Tuesday 24 November 2015

Vernacular Architecture

The Changing Rural Habitat; Volume 2 : Background Papers


http://archnet.org/system/publications/contents/3501/original/DPC0009.PDF?1384775363

If you read these papers you will cover almost all eastern traditional styles of architecture , and detailed description is given after page 31.


Traditional Domestic Architecture of the Arab Region By Friedrich Ragette







A Global History of Architecture By Francis D. K. Ching, Mark M. Jarzombek, Vikramaditya Prakash

Building Construction Illustrated By Francis D. K. Ching

Interior Design Illustrated By Francis D. K. Ching, Corky Binggeli

A Visual Dictionary of Architecture By Francis D. K. Ching

Landscape Design Books

Principles of landscape design and site planning
History of landscape styles
Landscape elements and materials
Plant characteristics and planting design 
Environmental considerations in landscape planning



Vegetation In The Site Plan & Landscape Design By Muhammad Sarmad Sonyal




Illustrated History of Landscape Design

 By Chip Sullivan, Elizabeth Boults

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Fg1a25r7UM0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=landscape+design&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=landscape%20design&f=false





Garden History: Philosophy and Design, 2000 BC--2000 AD

 By Tom Turner







Saturday 21 November 2015

Planning Theory




Manifestoes and Transformations in the Early Modernist City by Christian Hermansen Cordua


Urban Design: The Composition of Complexity by Ron Kasprisin


A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction

 By Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein

Urban Design - Street and Square, Third Edition



The Image of the City

 By Kevin Lynch





Thursday 19 November 2015

Visual and Urban Design




Graphic Design: The New Basics

 By Ellen Lupton, Jennifer Cole Phillips
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=k9lUQvXkADwC&printsec=frontcover&authuser=0&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false



Good City Form

 By Kevin Lynch
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=flJdgBoKQHQC&printsec=frontcover&authuser=0&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Architecture: Form, Space, and Order

 By Francis D. K. Ching
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=GryqqV58cXcC&printsec=frontcover&authuser=0&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false


The Geometry of Art and Life

 By Matila Costiescu Ghyka
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=h1Wm6tHAKHcC&printsec=frontcover&authuser=0&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false



The Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Numbers

 By R. A. Dunlap
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=Pq2AekTsF6oC&printsec=frontcover&authuser=0&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false


History of Architecture

A history of architecture on the comparative method
by Fletcher, Banister, 1833-1899; Fletcher, Banister, Sir, 1866-1953https://archive.org/details/historyofarchite00fletuoft



Architecture, classic and early Christian;
by Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger), 1830-1903; Slater, John, 1847-https://archive.org/details/architectureclas00smitiala




Indian Architecture
by Percy Brown 

https://archive.org/details/IndianArchitecture


Buddhist Art In India
by Burgess,Jas.


Mughal Architecture: Organization, Inspirations and Design

European architecture, a historical study
by Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909
https://archive.org/details/europeanarchitec00sturuoft


European architecture:
by Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909


Vernacular and traditional architecture
 Natural Energy and Vernacular Architecture Principles and Examples with Reference to Hot Arid Climates
Hassan Fathy
edited by Walter Shearer  and  Abd-el-rahman Ahmed Sultan


Studies in Ancient Technology

 By Forbes
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=-VmmHdm5STIC&printsec=frontcover&authuser=0&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false



City Planning


City Planning


The City of To-morrow and Its Planning

 By Le Corbusier





Form and Meaning in the Earliest Cities: A New Approach to Ancient Urban Planning Michael E. Smith Arizona State University


Cities in evolution : an introduction to the town planning movement and to the study of civics

Cities and town planning exhibition: Guide-book and outline catalogue
by Geddes, Patrick, Sir, 1854-1932; Mears, F.C
 https://archive.org/stream/citiestownplanni00gedd#page/20/mode/2up



City development, a study of parks, gardens and culture-institutes, a report to the Carnegie Dumfermline trust by Geddes, Patrick, Sir, 1854-1932
https://archive.org/stream/citydevelopments00gedduoft#page/44/mode/2up


Planning and Urban Design Standards by American Planning Association
https://books.google.co.in/books?id=3spWR8wdGaQC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false