11 Fascinating Books Creatives Should Read in 2022

Books are an excellent way to explore new ideas, gain knowledge and learn new skills but the benefits extend far beyond these intellectual feats. Science has shown that reading has some incredible health benefits including reducing stress, improving memory and empathy and reducing the chances of developing Alzheimer’s later in life.

In this reading list, Archify has curated a fascinating selection of books on architecture, design and mindset to sharpen your brain and improve your wellbeing.

1. Design Emergency

By Alice Rawsthorn & Paola Antonelli | Published 2022

2. Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin: Architecture and Capitalism in the Twenty-First Century

By Matthew Soules | Published 2021

3. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

4. The Green Imperative: Ecology and Ethics in Design and Architecture

By Victor Papanek | Published 2022

5. What Can a Body Do?: How We Meet the Built World

By Sara Hendren | Published 2020

6. Larger Than Yourself: Reimagine Industries, Lead with Purpose & Grow Ideas into Movements

By Thibault Manekin | Published 2021

7. Radical Architecture of the Future 

By Beatrice Galilee | Published 2021

8. A Philosopher Looks at Architecture

By Paul Guyer | Published 2021

9. Back to the Office: 50 Revolutionary Office Buildings and How They Sustained

By Stephan Petermann | Published 2022

10. Wild Design: Nature's Architects

By Kimberly Ridley | Published 2021

11. Bjarne Mastenbroek. Dig It! Building Bound to the Ground

By Bjarne Mastenbroek | Published 2021