Many of the books that were written either by the architects involved in these buildings, those that may have influenced their design decisions, or ones that are helping me to identify different elements are now out of copyright. As a result several of these have been digitised by the Archive.org project and the links below lead to online copies of the books that can be downloaded as PDFs.

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• Alexander, Christopher – A Pattern Language
• Anderson, William James – The Architecture of the Renaissance in Italy
• Anderson, William James – The Architecture of Greece and Rome

B

• Billings, Robert William – The Infinity of Geometric Design Exemplified

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• Cook, Clarence – The House Beautiful

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• Dresser, Christopher – Studies in Design

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• Fergusson, James – History of Indian and Eastern Architecture (Volume 1)
• Fergusson, James – History of Indian and Eastern Architecture (Volume 2)
• Fergusson, James – The Illustrated Handbook of Architecture (Volume 1)
• Fergusson, James – The Illustrated Handbook of Architecture (Volume 2)
• Fletcher, Sir Banister – Andrea Palladio: His Life and Works

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• Jones, Owen – The Grammar of Ornament

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• Laugier, Marc-Antoine – An Essay on Architecture

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• MacGibbon, David and Ross, Thomas – The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland
• Meyer, Franz Sales – A Handbook of Ornament

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O

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• Palladio, Andrea – The Four Books on Architecture
• Parker, John Henry – A Manual of Gothic Stone Carving
• Parker, John Henry – A Manual of Gothic Ornament
• Pugin, Augustus – The Tue Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture

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R

• Ruskin, John – The Seven Lamps of Architecture
• Ruskin, John – The Stones of Venice

S

• Schinkel, Karl Friedrich – Sammlung Architektonischer Entwurfe
• Scott, Geoffrey – The Architecture of Humanism
• Serlio, Sebastiano – The First Book of Architecture
• Stevenson, John James – House Architecture
• Stuart, James – The Antiquities of Athens (Volume 1)
• Stuart, James – The Antiquities of Athens (Volume 2)
• Stuart, James – The Antiquities of Athens (Volume 3)
• Stuart, James – The Antiquities of Athens (Volume 4)

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• Various – Village and Cottage Architecture
• Vitruvius – De Architectura (The Ten Books on Architecture)

W

• Ward, James – Historic Ornament (Volume 1)
• Ward, James – Historic Ornament (Volume 2)

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