Reading Index
These working lists are a curated collection of books that have shaped my thinking as an architect, emerging researcher, and creative. Each book represents a stepping stone in my ongoing exploration of ideas and innovations that push the boundaries of what’s possible. Whether you’re looking for fresh insights or simply a light, good read, I hope they inspire you as much as they have me. I would also love to hear your recommendations!
Research
Design & Business
Leisure & Culture
PLANNING
LeGates, R.T., Stout, F., & Caves, R.W. (Eds.). (2020). The City Reader (7th ed.). Routledge.
Fainstein, S. S., & DeFilippis, J. (2016). Readings in Planning Theory (4th ed.). Wiley Blackwell.
Sanyal, B., Vale, L. J., & Rosan, C. D. (2012). Planning ideas that matter : livability, territoriality, governance, and reflective practice. MIT Press.
Sezer, C., & van Melik, R. (Eds.). (2022). Marketplaces: Movements, Representations and Practices (1st ed.). Routledge.
METHODS
Creswell, J. W., & Plano Clark, V. L. (2017). Designing and conducting mixed methods research (3rd ed.). SAGE.
Riche, N.H., Hurter, C., Diakopoulos, N., & Carpendale, S. (2018). Data-Driven Storytelling. Taylor & Francis/CRC Press.
FEMINIST LITERATURE
Criado-Perez, C. (2019). Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men. Abrams Press.
ARCHITECTURE
Bernstein, P. (2022). Machine Learning: Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. RIBA Publishing.
Galilee, B. (2021). Radical Architecture of the Future. Phaidon Press.
Ai, W., & Pins, A. (2014). Spatial Matters: Art Architecture and Activism. The MIT Press.
Redeker, C. & Juttner, M. (Eds.). (2022). Landscaping Egypt: From the Aesthetic to the Productive. JOVIS.
Frumkin, P. & Kolendo, A. (2014).
Building for the Arts. University of Chicago Press Economics Books.
Almazán, J. & Studiolab (April 2022). Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City. Oro Editions.
De Botton, A. (2006). The Architecture of Happiness. McClelland & Stewart.
Bachelard, G. (2014). The Poetics of Space. Penguin Classics.
Palladio, A. 1508-1580. (1965). The Four Books of Architecture. Dover Publications.
BUSINESS
Meyer, E. (2014). The Culture Map: Breaking through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business. (1st ed.). PublicAffairs.
GRAPHIC NOVELS
Berbian, V. & Kebbi, Y. (2019). The Structure is Rotten, Comrade. Fantagraphics Books.
Bannerman, I., Jimenez, S., & Jones, S. (Eds.). (2019). World War 3 Illustrated. #50, Shameless feminists. AK Press.
Khan, S. (2022). What Is Home, Mum? Street Noise Books.
Gharib, M. (2022). It Won’t Always Be Like This. Ten Speed Press.
Russo, M. (2021). Why is Everybody Yelling?: Growing Up in My Immigrant Family (1st ed.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Dyck, J. (2022). Shelterbelts. Conundrum Press.
Gharib, M. (2019). I Was Thieir American Dream: A Memoir. Clarkson Potter.
Rowser, J. & Smith, R. (2022). Wash Day Diaries. Chronicle Books.
Brown, J. (2022). Loved and Lost: A Relationship Trilogy. IDW Publishing.
Radtke, K. (2021). Seek You: A Journey through American Loneliness. Pantheon Books.
Doucet, J. (2022). Time Zone J. Drawn & Quarterly.
Penyas, A. (2018). We’re All Just Fine. Fantagrahics Books.
Satrapi, M. (2005). Embroideries. Pantheon Books.
Wertz, J. (2017). Tenements, Towers & Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City (1st ed.). Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers.
CULTURE
Algotsson, S., Davis, D., Lamb, Y. R., Ross, G., & Silverman, H. (1996). The Spirit of African Design (1st ed.). Clarkson Potter.
Kasfir, S. L. (1999). Contemporary African Art. Thames & Hudson.
André N., Covington-Ward, Y. & Hungbo, J. (2021). African Performance Arts and Political Acts. University of Michigan Press.