21 books you want on your bookshelf

Provisional reading list_title (publisher), author

1.      A Pattern Language (1977), Oxford University Press, Alexander, C.

2.      A Timeless way of building, Alexander, C.
3.      Design strategies in Architecture, Baker, G.
4.      Architecture: Form, Space & Order, Van Nostrand Reinhold, Ching, F.
5.      Building Construction Illustrated. 3rd edition (2001). New York: John Wiley & Sons, Ching, F.D.K. & Adams, C.
6.      The natural house, Chiras, Daniel D.
7.      Precedents in Architecture, Clark, R.H. & Pause, M.
8.      Vernacular architecture in the Twenty-First Century – theory, education and practice, Asquith, Lindsay and Vellinga, Marcel (Ed.)
9.      A critical history of modern architecture, Frampton, K.
10.  The Craft of Building – Vol 1, Wegelen, Hans
11.  The Craft of Building – Vol 2, Wegelin, Hans
12.  The story of Modern Architecture, Tietz, Jürgen
13.  Graphic thinking for Architects and Designers, Van Nostrand Reinhold, Laseau, P. 
14.  10+ years 100+ buildings, Bell-Roberts Gallery & Publishing, Joubert, Ora (Ed.)
15.  Thinking Architecturally, Righini, Paul
16.  Building Green, Snell, C. & Callahan, T.
17.  Green Building, The  Greenhouse Project
18.  Archi Speak – an illustrated guide to architectural terms, Porter, Tom
19.  Communication for Architecture, Van Graan, Andre
20.  The Barefoot Architect: a handbook for green building (2008). Bolinas, CA: Shelter Publications, Van Lengen, J.
21. The New Energy Book for urban development in South Africa (2008), Sustainable Energy Africa, Cape Town, Ward, Sarah, Rough Guide to Sustainability (2010), Riba publishing, Edwards, Brian

happy reading!