Architectural Engineering in B.Tech is a combination of planning, design, and construction of buildings with innovation and technology. We have compiled a list of the best reference books on Architecture for B.E/B.Tech students. These books are used by architecture engineering students from top universities around the world and many other institutes and colleges.
Here’s the complete list of B.E/B.Tech. Architecture books, which are arranged year and semester-wise. We have also listed down both core and elective subject books.
1st Year B.Tech Architecture Books (1st & 2nd Semester)
The 1st year B.E/B.Tech subjects are common across various branches of engineering. You can check the full list of common engineering books for 1st year here.
2nd Year B.Tech Architecture Books (3rd & 4th Semester)
3rd Semester Books
- Site Planning
- Architectural Design
- Climatology, Meteorology and Solar Architecture
- Computer Applications in Architecture
- Dynamics of Visual Communication
- Vernacular Architecture
4th Semester Books
- Advance Building Materials and Composites
- Building Services and Maintenance
- Product Design
- Material and method in Building construction
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
3rd Year B.Tech Architecture Books (5th & 6th Semester)
5th Semester Books
- Building Services and Maintenance II
- Economics
- Architectural Design
- Appropriate Building Technologies
6th Semester Books
- Development of Contemporary Architecture
- Landscape Architecture
- Architectural Design
- Contemporary Architecture
4th Year B.Tech Architecture Books (7th & 8th Semester)
7th Semester Books
8th Semester Books
B.Tech Architecture Books (Additional Core/Elective)
Core Books (Additional)
- Air Conditioning and Ventilation
- Architectural Detailing
- Building Acoustics
- Engineering Drawing
- Building Construction and Materials
- Computer Aided Design and Simulation
- Advance Construction Materials
- Critical Appraisal
- Design of RC Structure
- Advance Design of Steel Structures
- Disaster Resistant Design of Structures
- Field Observation
- Housing and Community Planning
- Human Settlements and Planning
- Mechanics of Water Waves
- Architecture and Town Planning
- Advance Ocean Structural Analysis
- Structural Detailing
- Application of Geoinformatics in Urban Planning and Management
Elective Books (Additional)
- Computer Applications in Transportation Engineering
- Advance Materials and Construction Techniques
- Advance Theory of Architectural and Research Methodology
- Architectural Conservation
- Barrier Free Environment
- Building Automation and Management Systems
- Design of Low Cost Buildings
- Digital Media Art Appreciation
- Disaster Resistant Building and Management
- Introduction to Earthquake Engineering
- Green Building Design
- Energy Efficient Buildings
- Environment and Behavior
- Facility Planning and Design
- Industrial Robotics
- Facility Programming and Specialized Building Design
- Traditional Architecture
- Transportation Planning
- Visual Semantics
Kindly note that we have put a lot of effort into researching the best reference books on all the subjects of B.E/B.Tech. Architecture, and came out with a recommended list. If any more subjects need to be added to this list, please let us know.