7th October World Architecture Day

Think about all of those amazing buildings around the world. You can celebrate World Architecture Day by taking the time to learn about some of the world’s most brilliant examples of architecture. Another way to observe World Architecture Day is to pay tribute to the incredible work that has been done by architects.

Books about famous buildings:

• From Mud Huts to Skyscrapers: Architecture for Children  by Christine Paxmann

• See Inside Famous Buildings by Rob Lloyd Jones

• Architecture According to Pigeons by Speck Lee Tailfeather

• Atlas of Amazing Architecture by Peter Allen

• How Was That Built? The Stories Behind Awesome Structures by Roma Agrawal

• 13 Buildings Children Should Know by Annette Reeder

• Look Up!  by Antonia Presenti

• 100 Things to Know About Architecture by Louise O'Brien

• Wild Buildings and Bridges: Architecture Inspired by Nature by Etta Kaner

• The Stories of Famous Buildings  by Stepanka Sekaninova

• Buildings Inspired by Nature  by Mary Boone

• Look at That Building! A First Book of  Structures by Scot Ritchie

Books about architects:

• 13 Architects Children Should Know  by Florian Heide

There are three biographies about Zaha Hadid

•  The World is Not  a Rectangle  by Jeanette Winter

• Building Zaha  by Victoria Tentler-Krylov

• Zaha Hadid  by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

• Maya Lin: artist-architect of light and lines  by Jeanne Walker Harvey

• Jorn's Magnificent Imagination  by Coral Bass

• Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon by Kelly Starling Lyon

• Gaudi Architect of Imagination by Susan B. Katz

 • Building on Nature: The Life of Antoni Gaudi by Rachel Rodriguez

• Shape of the World: A Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright  by K.L.Going

And of course, there's some general picture books, especially for a more general view of architecture.

• Eugene the Architect by Thibaut Rissat

• Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty

• Puffin the Architect  by Kimberly Andrews

• Mini Architects  by Robert Sae-Heng

• Young Frank  by Frank Viva

• Maybe I'll Be An Architect  by Tenille Bettenhausen

• Dreaming Up  by Christy Hale

• Brick:Who Found Herself in Architecture by Joshua David Stein