Architecture/Bibliography

Master books

This is a list of very important books that everyone interested in learning architecture should know. They are usually part of architecture courses in the whole world.

Lessons for Students in Architecture, by Herman Hertzberger - Hertzberger is a world-famous dutch architecture teacher, and this book, full of techniques and methods for making architecture projects, is considered a must-read by many architecture schools, if not all of them. Hertzberger is considered a master at studying the function of architecture in an urban environment.
Architecture: Form, Space, & Order, by Francis D. K. Ching - is another bible for architects, it explains a lot of formal rules, order and mechanisms used when doing architecture, and the interaction between formal rules and function in architecture.
Towards a new architecture, by Le Corbusier - This is a manifest that Le Corbusier, one of the fathers of the Modernism wrote. It is a key to understand our post-modernism current time, and what modernism changed in the paradigms used by architects.
The art of projecting architecture by Ernst Neufert - A very practical book about designing with human proportions in mind, full of examples and precise measurements.

Advanced books

This is a list of more secific books that usually are considered important as someone advances on the path of architecture.

The image of the city, by Kevin Lynch - A reference in analyzing the city and what makes distinctive points "urban marks" for its inhabitants
Learning from Las Vegas, by Robert Venturi- This is a very important book about how architecture can cope, deviate or stand out against rules and classical orthodoxy.
Urbanisme, utopie et réalités, by Francoise Choay
The death and life of great american cities, by Jane Jacobs

Architecture magazines

This is a collection of world-recognized architecture publications.

El Croquis (Spain) - http://www.elcroquis.es/
Architectural Record (USA) - http://archrecord.construction.com/
Architectural Review (UK) - http://www.arplus.com/home.htm
L'Architecture aujourd'hui (France) - http://www.jeanmichelplace.com/fr/revues/fiche.cfm?ProduitCode=13
Techniques et Architecture (France) - http://www.techniquesarchitecture.com/
Architecture Week (USA) - http://www.architectureweek.com/ - This one can be read online freely
GA Houses (Japan) - http://www.ga-ada.co.jp/english/ga_houses
GA Document (Japan) - http://www.ga-ada.co.jp/english/ga_document/
A+U (Japan) - http://www.japan-architect.co.jp/english/1all/top_frame.html
L'Arca (Italy) - http://www.arcaedizioni.it/web_pages_IT/main/index.htm
Detail (Germany) - http://www.detail.de/thema_architecture-magazine-construction_57_En.htm
2G (Spain) - http://www.ggili.com/2G.cfm?IDIDIOMA=EN
Arquitectura viva (Spain) - http://www.arquitecturaviva.com/avProyectos/Default.asp
A10 (Netherlands) - http://www.a10.eu/