Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Reading
list
for
applicants
For
Architecture
We
recommend
you
read
at
least
one
the
following
before
coming
to
interview:
Girouard, M., Cities and People, (out of print, but available from £2.50 second-‐hand online)
Hatherly, O., A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain, Verso, £12.59.
Perec, G., Species of Space and Other Pieces, Penguin, £7.69.
Sutton, I. , Western Architecture: a Survey from Ancient Greece to the Present, T&H, £7 (new).
(Prices
shown
are
full
retail
price.
Substantial
discounts
are
available
new
and
secondhand
online.
All
books
should
be
easily
obtainable
in
local
libraries)
You
might
also
find
one
or
more
of
these
inspiring:
Banham, R., Architecture of the Well Tempered Environment, Architectural Press.
Gordon, J., Structures, or Why things Don’t Fall Down, Penguin.
Wittkower, R., Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism, Academy.
JC/2012