AIE
Selected Bibliography
Paper
Bridges: Strength Through Form, An Illustrated Teacher's Manual,
Mario Salvadori
and M. Al Isaac, Salvadori Center,
1997
Philadelphia Then and Now, Kenneth Finkel and Susan Oyana, The Library Company of Philadelphia, 0-486-25790-8
Shelter: Human Habitats from Around the World, Charles Knevitt, 1994, ISBN 0-87654-600-9
The
World Atlas of Architecture, ISBN: 0-517-66875-0 This book
is an excellent reference, using color photos and illustrations to
describe architecture from all over the world.
The
Visual Dictionary of Buildings, Eyewitness Series, ISBN: 0-86318-961-X
The beautiful photographs in this book describe monuments and details
of Western architecture.
A
Shelter Sketchbook, John Taylor, ISBN: 1890132-02-0 The author
illustrates environmental adaptations in the architecture of people
all over the world in clear, appealing drawings.
American
Shelter, Les Walker, ISBN: 0-87951-131-1 Beautiful drawings
and short, clear text describe the history of American building from
native American dwellings to Lucy the Elephant.
The
Art of Construction, Mario Salvadori, ISBN: 1-55652-080-8
Salvadori pioneered built environment education with this book, which
describes and illustrates basic engineering topics in architecture
in an easy-to-understand way.
City,
David Macaulay, ISBN: 0-395-19492-X An illustrated description
of Roman building methods, including roads and aqueducts as well as
buildings.
ABC
of Architecture, James F. O-Gorman, ISBN: 0-8122-1631-8 An
accessible, non-technical text on the first steps to understanding
architectural structure, history, and criticism.
Shelter,
Shelter Publications, ISBN: 0-394-70991-8 Touches on subjects
from caves, huts and tents, to nomadic living, to building elements
and materials, to energy, water, food, and waste.
Environmental
Encounter, Joanne Henderson Pratt, James Pratt, Sarah Barnett
Moore, William J. Moore, M.D., ISBN: 09601902-0-1 A basic guide
to environmental problem-solving that leads the individual from a
fundamental perception and awareness of his/her personal environment
to an understanding of complex urban environments.
Architecture:
The World's Greatest Buildings Explored and Explained, Neil Stevenson,
ISBN: 0-7894-1965-3 Fifty of the world's greatest structures,
explored through spectacular pictures and explained with detailed
annotations.
Streets,
The Architects Collaborative Inc., Serge Crijanovic and Galila Spero
Explores why streets look the way they do, how they got that way,
and how they might be changed.
Architecture
in Education: A Resource of Imaginative Ideas and Tested Activities,
Marcy Abhau et al, 1986, The Foundation for Architecture, ISBN: 0-9622908-0-7.
Includes over 200 classroom-tested activities, related to specific
curriculum areas and age groups. Structure Poster, Linda Braley, 1996,
The Foundation for Architecture. Communicates clearly 12 basic elements
of structure, including the words, definitions, illustrations, and
diagrams.
BEEP
Teachers Handbook, Built Environment Education Program, California
Council, The American Institute of Architects
Youth
Planning Charrettes: A Manual for Planners, Teachers, and Youth Advocates,
Bruce Race, AICP, AIA, and Carolyn Torma, Planners Press, American
Planning Association
Design
as a Catalyst for Learning, Meredith Davis, Peter Hawley, Bernard
McMullan, Gertrude Spilka, Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development.
Building
Your Future: Using Architecture in the Classroom, Chicago Architecture
Foundation
The
Builders: Marvels of Engineering, National Geographic Society,
ISBN: 0-7922-7351-6
Icons
of Architecture, Prestel, ISBN: 3-7913-1949-3
Building
for Tomorrow, Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1993, ISBN: 0-8114-2805-2
The
Ecology of Architecture, Whitney Library of Design (Watson-Guptill),
1996, ISBN: 0-8230-1596-2
Architecture:
Form, Space & Order, Francis D.K. Ching, Van Nostrand Reinhold,
1979, ISBN 0-442-21535-5, 0-442-21534-7
The
City, Form and Intent, Richard
Saul Wurman, University of North Carolina, 1963
Contemporary
European Architects, Wolfgang Amsoneit, Benedikt Taschen Verlag
GmbH, ISBN 3-8228-9753-1
Experiencing
Architecture, Steen Eiler Rasmussen, M.I.T. Press, 1959, ISBN
0-262-68002-5
Housing:
Symbol, Structure, Site, Lisa Taylor, Cooper-Hewitt
Museum, ISBN 0-8478-1016-X
How
Things Were Built, David J. Brown, Random House, 1992, ISBN 0-679-82044-2
Invisible
Cities, Italo
Calvino, Harcourt Brace & Company, 1978, ISBN 0-15-645380-0
Key
Moments in Architecture, Graham Vickers, DaCapo Press, ISBN 0-306-80884-6
Math
Games for Middle School, Mario Salvadori and Joseph P. Wright,
Chicago Review Press, 1998, ISBN 1-55652-288-6
Notes
on Architecture, Information Design Inc., ISBN, 1-56052-057-4
