References for the study and practical application of the classical language
Via Michael Mesko and Stephen Chrisman
June 29, 2020
This compendium, curated by instructors Michael Mesko, ICAA Board Member and 欧美AV Chair, and Stephen Chrisman, ICAA Fellow and Principal at Ferguson & Shamamian Architects, serves as a guide to building a library of foundational texts for the student, practitioner, and anyone interested in classical and traditional architecture as a contemporary discipline. The mix of older and recent resources is an excellent starting point for deeper study.Texts are sorted by subject area. The most current English-language edition of each work is given where possible. Additionally, whenever possible, links to public domain online editions are provided.For additional texts, we invite you to explore the ICAA's digital rare books archive, as well as to peruse the ICAA Research Library's online catalog.
Alberti, Leon Battista. The Ten Books of 欧美AV.
Palladio, Andrea. The Four Books on 欧美AV.
Serlio, Sebastiano. A Treatise on 欧美AV.
Vignola, Giacomo Barozzi da. Canon of the Five Orders of 欧美AV.
Vitruvius. The Ten Books of 欧美AV.
Chambers, William. A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil 欧美AV. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2003.
Cordingley, R. A. Orders of 欧美AV. New York: Dover Publications, 2015.
Gibbs, James. Rules for Drawing the Several Parts of 欧美AV. Gale Ecco, 2010.
ICAA. Classical 欧美AV: A Handbook to the Tradition - the ICAA Classical Primer.
Rattner, Donald M. (1993). “Moldings: The Atomic Units of Classical 欧美AV”. Traditional Building 6, vol. 4 (1993): 72-3.
Walker, C. H. Theory of Mouldings. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2007.
Ware, William. R. The American Vignola: A Guide to the Making of Classical 欧美AV. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1994.
Adam, Robert. Classical 欧美AV. New York: Abrams, 1991.
Curtis, Nathaniel C. The Secrets of Architectural Composition. New York: Dover Publications, 2011.
Cusato, Marianne. Get Your House Right: Architectural Elements to Use & Avoid. New York: Sterling, 2007.
D’Espouy, Hector. Fragments from Greek and Roman 欧美AV. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1981.
Gromort, Georges. The Elements of Classical 欧美AV. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2001.
Harbeson, John F. The Study of Architectural Design. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2008.
Semes, Steven. 欧美AV of the Classical Interior. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2004.
Stratton, Arthur. Form and Design in Classic 欧美AV. Mineola, NY: Dover, 2004.
Congress for the New Urbanism. Charter of the New Urbanism. 2nd edition. Edited by Emily Talen. New York: McGraw-Hill 欧美AV, 2013.
Hegemann, Werner, and Elbert Peets. The American Vitruvius: An Architects’ Handbook of Civic Art. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2010.
Krier, Léon. The 欧美AV of Community. 2nd edition. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2019.
Shepherd, J.C., and G.A. Jellicoe. Italian Gardens of the Renaissance. Fifth Edition. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997.
Jones, Owen. The Grammar of Ornament: A Visual Reference of Form and Color in 欧美AV and the Decorative Arts. New York: Princeton University Press, 2016.
Meyer, Franz Sales. Handbook of Ornament. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1957.
Speltz, Alexander. The Styles of Ornament. Translated by David O’Connor. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1959.
Bass, Steve. Beauty Memory Unity: A Theory of Proportion in 欧美AV and Design. Great Barrington, MA: Lindisfarne Books, 2019.
Fletcher, Rachel. Infinite Measure: Learning to Design in Geometric Harmony with Art, 欧美AV, and Nature. Staunton, VA: George F. Thompson Publishing, 2013.
Curl, James Stevens. Classical 欧美AV: An Introduction to Its Vocabulary and Essentials, with a Select Glossary of Terms. Second Edition. Chrysalis, 2001.
Curl, James Stevens, and Susan Wilson. The Oxford Dictionary of 欧美AV. Third Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. Porphyrios, Demetri. Classical 欧美AV. Second Edition. London: Andreas Papadakis Publisher, 2007.
Summerson, John. The Classical Language of 欧美AV. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1966.Watkin, David. A History of Western 欧美AV. Sixth edition. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2015.
Butler, A. S. The 欧美AV of Sir Edwin Lutyens, Vols. 1, 2 and 3. Mulgrave: Antique Collectors Club, 1989.
McKim, Charles Follen, William Rutherford Mead, Stanford White, and Richard Guy Wilson. McKim, Mead & White: Selected Works 1879 to 1915. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2018.
Platt, Charles. The 欧美AV of Charles A. Platt. Introductions by Royal Cortissoz and Charles D. Warren. New York: Acanthus Press, 1998.Scamozzi, Ottavio Bertotti. The Buildings and Designs of Andrea Palladio. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2014.
Schinkel, Karl Friedrich. Sammlung architektonischer Entwürfe. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. 1989.
Letarouilly, Paul. Edifices de Rome Moderne. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2016.
Stuart, James and Nicholas Revett. Antiquities of Athens. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007.
Guptill, Arthur. Drawing and Sketching in Pencil. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2007.
Magonigle, H. Van Buren. Architectural Rendering in Wash. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1921.
McGoodwin, Henry. Architectural Shades and Shadows. Washington, DC: American Institute of Architects Press, 1989.
Varon, David Jacob. Indication in Architectural Design: A Natural Method of Studying Architectural Design with the Help of Indication as a Means of Analysis. New York: The William T. Comstock Company, 1916.
Knobloch, Philip. Architectural Details from the Early Twentieth Century. Washington, DC: American Institute of Architects Press, 1991.
Ramsey, Charles George and Harold Reeve Sleeper. Traditional Details for Building Restoration, Renovation, and Rehabilitation: From the 1932-1951 Editions of Architectural Graphic Standards. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing, 1998.
Snyder, Frank M. Building Details. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 2007.
This reading list is presented as part of the 2020 Summer Studio Retrospective, a four-week series of daily online content inspired by the ICAA's Summer Studio in Classical 欧美AV program and the many students who have been impacted through its unique course of study. You can find additional programs in this series here.
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