Ever wonder if you’re missing out on new trends and topics in the profession? Well, here’s the cure. AIArchitect is pleased to provide you with a list of this year’s top 25 bestselling books from the AIA Store. Click on the title for pricing and additional information. Happy reading!!

1. AIA Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospital and Health Care Facilities, by AIA/Facility Guidelines Institute (AIA Press, 2001).
2. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, by Erik Larson (Vintage, 2004).
3. Home by Design: Transforming Your House into Home, by Sarah Susanka, AIA (Taunton Press, 2004).
4. You and Your Architect, by AIA, (AIA Press, 2001).
5. The Architect’s Handbook of Professional Practice, Update 2004, by AIA/ed. Joseph A. Demkin, AIA (Wiley, 2004).
6. The Architect’s Handbook of Professional Practice, 13th edition, by AIA/ed. Joseph A. Demkin, AIA (Wiley, 2001).
7. Creating a New Old House: Yesterday’s Character for Today’s Home, by Russell Versaci, AIA (Taunton Press, 2003)
8. Architect’s Essentials of Contract Negotiation, by Ava J. Abramowitz, Hon. AIA (Wiley, 2002).
9. Design for Aging Review, 6th edition, by AIA Design for Aging Center (Images Publishing Group, 2004).
10. Architect’s Essentials of Professional Development, Jean R. Valence (Wiley, 2003).
11. The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness, by Virginia Postrel (HarperCollins, 2003).
12. AIA Guide to Chicago, 2nd edition, by Alice Sinkevitch, Hon. AIA (Harvest Books, 2004).
13. Architect’s Essentials of Starting a Design Firm, by Peter Piven, FAIA (Wiley, 2003).
14. Refabricating Architecture: How Manufacturing Methodologies Are Poised to Transform Building Construction, by Stephen Kieran, FAIA (McGraw-Hill, 2003).
15. Architect’s Guide to Design-Build Services, by G. William Quatman, FAIA (Wiley, 2003).
16. How Firms Succeed: A Field Guide to Design Management, by James P. Cramer, Hon. AIA (Greenway Communications, 2004).
17. Rural Studio: Samuel Mockbee and an Architecture of Decency, by Andrea Oppenheimer Dean (Princeton Architectural Press, 2002).
18. Roberto, The Insect Architect, by Nina Laden (Chronicle, 2000).
19. International Building Code 2003, by the International Code Council (Thompson Delmar Learning, 2003).
20. Not So Big Solutions for Your Home, by Sarah Susanka, AIA (Taunton Press, 2002).
21. Architectural Graphic Standards, 10th edition, by Charles George Ramsey, et al. (Wiley 2000).
22. Architect’s Essentials of Winning Proposals, by Frank Stasiowski, FAIA (Wiley, 2003).
23. AIA 2002 Compensation Report, by AIA (AIA Press, 2002).
24. AIA 2003 Firm Survey: The Business of Architecture, by AIA (AIA Press, 2003).
25. Architect’s Essentials of Ownership Transition, by Peter Piven, FAIA (Wiley, 2002).

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