Reading List | #1 - 'A Theory of Architecture...

Geoffrey West is a theoretical physicist whose current interests are in using universal scaling laws to understand quantitatively the structure and dynamics of social organizations, such as cities and corporations, including the relationships between economies of scale, growth ...

Nicholas Boys Smith is the Founder & Chairman of Create Streets, a social enterprise and multidisciplinary consultancy specialising in urban design, planning and regeneration. He was also Chair of the Advisory Board for the Government’s Office for Place & is an Academi ...

Edward Jones is the co-author, along with the late Christopher Woodward, of the Guide to the Architecture of London, which, originally published in 1983, is now in its fifth edition and has become the definitive guide book of the subject. In 2017 the guide book became the basis o ...  Show more

In this episode of the Hearing Architecture podcast, Anthony Burke, Professor of Architecture at the University of Technology Sydney and renowned television presenter, delves into the critical importance of effectively communicating architectural ideas to diverse audiences. Drawi ...  Show more

In the newest episode of the A is for Architecture Podcast, I spoke to the architect, historian and theorist Dr Marianna Charitonidou about her fairly recent book, Architectural Drawings as Investigating Devices: Architecture’s Changing Scope in the 20th Century, which she publis ...  Show more

What is it like to be an architect? Architecture in the real world is a lot different than people think. Does school prepare you for being an architect?