8 Short Architectural Texts You Need To Know

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Quality over quantity, so the saying goes. With so many concepts floating around the architectural profession, it can be difficult to keep up with all the ideas which you're expected to know. But in architecture and elsewhere, the most memorable ideas are often the ones that can be condensed textually: “form follows function,” “less is more,” “less is a bore.” Though slightly longer than three words, the following lists a selection of texts that don’t take too long to read, but impart long-lasting lessons, offering you the opportunity to fill gaps in your knowledge quickly and efficiently. Covering everything from loos to Adolf Loos, the public to the domestic, and color to phenomenology, read on for eight texts to place on your reading list:

1. Planning the Powder Room by Denise Scott Brown

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Cite: Sharon Lam. "8 Short Architectural Texts You Need To Know" 14 Nov 2016. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/799077/8-short-architectural-texts-you-need-to-know> ISSN 0719-8884

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你需要了解的8篇建筑短文

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