Simon Unwin

Analysing Architecture

Now in its fourth edition, Analysing Architecture has become internationally established as the best introduction to architecture. Aimed primarily at ...

Twenty Buildings Every Architect Should Understand

a revised and expanded edition of Twenty Buildings Every Architect Should Understand

Have you ever wondered how the ideas behind the world’s greatest architectural designs came about? What process does an architect go through to desi...

Twenty-Five+ Buildings Every Architect Should Understand

Revised and Expanded Edition

The underlying theme of Twenty-Five+ Buildings Every Architect Should Understand is the relationship of architecture to the human being, how it frames...

An Architecture Notebook

Wall

A companion volume to the author's successful text, Analysing Architecture, this book follows the same approach and format to explore conceptual theme...

Exercises in Architecture

Learning to Think as an Architect

Architecture is a doing word. You can learn a great deal about the workings of architecture through analysing examples but a fuller understanding of i...

Twenty-five Buildings Every Architect Should Understand

"Twenty-Five Buildings Every Architect Should Understand is an essential companion to Simon Unwin's Analysing Architecture, and part of the trilogy wh...

Doorway

Though we may take them for granted, doorways impinge on our lives in many ways. Their powers are even richer and more varied than those of the wall. ...

Twenty-Five Buildings Every Architect Should Understand

a revised and expanded edition of Twenty Buildings Every Architect Should Understand

Twenty-Five Buildings Every Architect Should Understand is an essential companion to Simon Unwin’s Analysing Architecture, and part of the trilogy w...

Twenty Buildings Every Architect Should Understand

Analysing buildings from throughout the 20th century and across the globe including the US, France, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, Spain, Finland, Austra...

Children as Place-Makers

the innate architect in all of us

Each of these Analysing Architecture Notebooks is devoted to a particular theme in understanding the rich and varied workings of architecture. They ca...

Metaphor

an exploration of the metaphorical dimensions and potential of architecture

Each of these Analysing Architecture Notebooks is devoted to a particular theme in understanding the rich and varied workings of architecture. They ca...

Shadow

the architectural power of withholding light

Each of these Analysing Architecture Notebooks is devoted to a particular theme in understanding the rich and varied workings of architecture. They ca...

Curve

possibilities and problems with deviating from the straight in architecture

Each of these Analysing Architecture Notebooks is devoted to a particular theme in understanding the rich and varied workings of architecture. They ca...

The Ten Most Influential Buildings in History

Architecture's Archetypes

The Ten Most Influential Buildings in History identifies ten architectural archetypes that have been sources of inspiration for architects through the...

Analysing Architecture

The Universal Language of Place-Making

"Now in its fifth edition, Analysing Architecture has become internationally established as the best introduction to architecture. Aimed primarily at ...