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Books like Towards a New Architecture
The best books like Towards a New Architecture are The Design of Everyday Things, The Timeless Way of Building, and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Towards a New Architecture by Le Corbusier is about modernism, architecture and society, form and function. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Design of Everyday Things
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Donald Norman · Psychology
The Design of Everyday Things began as The Psychology of Everyday Things when first published in 1988, and Donald Norman revised it substantially for a 2013 edition that updated the examples for a digital age.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - The Timeless Way of Building
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Christopher Alexander · Philosophy
Christopher Alexander's The Timeless Way of Building is a strange and ambitious book.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert Pirsig · Philosophy
Robert Pirsig's 1974 book is structured as a cross-country motorcycle journey from Minnesota to California, narrated by a father traveling with his young son Chris.
A kindred philosophy read.
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- The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
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The Art of Doing Science and Engineering
Richard Hamming · Science
Richard Hamming's book is based on a course he taught at the Naval Postgraduate School in the late 1980s, after a long career at Bell Labs where he made foundational contributions to information theory and computer science — the Hamming distance, Hamming codes, and various contributions to numerical methods all bear his name.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - Concerning the Spiritual in Art
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Concerning the Spiritual in Art
Wassily Kandinsky · Philosophy
Wassily Kandinsky's 1911 manifesto is the founding document of abstract art.
Both dig into modernism.
Read the summary → - The New Typography
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Jan Tschichold · Philosophy
The New Typography, published in German in 1928 as Die neue Typographie, is Jan Tschichold's manifesto for a modernist approach to printed communication.
Both dig into modernism.
Read the summary → - Bauhaus
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Magdalena Droste · History
Magdalena Droste's Bauhaus is the standard illustrated history of the school that ran in Germany from 1919 to 1933 and produced some of the most durable ideas in twentieth-century design, architecture, and art education.
Both dig into modernism.
Read the summary → - Delirious New York
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Rem Koolhaas · History
Rem Koolhaas published Delirious New York in 1978 with the subtitle "a retroactive manifesto for Manhattan," and that framing is essential to understanding what the book is and isn't.
Both dig into urbanism.
Read the summary → - Meggs' History of Graphic Design
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Meggs' History of Graphic Design
Philip B. Meggs · History
Meggs' History of Graphic Design is the standard reference text for the history of visual communication, covering the development of writing and printed images from prehistoric cave markings through the digital revolution.
Both dig into modernism.
Read the summary → - The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
Gertrude Stein · Memoir
The Autobiography of Alice B.
Both dig into modernism.
Read the summary → - 1984
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George Orwell · Philosophy
Nineteen Eighty-Four is George Orwell's 1949 novel about a future England called Airstrip One, governed by the totalitarian Party under the figurehead Big Brother.
A kindred philosophy read.
Read the summary → - 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari · Philosophy
Where Sapiens traced humanity's past and Homo Deus speculated about its future, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century plants itself in the present.
A kindred philosophy read.
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Books like Towards a New Architecture: quick answers
What are the best books like Towards a New Architecture?
The best books like Towards a New Architecture by Le Corbusier are The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering by Richard Hamming, Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Wassily Kandinsky, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Towards a New Architecture, such as modernism, architecture and society, form and function.
What should I read after Towards a New Architecture?
A natural next read after Towards a New Architecture is The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman. A kindred philosophy read. Other strong choices are The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering by Richard Hamming.
What books are similar to Towards a New Architecture by Le Corbusier?
Towards a New Architecture centers on modernism, architecture and society, form and function. Books with a similar feel include The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman, The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering by Richard Hamming, Concerning the Spiritual in Art by Wassily Kandinsky, The New Typography by Jan Tschichold — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
