For teachers:
John Summerson,
The Classical Language of Architecture
, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963. This book provides an excellent overview of the origin and significance of the orders as well as a birds-eye view of architecture.
Alexander Jackson Dawning,
The Architecture of Country Houses,
Dover Publications, 1969. This book, by America’ s first important landscape architect, provides a thorough discussion of many aspects of the early Victorian House.
Elizabeth Mills Brawn,
New Haven: A Guide to Architecture and Urban Design
, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1976. This book allows you to construct your own walking-tour of New Haven.
Louis Hellman,
Architecture for Beginners
Writers & Readers in association with Unwin Paperbacks, London, 1986. This book encapsulates key concepts of architecture and is illustrated by imaginative drawings.
Cyril M. Harris, editor,
Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture
, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1977. This book gives practical definitions of various elements of architecture, enhanced by over 2000 line drawings.
For students:
Diane Maddex, drawings by Roxie Munro,
Architects make Zigzags: Looking at Architecture from A to Z
, published by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, The Preservation Press, Washington D.C., 1986. This is a fun alphabet-style book that will acquaint students with some basic architectural concepts.
David Eisen,
Fun With Architecture
, published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Viking Press, New York, 1992. This “kit” includes rubber stamps for students to make designs, and a small book that introduces concepts and styles.
