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Top Ten Books for Architecture (And How to Use Them) What are the top ten books an architect should read? What is the most important knowledge for an architect to possess? More importantly, how do architects use books in their design process? What do architects think about? Part 1: Commodity Firmness and Delight: Three Forms of Knowledge Vitruvius the Roman architect, in The Ten Books on Architecture wrote that architecture is a coming together of three things commodity, firmness, and delight. (The Latin was firmitas, utilitas, venustas) To use contemporary language we would say architecture is composed of structure, utility, and art. Part 2: Top Ten Books on Architecture 10. History: Modern Architecture Since 1900, William J. R. Curtis Honorable Mentions: Graphic History of Architecture, John Mansbridge, 1967/1999 9. Concepts and Principles: Architecture: Form, Space, and Order, Francis Ching, 1979/1996 8. Theory: The Production of Space,