Objects for

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Books about objects, space, and how people live with both. Architecture first; everyday design and more shelves to follow.

Architecture

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Books that shape how architects see buildings, objects, and space, drawn from a Master's in Architecture and the years of practice since. Selected for students, recent graduates, and anyone who wants to read architecture seriously.

Vol. 1

(01)
Manual of SectionLTL Architects
For learning to think in cuts rather than plans.
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(02)
Manual of Biogenic House SectionsLTL Architects
The same method applied to low-carbon houses.
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(03)
Embodied Energy and DesignDavid Benjamin, ed.
On making buildings accountable for their materials.
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(04)
Office for Political InnovationAndrés Jaque
On architecture as a political act.
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(05)
Are We Human?Beatriz Colomina & Mark Wigley
On design as the thing that makes us human.
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Vol. 2

(01)
The Architecture of Closed WorldsLydia Kallipoliti
On sealed environments and what buildings do with their own waste.
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(02)
How to Live in a FlatHeath Robinson & K.R.G. Browne
A 1936 comic guide to small-space living that is still accurate.
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(03)
Philosophy of the HomeEmanuele Coccia
On why domestic space matters more than the city.
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(04)
AeropolisNerea Calvillo
On air as something architecture designs, whether it admits it or not.
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(05)
We the BacteriaBeatriz Colomina & Mark Wigley
On buildings as living systems.
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