Books & Articles

General Built Environment Studies

Architecture: Form, Space & Order by Francis Ching. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1979.

City: Rediscovering the Center by William Whyte. New York: Doubleday, 1988.

Common Places: Readings in American Vernacular Architecture by Dell Upton. Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1986.

The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs. New York: Vintage Books, 1961. ISBN 0-679-74195-X

The Image of the City by Kevin Lynch. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1960.

How to Turn a Place Around. Project for Public Spaces books, 2000. www.pps.org

The Power of Place by Dolores Hayden. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1997. ISBN 0-262-08237-3

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces by William Whyte. Project for Public Spaces books, 1980. www.pps.org

Books for Students

The 5 Senses by Herve Tullet. UK: Tate Gallery, 2005.

Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson. New York: Viking, 1995.

Alphabet City: Out on the Streets by Michael De Feo. Corte Madera, CA: Ginko Press, 2004.

AlphaBet in Color by Vladimir Nabokov. Corte Madera, CA: Ginko Press, 2006.

Amazing Buildings by Philip Wilkinson. New York: Dorling Kindersley Inc., 1993.

Ancient Egypt by George Hart, Eyewitness Books. New York: DK Childrens Publisher. 1990. ISBN: 067980742X

Ancient Greece by Anne Pearson, Eyewitness Books. New York: DK Childrens Publisher. 1992.

Ancient Rome, Simon James, Eyewitness Books. New York: DK Childrens Publisher, 2004.

Architects Make Zigzags: Looking at Architecture from A to Z by Roxie Munro and Diane Maddex. Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, 1986.

Architecture Shapes by Michael J. Crosbie and Steve Rosenthal. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1993.

The Art of Construction: Projects and Principles for Beginning Engineers and Architects by Mario Salvadori. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2000.

Building by Philip Wilkinson, Eyewitness Books. New York: DK Childrens Publisher, 1995.

Building Big by David Macaulay. Boston, MA; Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books, 2000.

Buildings from Caves to Skyscrapers by Mario Salvadori. New York: Atheneum, 1979.

Bridges Go From Here to There by Forrest Wilson. Washington, DC: Preservation Press, 1993

Castle by Christopher Gravett, Eyewitness Books. New York: DK Childrens Publisher. 1994.

Castle by David Macaulay. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1977.

Cathedral, The Story of Its Construction by David Macaulay. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1973.

City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction by David Macaulay. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1974.

City by Numbers by Stephen T. Johnson. New York: Viking, 1998.

Colour me, Pictoplasma! Pictoplasma, 2006.

Designing Disney's Theme Parks: The Architecture of Reassurance, Paris: Flammarion, 1998

Discover America's Favorite Architects by Patricia Brown Glenn, Joe Stites, Illust. New York: Preservation Press, 1996.

Eyewitness Visual Dictionary of Buildings by Fiona Courtenay-Thompson. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1992.

Frank Lloyd Wright for Kids by Kathleen Thorne-Thomsen. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1994

Grand Constructions by Gian Paolo Cecerani and Piero Ventura. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1983.

Great Map Mysteries (Grades 3-6) by Susan Julio. New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1999.

I Know that Building! Discovering Architecture with Activities and Games by Jane D'Alielio. Washington, D.C.: National Trust for Historic Preservation Press, 1989.

Kid Size: The Material World of Childhood by Alexander Von Vegesack. Vitra Design Museum, Skira: 1998.

Map Skills: Grade 4 (Basic Skill Series) by Jan Kennedy, Pat Biggs, Illust. Grand Rapids, MI: Instructional Fair Group, Inc., 2000.

Me on the Map by Joan Sweeny, Annette Cable, illust. New York, NY: Crown, 1996.

Medieval Life by Andrew Langley, Eyewitness Books. New York: DK Childrens Publisher, 1996.

Mosque by David Macaulay. Boston: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books, 2003.

Pyramid by David Macaulay. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1975.

Pyramid by James Putnam, Eyewitness Books. New York: DK Childrens Publisher, 1994.

The Road to There: Mapmakers and their Stories by Val Ross. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2003.

Round Buildings, Square Buildings & Buildings that Wiggle Like a Fish by Philip M. Isaacson. New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1988.

Scribbles: A Really Giant Drawing and Coloring Book by Taro Gomi. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2006.

Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1986.

Shelters: From Tepee to Igloo by Harvey Weiss. New York: Harper & Row, 1988.

Structures by Robert Bull. London: Castle & Co., 1989.

This is Edinburgh by Miroslav Sasek. Universe, 2006.

This is London by Miroslav Sasek. Universe, 2004.

This is New York by Miroslav Sasek. Universe, 2003.

This is Paris by Miroslav Sasek. Universe, 2004.

This is San Francisco by Miroslav Sasek. Universe, 2003.

This is Venice by Miroslav Sasek. Universe, 2005.

Towers and Tunnels by Etta Kaner. Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press, Ltd, 1995.

Towns and Cities (Step-by-Step Geography) by Patience Coster and Shirley Bellwood, Raymond Turvey, Illust. New York: Children's Press, 1998.

Unbuilding by David Macaulay. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1980.

Under Every Roof: A Kids' Style and Field Guide to the Architecture of American Houses by Patricia Brown Glenn, Joe Stites, Illust. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995.

Underground by David Macaulay. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976.

Universal Patterns (The Golden Relationship: Art, Math & Nature, Book 1) by Martha Bowles and Rochelle Newman. Bradford, MA: Pythagorean PR, 1992.

Up Goes the Skyscraper! by Gail Gibbons. New York: Aladdin Books, 1990.

What It Feels Like to be a Building by Forest Wilson. Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, 1995.

When I Was Built by Jennifer Thermes. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2001.

Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail by Mario Salvadori. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1994.

Why Buildings Stand Up: The Strength of Architecture by Mario Salvadori. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1980.