UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

Level 3 2011-12

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
Reading List

The list comprises specific reading material in preparation for the Edinburgh Urban Project, related to the four subject areas (a, b, c and d) to be studied, followed by an eclectic list of books and websites (in no particular order) drawn up by the Year 3 tutors for general reference during the academic year. EDINBURGH URBAN PROJECT Cullen, G. The Concise Townscape, Oxford: Butterworth Architecture, 1996. Tschumi, B. The Manhattan Transcripts: Theoretical Projects, Academy Editions, 1995. and at www.tschumi.com Bunschoten, R. Urban Flotsam: Chora, 010 Publishers, 2001. Sadler, S. The Situationist City, MIT Press, 1998. Kevin Lynch, The Image of the City MIT Press, 1960. Hillier B, Space is the Machine: a Configurational Theory of Architecture available at www.spacesyntax.com Sitte, C. The Art of Building Cities, Hyperion Press, 1979. Rossi, A, The Architecture of the City, MIT Press, 1999. Gehl, J. Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space, VNR, 1987. Gehl, J & Gemzoe, L. Public Spaces, Public Life, Copenhagen, DAP, 2004. Gehl, J. et al, New City Life, The Danish Architectural Press, 2006. Abrams, J and Hall, P Else/Where: Mapping New Cartographies of Networks and Territories, Minneapolis, 2006 Gausa, M. HiperCatalunya Research Territories , Barcelona: Actar, 2003. www.edinburgh.gov.uk/internet/Environment GENERAL Edmund Bacon, 'Design of Cities', Thames and Hudson, 1967. Geoffrey Broadbent, Deconstruction: A Student Guide, Academy, 1991. Henk Van Blerk, 9+1 Young Dutch Landscape Architects, NAi, 2002. Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities, Picador, 1972. Rem Koolhaas, Content, Taschen, 2004. Pamela Johnston (ed), Architecture is not made with the brain: The labour of Alison + Peter Smithson, AA Publications, 2005 Peter Cook, The Primer, Academy, 1996. Roger Connan, How architecture got its hump, MIT, 2001. Matilda McQuaid, Shigeru Ban Phaidon, 2006. Norman Crowe, 'Nature and the Idea of a Man-Made World: An Investigation into the Evolutionary Roots of Form and Order in the Built Environment', MIT, 1995. Norman Potter, What is a designer: things.places.messages, Hyphen Press, 2003. (a) (a) (a) (a) (b) (b) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (d) (d) (d)

Simon Sadler, Archgram: Archtecture without Architecture, AA, 2004. Robin Evans, Translations from Drawing to Building and Other Essays, AA, 1997. Robert Harbison, Thirteen Ways MIT, 1997. Charles Jencks, Theories and Manifestos of Contemporary Architecture, Knopf, 1997. Rem Koolhaas S,M,L,XL, Monacelli Press, 1995. Neil Leach, 'Rethinking Architecture: A Reader in Cultural Theory', Routledge, 1997. R Maxwell (ed), Stirling: Writings on Architecture, Skira, 1998. Kate Nesbitt, Theorising a New Agenda for Architectural Theory, Princeton, 1996. Peter Noever, Architecture in Transition, Prestel, 1991. Peter Noever, The Death of Architecture Prestel, 1993. Catherine Spellman + Karl Unglaub, Peter Smithson: Conversations with Students, Princeton, 2005. Edward Robbins, Why Architects draw, MIT, 1997. Paul Davies + Tortsten Schmiedeknecht An Architects Guide to Fame, Architectural Press, 2005. Robert D Romanshyn, Technology as Symptom and Dream, Routledge, 1989. Alberto Perez Gomez, Architecture and the crisis of Modern Science MIT, 1983. Junichiro Tanizaki, In praise of shadows, J.Cape, 1991. Jonathan Glancey, London: Bread and Circuses, Verso, 2001. Daniel Willis, The Emerald City and other Essays on the Architectural Imagination, Princeton. 1999. M. Salem Uddin, Hybrid Drawing techniques by Contemporary Architects & Designers, John Wiley, 1999. www.presidentsmedals.com Leading student projects from various architecture schools, useful for looking at different ways of communicating projects. www.brucemau.com Bruce Mau is the leading graphic designer who has worked with Rem Koolhaas. Much of his Incomplete Manifesto for working in creative fields is very applicable to Architecture. www.rpbw.com The work of Renzo Piano. An excellent array of projects. www.fat.co.uk A quirky site for Fashion Architecture Taste. www.hughpearman.com Site of Hugh Pearman, architecture and design critic. A vast array of published articles in one place. www.arcspace.com International resource with excellent links to architectural practice websites www.detail.de Excellent site related to detail magazine. www.yorkshireforward.com The body responsible for regional regeneration and with whom the school has collaborated on student projects in the past. http://architects.arbitat.com/ General overview with basic introduction to worldwide architects. www.archinform.net Detailed international architecture database.
Mark Emms August 2011