On and off, I've tended to read quite a bit. So, I thought I'd put up some reviews of books as I read them. In time, I may go back and add reviews of some of the books I read in the past. Not massively exciting, but I suppose it may be of interest to someone, somewhere (perhaps).
101 Things I Learned in Architecture School - Matthew Frederick
I got this cute little book during an amble around a bookshop today with Caroline. While it's sold as a kind of cheat-sheet for architecture students, I think it's of much wider interest. It's a light and fluffy book, a quick read with each point delivering a simple idea, ranging from 'how to draw a line' through various architectural rules of thumb to things like how to arrange fire exits!
While some of the points are only of the most incidental interest to non-architects, most of them provide insights into the archectectural thought process, and as such this book feels like something on which to build an informed appreciation of the subject. I can't really judge accuracy of the contents very well, as I know so little about the theory, but having read it, I feel I've incrementally decreased my lack of knowledge, and substantially increased my enjoyment of the subject.
Permalink. Posted 23:40, Sun, 15 Jun 2008.
There is also a complete index of the books.
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