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
• 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
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