11 Best nonfiction books like Architect, Verb: The New Language of Building by Reinier de Graaf

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Architect, Verb: The New Language of Building

By: Reinier de Graaf

3.60

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The Hidden Rules of how to build world-class, award winning, creative, innovative, sustainable, li…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Architect, Verb: The New Language of Building by Reinier de Graaf , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of In Praise of Shadows by Edward G. Seidensticker, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Thomas J. Harper, Charles Moore, None

1. In Praise of Shadows

By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Thomas J. Harper , Charles Moore , None

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and e… read more

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  • architecture
  • nonfiction
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2. Design as Art

By: Patrick Creagh , Bruno Munari

3.98

Format: 574 pages, Paperback

One of the last surviving members of the futurist generation, Bruno Munari's Design as Art is an il… read more

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  • architecture
  • nonfiction
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3. Invisible Cities

By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver

4.11

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities v… read more

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4. Mount Analogue

By: René Daumal

2.69

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

In this novel/allegory the narrator/author sets sail in the yacht Impossible to search for Mount An… read more

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5. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

By: Haruki Murakami , Alfred Birnbaum

3.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

'A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn sku… read more

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6. Torto Arado

By: Itamar Vieira Junior

4.49

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Vencedor dos prémios LeYa (2018) e Jabuti, finalista do Oceanos (2020). Um livro comovente que traz… read more

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"Olha, dona"

-Itamar Vieira Junior, Torto Arado

"Durante algum tempo, pensei que pudesse haver uma ruptura entre nossas famílias, mas o perdão aflorava da bênção que poderia ser o retorno de alguém de qual somos parte."

-Itamar Vieira Junior, Torto Arado

"Você incutiu naquelas vidas um respeito grande por suas próprias histórias. Mas agora nem você conseguia mais se iluminar com a esperança de que a mudança fosse possível, muito menos acreditava que a…"

-Itamar Vieira Junior, Torto Arado

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7. Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 1 - The Birth of Humankind

By: David Vandermeulen

4.38

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

A hardcover edition of the first volume of the graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari's smash #1 N… read more

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  • nonfiction
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8. The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

By: Zoë Schlanger

4.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning environment and science reporter Zoë Schlanger delivers a groundbreaking work of popu… read more

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  • nonfiction
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9. How to Pronounce Knife: Stories

By: Souvankham Thammavongsa

3.85

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780316422130. In the title story of Souvankham Thammavongsa's d… read more

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"Whether or not you understood the oath you made, you had to move your lips."

-Souvankham Thammavongsa, How to Pronounce Knife: Stories

"The only love Red knew was that simple, uncomplicated, lonely love one feels for oneself in the quiet moments of the day. It was there, steady and solid in the laughter and talk of the television and…"

-Souvankham Thammavongsa, How to Pronounce Knife: Stories

"At church, she told us they ate one cracker and took one swallow of red wine and the rest of the time there was a man talking. She did not know exactly what he said, but he said it for a long time. S…"

-Souvankham Thammavongsa, How to Pronounce Knife: Stories

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10. Grybo sapnas

By: Gabija Grušaitė

4.10

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

„Grybo sapnas“ – tai romanas apie žmones, pasiklydusius savo vidiniuose labirintuose. Visuomenės ak… read more

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11. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

By: Bent Flyvbjerg

4.32

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Soft City: Building Density for Everyday Life by David    Sim

12. Soft City: Building Density for Everyday Life

By: David Sim

4.38

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Imagine waking up to the gentle noises of the city, and moving through your day with complete confi… read more

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  • architecture
  • nonfiction
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13. Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2 - The Pillars of Civilization

By: David Vandermeulen

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

This second volume of Sapiens: A Graphic History, the full-color graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah H… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Bitch: On the Female of the Species by Lucy Cooke

14. Bitch: On the Female of the Species

By: Lucy Cooke

4.45

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A fierce, funny, and revolutionary look at the queens of the animal kingdom. Studying zoology m… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms that Sustain Life by Johan Eklöf

15. The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms that Sustain Life

By: Johan Eklöf

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In the bestselling tradition of Why We Sleep and The Sixth Extinction, an urgent and insightful loo… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Moths have the animal world’s most exceptional sense of smell and can capture separate scent molecules with their antennae."

-Johan Eklöf, The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms that Sustain Life

"Moths have shown themselves to be at least as important pollinators as the diurnal bees and they even visit more kinds of flowers than bees do."

-Johan Eklöf, The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms that Sustain Life

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16. Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City

By: Jorge Almazán

4.46

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Tokyo is one of the most vibrant and livable cities on the planet, a megacity that somehow remains … read more

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  • architecture
  • nonfiction
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17. A Feeling of History

By: Peter Zumthor

4.29

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

While he was working to complete the Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine Museum in southern Norway in 2016, Swi… read more

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  • architecture
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18. Architect, Verb: The New Language of Building

By: Reinier de Graaf

3.60

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The Hidden Rules of how to build world-class, award winning, creative, innovative, sustainable, li… read more

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  • architecture
  • nonfiction
Cover of Formgiving: An Architectural Future History by Taschen

19. Formgiving: An Architectural Future History

By: Taschen

4.22

Format: 734 pages, Paperback

Formgiving. An Architectural Future History, the new book by BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), is a vision… read more

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  • architecture
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20. On Bramante

By: Pier Paolo Tamburelli

4.60

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

A new interpretation of the work of Bramante, suggesting an agenda for contemporary architectural p… read more

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  • architecture
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21. The Emotional Power of Space

By: Ila Bêka, Louise Lemoine

4.33

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

The Emotional Power of Space by Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine (Bêka & Partners Publishers, 2023) comp… read more

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8 Best architecture books like Architect, Verb: The New Language of Building by Reinier de Graaf

Transform Your Habits

In Praise of Shadows

Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Thomas J. Harper , Charles Moore , None

4.75

Transform Your Habits

Design as Art

Patrick Creagh , Bruno Munari

3.98

Transform Your Habits

Soft City: Building Density for Everyday Life

David Sim

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Emergent Tokyo: Designing the Spontaneous City

Jorge Almazán

4.46

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Transform Your Habits

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

Cat Bohannon

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

Zoë Schlanger

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life

Jason Roberts

4.25

Transform Your Habits

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Aarathi Prasad

3.66

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