Class Textbooks

Books for this course:

Reading the assigned reading will contribute greatly to your success!

  • Required Reading

  • Links to an external site. Download Architecture: Form, Space and Order

    Download , Francis Ching, (A great long term reference about design concepts). Thi.s link will take you to the publishers page, but you do not need to get a new edition of this book, it can be a very old edition as well

  • Art and Visual Perception , Rudolph Arnhiem This book is free and available through a link on our Canvas page or use name as hyperlink. We will only read a portion of this book. A library version or a cheap used copy is fine as well. You will need them by the beginning of the second week.

  • · Various assigned articles These will be available through the library, Announcements will go out at the appropriate time.

Suggested Reading

  • Architects are considered generalists, and must have current, general knowledge in a wide variety of fields, such as science, the arts, the environment, history, mathematics, economics, politics, psychology, medicine, engineering, construction, etc. It is strongly recommended that students subscribe to and read a daily newspaper such as the Los Angeles Times. In addition, free weekly papers such as the New Times and The LA Weekly offer different viewpoints on local issues than the mainstream press. The New Yorker, Time Magazine or Newsweek are good, though condensed, sources of national and international news and issues. Email newsletters are valuable, as are online news sources such as Archinect.com, Inhabitat.com, and many more.

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