10 must-have architecture books to gift (or self-gift)
A selection of architecture books worth reading — and gifting — opening with Ralph Erskine's idea that the function of buildings is to improve human relationships.
“The function of buildings is to improve human relationships.” Ralph Erskine’s words are a good place to start any reading list on architecture — a reminder that behind every plan there are people.
We have put together a selection of titles that have shaped the way we think and work: classics on composition and light, monographs, and a few essays that step beyond the discipline to ask what building for others really means.
Whether as a gift or a self-gift, these are books to return to — the kind that keep giving each time you open them.