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No doubt that reading is the simplest way for humans to derive and construct meaning in order to gain a particular knowledge from a source. This tendency has been digitized when books evolve into digital media equivalent – E-Books. After we introduced to you +2000 free architecture books from the internet archive, this week we bring to you some best architecture books that are available for free online, you may download more than 500 books from the sources below!

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Sources of the Best Architecture Books:

Itunes.apple.com (iTunes) [View / Download]
Bookrix.com (EPUB, Online reading) [View / Download]
Gutenberg.org (All formats) [View / Download]
Archive.org (All formats) [View / Download]
Paperhouses.co (Various formats) [View / Download]
Architecturecourses.org (Various formats) [View / Download]
loyalbooks.com (Mp3, iTunes, M4B, RSS Feed, EPUB, Online Reading, PDB, MOBI, TXT) [View / Download]
E-booksdirectory.com (Various formats) [View / Download]
Manybooks.net (Various formats) [View / Download]

In addition, below are some Public domain books (Books copyrighted in the US before 1923 are now in the public domain); their copyrights have expired and it is legal to copy such works. You may read more on Copyright Expiration on this link.

Cover	Bibliographic Record	Download
	The Seven Lamps of Architecture Author: Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 Release Date: Apr 18, 2011 Summary: Wikipedia Buy print version at Amazon	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 6.2 MB Kindle (with images) 8.1 MB
	The Ten Books on Architecture Author: Vitruvius Pollio Release Date: Dec 31, 2006 Summary: Wikipedia Buy print version at Amazon	HTML Web EPUB (no images) 240 kB Kindle (no images) 971 kB
	Rural Architecture Author: Allen, Lewis Falley, 1800-1890 Release Date: Dec 3, 2006	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 1.7 MB Kindle (with images) 1.8 MB
	Lectures on Architecture and Painting Author: Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 Release Date: Nov 22, 2007 Buy print version at Amazon	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 1.0 MB Kindle (with images) 1.1 MB
	The Poetry of Architecture Author: Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 Release Date: Feb 16, 2006 Buy print version at Amazon	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 902 kB Kindle (with images) 936 kB
	Old St. Paul’s Cathedral Author: Benham, William, 1831-1910 Release Date: Aug 15, 2005 Buy print version at Amazon	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 2.1 MB Kindle (with images) 2.2 MB
	Shakespearean Playhouses Author: Adams, Joseph Quincy, 1881-1946 Release Date: Aug 25, 2007 Buy print version at Amazon	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 2.3 MB Kindle (with images) 2.6 MB
	Architecture and Democracy Author: Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946 Release Date: Jun 1, 2004 Buy print version at Amazon	HTML Web EPUB (no images) 112 kB Kindle (no images) 162 kB
	The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture Author: Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche, 1805-1888 Release Date: Nov 8, 2006 Buy print version at Amazon	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 4.2 MB Kindle (with images) 2.5 MB
	The Beautiful Necessity Author: Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946 Release Date: Jun 1, 2004	HTML Web EPUB (no images) 77 kB Kindle (no images) 115 kB
	A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Author: Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 Release Date: Aug 30, 2013 Buy print version at Amazon	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 4.9 MB Kindle (with images) 10 MB
	Architecture Gothic and Renaissance Author: Thomas Roger, 1830-1903 Release Date: Oct 3, 2010	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 4.9 MB Kindle (with images) 10.2 MB
	The Country Houses of Normandy Author: Various Release Date: Feb 12, 2005	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 404 kB Kindle (with images) 422 kB
	Historical Sketch of the Cathedral of Strasburg Author: Anonymous Release Date: Oct 12, 2007	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 384 kB Kindle (with images) 395 kB
	The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia Author: Cousins, Frank, 1851 Release Date: Jul 6, 2009 Buy print version at Amazon	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 4.0 MB Kindle (with images) 4.9 MB
	Convenient Houses Author: Gibson, Louis Henry, 1854 Release Date: Apr 5, 2013	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 4.1 MB Kindle (with images) 7.1 MB
	The Poetry of Architecture Author: Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 Release Date: Feb 16, 2006 Buy print version at Amazon	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 902 kB Kindle (with images) 936 kB
	Cottage Building in Cob, Pisé, Chalk and Clay Author: Williams-Ellis, Clough, 1883-1978 Release Date: Apr 19, 2010 Buy print version at Amazon	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 127 kB Kindle (with images) 175 kB
	The Cathedrals of Great Britain Author: Ditchfield Peter Hampson, 1854-1930 Release Date: Aug 5, 2013	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 7.9 MB Kindle (with images) 16.5 MB
	The Stones of Venice Author: Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 Release Date: Dec 27, 2009 Summary: Wikipedia Buy print version at Amazon	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 2.7 MB Kindle (with images) 2.8 MB
	Lectures on Architecture and Painting Author: Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 Release Date: Nov 22, 2007 Buy print version at Amazon	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 1.0 MB Kindle (with images) 1.1 MB
	Architecture Author: Thomas Roger, 1830-1903 Release Date: Oct 3, 2010	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 4.9 MB Kindle (with images) 10.2 MB
	Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century Author: Forman, Henry Chandlee Release Date: Sep 1, 2011	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 2.4 MB Kindle (with images) 4.1 MB
	Homes and How to Make Them Author: Eugene Clarence, 1836-1915 Release Date: Dec 3, 2004	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 1.5 MB Kindle (with images) 1.5 MB
	The City of Domes Author: Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 Release Date: Apr 1, 2002	HTML Web EPUB (no images) 130 kB Kindle (no images) 192 kB
	Portuguese Architecture Author: Watson, Walter Crum Release Date: Jul 10, 2009	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 4.6 MB Kindle (with images) 5.2 MB
	An Architect’s Note-Book in Spain Author: Wyatt, Matthew Digby, 1820-1877 Release Date: Sep 30, 2010 Buy print version at Amazon	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 6.7 MB Kindle (with images) 6.0 MB
	Architectural Antiquities of Normandy Author: Cotman, John Sell, 1782-1842 Release Date: Oct 4, 2009 Buy print version at Amazon	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 3.5 MB Kindle (with images) 3.5 MB
	The Seven Periods of English Architecture Author: Sharpe, Edmund Release Date: Feb 14, 2012 Buy print version at Amazon	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 1.5 MB Kindle (with images) 3.1 MB
	An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Author: Vitruvius Pollio Release Date: Jan 24, 2009 Buy print version at Amazon	HTML Web EPUB (with images) 643 kB Kindle (with images) 678 kB