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Books Every Architect Should Read
Read today’s standout stories redefining design at Parametric Architecture!
Yagmur Baydır
May 01, 2025
For today’s edition, we’ve got a bundle of interesting articles, insights, and trends just for you. Let’s take a look:
Ever wondered how geometry can shape stronger, smarter structures? Polyhedral Graphic Statics breaks it down, where form meets force in the most fascinating way.
Looking to sharpen your design mindset? These 10 must-read books will challenge, inspire, and elevate the way you think about architecture.
The iconic Rietveld Schröder House has a deeper story, this stunning new book finally gives Truus Schröder the credit she deserves as co-creator and visionary behind the modernist masterpiece.
Not sure what 2025 has in store? One thing’s clear, creators are in for a wild, inspiring ride, and these 25 books will help you keep up.
One needs to think, study, develop, invent, and venture more…
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Parametric Architecture
Future[tectonics]: Exploring the Intersection of Technology, Architecture, and Urbanism
Future[tectonics] is a limited-edition publication by Parametric Architecture that explores how emerging technologies like AI, digital twins, and 3D printing are reshaping architecture, urbanism, and design, sparking a vital conversation about the future of our built environment.
Polyhedral Graphical Statics: For Funicular Structural Form Finding
Polyhedral Graphic Statics explores a geometry-based method for structural design using reciprocal diagrams, offering a modern approach to form finding through the force domain and equilibrium geometry.
Rietveld Schröder House – A Biography of the House
The new biography of the Rietveld Schröder House uncovers Truus Schröder’s pivotal role in its design, backed by archival photos, letters, and fresh insights.
25 Books For Creators to Read in 2025
As technology accelerates in 2025, creators are turning to new ideas, methods, and materials to drive innovation in design and architecture. Here are 25 books that will guide you along the way.
 Parametric Intelligence 2.0 - Studio Tim FuThis 4-session workshop demonstrates how Studio Tim Fu uses AI and parametric design to transform architectural concepts into real-world designs. The workshop is scheduled for May 17,18 & 24, 25, 2025. |  Blueprints in Motion: From Maya to Unreal EngineThis workshop teaches participants how to create interactive, real-time parametric design systems using Maya, Grasshopper, and Unreal Engine. The workshop is scheduled for Jun 21 & 22, 2025. |
10 Books Every Architect Should Read
Looking to sharpen your design mindset? These 10 must-read books will challenge, inspire, and elevate the way you think about architecture.
ODA: Office of Design and Architecture
ODA: Office of Design and Architecture’s first monograph comprehensively considers the studio’s range in architecture, from the scale of the apartment to the building to the neighborhood.
Architecture & Micropolitics by Farshid Moussavi
Architecture & Micropolitics by Farshid Moussavi rethinks architectural practice as a non-linear, open-ended process shaped by everyday influences, chance, and micropolitical forces.
Humanise: A Maker’s Guide to Building Our World
Thomas Heatherwick’s book Humanise: A Maker’s Guide to Building Our World is a comprehensive exploration of how architecture and design can be transformed to better serve humanity.
 Artefacts of Growth: Biomorphic Structures in Cinema 4DThis workshop teaches architects and designers to create organic, parametric designs and renderings using Cinema 4D and Corona Renderer. The workshop is scheduled for Jun 7 & 8, 2025. |  Scripting Forms: Grasshopper3D & BlenderThis workshop focuses on creating and applying design languages using Rhino Grasshopper and Blender 3D Geometry Nodes. The workshop is scheduled for Jun 14 & 15, 2025. |
Diffusions in Architecture: Artificial Intelligence and Image Generators
Diffusions in Architecture: Artificial Intelligence and Image Generators, explores how generative AI models affect the aesthetics and design of architectural structures.
Mute Icons: and Other Dichotomies in the Real in Architecture
Mute Icons explores historical, contemporary, and speculative images to propose an alternative to the overused and cliché form of communication in architecture.
Fundamentals of Design: Understanding, Creating & Evaluating Forms and Objects
Fundamentals of Design addresses fundamental questions related to design, discussing the various forms that exist for objects and explaining the shape-giving processes that are available.
Crafting Character: The Architectural Practice of Chybik + Kristof
Crafting Character highlights the importance of a relational culture and the practice of Chybik + Kristof in working with the common bonds within a space, rather than focusing on individual arguments and divisions.