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Architecture Books: Buildings, Interiors and Design Worth Studying

Architecture is the one art we all live inside. Architecture books teach you to see it: why a courtyard keeps a house cool, how a temple is planned, what makes one room restful and another restless. This page is the starting point for students, practising architects and anyone who simply loves beautiful buildings. The shelves linked below hold our books on architecture, interior design books and illustrated titles on Indian buildings.

Where to Find Architecture and Design Books

Architecture: our architecture titles are in The Arts: Architecture.
Illustrated books on Indian buildings: temples, palaces, courtyard houses and Indian interiors are in Art and Art and Photography.
History of art and design: History of Art and Design.
Industrial and commercial design: Industrial and Commercial Art and Design.
Home and house: Home and House Maintenance.

This shelf is still small. If you need a specific textbook or monograph, send us the title through the Request a Book page.

Books on Indian Architecture

Indian architecture books cover an astonishing range: rock cut caves, temple towns, Mughal tombs and gardens, stepwells, havelis, colonial cities and the modern work of the last seventy years. Illustrated books with plans and photographs are the best way to study them at home, and they are equally at ease on a drawing board or a coffee table.

Interior Design Books

If you are doing up a home, interior design books are a better guide than a thousand saved pictures, because they explain the reasoning: proportion, light, colour and how a family actually uses a room. Books on traditional Indian homes are full of ideas that suit our climate, such as shaded verandahs, inner courtyards and cross ventilation.

For Students of Architecture

Learn to draw first: books on sketching and architectural drawing are the foundation of every design course.
Read history early: knowing how buildings developed makes design studio work far richer.
Study plans, not just photographs: choose books that show floor plans and sections alongside pictures.
Keep a few monographs: the collected work of one great architect teaches more than a general survey.

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