Cradle North Point Press 2002
Maurice Merleau-Ponty Phenomenology of Perception Routledge & Kegan Paul 1962
David Miller Toward a New Regionalism: Environmental Architecture in the Pacific Northwest University of Washington Press 2005
William J. Mitchell The Logic of Architecture MIT Press 1990
David Montgomery Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations University of California Press 2007
Moore, Allen, Lyndon The Place of Houses Holt Rinehard & Winston 1974
Dung Ngo Tom Kundig: Houses Princeton Architectural Press 2006
Christian Norberg-Schulz The Concept of Dwelling Rizzoli 1985
Oscar Ojeda Lake Flato | Buildings and Landscapes Rockport 2005
Oscar Ojeda Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects Manacelli Press 2001
Oscar Ojeda Spaces: Architecture in Detail Rockport 2005
Ojeda and Guerra Moore Ruble Yuddel: Houses & Housing AIA Press 1994
Sheri Olson Miller Hull: Architects of the Pacific Northwest Princeton Architectural Press 2001
Sheri Olson The Best of Cutler Anderson Architects Rockport 2008
Richard Padovan Proportion: Science, Philosophy, Architecture Spon Press 1999
Juhani Pallasmaa The Eyes of the Skin Wiley-Academy 2005
Pallasmaa, Sato Alvar Aalto Black Dog Publishing 2007
John Patkau Patkau Architects TUNS Press 1994
John Pawson Minimum Phaidon Press 1996
John Pawson Themes and Projects Phaidon Press 2002
John Pawson Works Phiadon Press 2000
Robert Pirsig Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Bantam 1974
William Pena Problem Seeking 3rd Edition, AIA Press 1987
Alberto Perez-Gomez Built Upon Love MIT Press 2008
Nikolaus Pevsner An Outline of European Architecture Hazel Watson 1948
Nikolaus Pevsner Studies in Art, Architecture and Design Walker & Co. 1968
Michael Pollan The Omnivore's Dilemma Viking Penguin 2007
Naomi Pollock Modern Japanese House Phaidon 2005
Armando Portugal Luis Barragan Rizzoli 1992
Antoine Predock Antoine Predock Rizzoli 1994
Antoine Predock Antoine Predock Houses Rizzoli 2000
Ronald Rael Earth Architecture Princeton Architectural Press 2009
Heinz Ronner Louis I. Kahn: Complete Works, 1935-74 Westview Press 1977
Charles Rose Charles Rose Architect Princeton Architectural Press 2006
Also Rossi A Scientific Autobiography MIT Press 1981
Aldo Rossi The Architecture of the City MIT Press 1982
John Ruskin The Seven Lamps of Architecture Dover 1989
Witold Rybczynski Home: A Short History of an Idea Penguin Books 1986
Witold Rybczynski Looking Around Penguin Books 1992
Joseph Rykwert Louis Kahn Harry N Abrams, Inc. 2001
Antoine de Saint-Exupery The Little Prince Harcourt Brace & Company 1943
Irene Sakellaridou Mario Botta | Architectural Poetics Universe Publishing 2000
Simon Schama Landscape and Memory Vintage Books 1996
Vincent Scully The Shingle Style and The Stick Style Yale University 1971
Robert A. M. Stern Houses Monacelli Press 1997
Sarah Susanka Home by Design Tauton Press 2005
Sarah Susanka The Not So Big House Tauton Press 1998
David Suzuki The Sacred Balance; Rediscovering our Place in Nature Greystone 2007
Van Der Ryn, Cohen Ecological Design Island Press 1995
Robert Venturi Complexity & Contradiction in Architecture MOMA 1966
Dennis Wedlick Designing the Good Home Harper Design 2003
Edward Wilson Biophilia Harvard University Press 1986
James Wines De-Architecture Rizzoli 1987
Frank Lloyd Wright The Natural House Horizon Press 1954
Peter Zumthor Atmospheres Birkhauser 2006
Peter Zumthor Thinking Architecture Birkhauser 2005